Best of British Science Fiction 2019 Paperback – July 14, 2020 by Ken MacLeod, Lavie Tidhar

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Author: MacLeod Ken

Brand: Newcon Press

Package Dimensions: 178x218x340

Number Of Pages: 280

Release Date: 14-07-2020

Details: Twenty-two stories, selected by editor Donna Scott from disparate places, that represent some of the best science fiction published anywhere in 2019: stories of heroism, stories of loss, stories of wonder. In this volume you will encounter tales in which creatures are cut off from their loved ones; someone is trapped with an abuser; a bird sings; weeds grow where we hope for a garden; we consider what our alternative selves might be doing; we can’t sleep; we wish we could keep things just the way they were; we drink too much… and we look to rockets blasting off into the sky and think that there lies the future; that’s hope. Contents 2019: An Introduction – Donna Scott  The Anxiety Gene – Rhiannon Grist  The Land of Grunts and Squeaks – Chris Beckett  For Your Own Good – Ian Whates  Neom – Lavie Tidhar  Once You Start – Mike Morgan  For the Wicked, Only Weeds Will Grow – G. V. Anderson  Fat Man in the Bardo – Ken MacLeod  Cyberstar – Val Nolan  The Little People – Una McCormack  The Loimaa Protocol – Robert Bagnall  The Adaptation Point – Kate Macdonald  The Final Ascent – Ian Creasey  A Lady of Ganymede, a Sparrow of Io – Dafydd McKimm  Snapshots – Leo X. Robertson  Witch of the Weave – Henry Szabranski  Parasite Art – David Tallerman  Galena – Liam Hogan  Ab Initio – Susan Boulton  Ghosts – Emma Levin  Concerning the Deprivation of Sleep – Tim Major  Every Little Star – Fiona Moore  The Minus-Four Sequence – Andrew Wallace  About the Authors