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Ten startling science fiction stories from the author of MERIDIAN DAYS, PENUMBRA, ENGINEMAN, and NEW YORK NIGHTS, the first novel in the Virex Trilogy.
Eric Brown writes sf which encompasses the idea-driven visionary scope of the grand masters of the genre, adds a deep literary sense for character and style, vivid and human, always entertaining.
Contents:
foreword by Keith Brooke
The Miracle at Kallithea
The Phoenix Experiment
The Pharagean Effect
Paramathea
Kathmandu Blues
Downtime in the MKCR
The Crimes of Domini Duvall
Deep Future
Onward Station
The Kings of Eternity
"Eric Brown is the name to watch in SF"
- Peter F. Hamilton
"SF infused with a cosmopolitan and literary sensibility... accomplished and affected"
- Paul J. McAuley
"At long last, British sf maestro Eric Brown's third collection -- his first in six years -- has been published, with ten tales published between 1990 to 2000 inclusive. Though none of his Tartarus stories are included herein (Victor Gollancz has been quite busy watching paint peel whilst sitting on his FALL OF TARTARUS mosaic novel), there are stories from some of his most popular series (e.g., Sapphire Oasis, Ben Henderson, Engineman, Kethani, telemass, etc.), as well as some independent tales, two of which rank among Brown's best work (the Michael Coney influenced "The Miracle at Kallithea" and the Vanceian-yet-metafictional "Deep Future"). The ten collected stories are "The Miracle at Kallithea" (2000), "The Phoenix Experiment" (1991), "The Pharagean Effect" (1990), "Paramathea" (1993), "Kathmandu Blues" (1999), "Downtime in the MKCR" (1994), "The Crimes of Domini Duvall" (2000), "Deep Future" (1998), "Onward Station" (1998), and "The Kings of Eternity" (2000). A nice, sweet introduction is included by friend and fellow British sf author Keith Brooke, and each story comes with a wonderful, bracingly honest introduction by Brown himself -- a first for any Brown collection."
łAndrew J Breitenbach |
