Mission Critical
Published on 11. July 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-78108-580-6 (ISBN)
Description
Houston, we have a problem...
Life is fragile. The difference between success and failure can come down to nothing - the thread of a screw, the flick of a switch - and when it goes wrong, you fix it... or someone dies.
Mission Critical takes us from our world, across the Solar System, and out into deep space to tell the stories of people who had to do the impossible. And do it fast.
Featuring stories by Peter F. Hamilton, Yoon Ha Lee, Aliette de Bodard, Greg Egan, Linda Nagata, Gregory Feeley, John Barnes, Tobias S. Buckell, Jason Fischer & Sean Williams, Carolyn Ives Gilman, John Meaney, Dominica Phetteplace, Allen M. Steele, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Peter Watts.
Life is fragile. The difference between success and failure can come down to nothing - the thread of a screw, the flick of a switch - and when it goes wrong, you fix it... or someone dies.
Mission Critical takes us from our world, across the Solar System, and out into deep space to tell the stories of people who had to do the impossible. And do it fast.
Featuring stories by Peter F. Hamilton, Yoon Ha Lee, Aliette de Bodard, Greg Egan, Linda Nagata, Gregory Feeley, John Barnes, Tobias S. Buckell, Jason Fischer & Sean Williams, Carolyn Ives Gilman, John Meaney, Dominica Phetteplace, Allen M. Steele, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Peter Watts.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Nottingham
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Rebellion Publishing Ltd.
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
No
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
329 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78108-580-6 (9781781085806)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Jonathan Strahan is a World Fantasy Award award-winning editor, anthologist, and podcaster. He has edited more than 70 books, is reviews editor for Locus, a consulting editor for Tor.com, and co-host and producer of the Hugo-nominated Coode Street Podcast.
Content
Introduction, Jonathan Strahan
This is Not the Way Home, Greg Egan
Rescue Party, Aliette de Bodard
Devil in the Dust, Linda Nagata
Hanging Gardens, Gregory Feeley
The One Who Was There, John Barnes
By the Warmth of their Calculus, Tobias S. Buckell
Mutata Superesse, Jason Fischer & Sean Williams
The Empty Gun, Yoon Ha Lee
Genesong, Peter F. Hamilton
Something in the Air, Carolyn Ives Gilman
Lost in Splendour, John Meaney
The Agreement, Dominica Phetteplace
The Fires of Prometheus, Allen M. Steele
Ice Breakers, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Cyclopterus, Peter Watts
This is Not the Way Home, Greg Egan
Rescue Party, Aliette de Bodard
Devil in the Dust, Linda Nagata
Hanging Gardens, Gregory Feeley
The One Who Was There, John Barnes
By the Warmth of their Calculus, Tobias S. Buckell
Mutata Superesse, Jason Fischer & Sean Williams
The Empty Gun, Yoon Ha Lee
Genesong, Peter F. Hamilton
Something in the Air, Carolyn Ives Gilman
Lost in Splendour, John Meaney
The Agreement, Dominica Phetteplace
The Fires of Prometheus, Allen M. Steele
Ice Breakers, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Cyclopterus, Peter Watts