Future Americas Author:John Helfers (Editor), Martin H Greenberg (Editor) Oh say can you see - sixteen original stories about the America to come — Predicting the future has long been a cornerstone of science fiction, and the number of trends in society, politics, and religion that have followed these forecasts is impressive. Now sixteen authors have taken up the challenge of gazing into the future and seeing where Ame... more »rica may be the day after tomorrow. From an America where history has become myth and misinformation amid the ruins of a once-great land...to a place where the only existence for genetic misfits is as slaves...to a company intent on cloning the world?s species, both extinct and endangered, back to a balanced ecosystem, here are stories that will have readers thinking about the future, and about how their own actions now could make a difference tomorrow.
Contents:
Introduction / John Helfers --
A souvenir to remember / Brendan DuBois --
Suffer the children / Barbara Nickless --
Better guns / Jean Rabe --
The baby store / Ed Gorman --
Jesus runs / George Zebrowski --
The rotator / Pamela Sargent --
Acirema the rellik / Robert T. Jeschonek --
Family photos / S. Andrew Swann --
Our flag was still there / Steven Mohan, Jr. --
The last actor / Mike Resnick and Linda Donohue --
Great chain of being / Brian Stableford --
Attached to the land / Donald J. Bingle --
The thief catcher / Theodore Judson --
Unlimited / Jane Lindskold --
Switching off the lights / Peter Crowther --
The power of human reason / Kristine Kathryn Rusch.« less
This collection of stories was okay, but nothing special. Some of the stories were rather good, while others were rather plodding reading, leading nowhere in the end.