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Summary
(IBList user synopsis):
A widely varied, immensely enjoyable, and historically important anthology, Future On Ice is a showcase for the hottest stories by the coolest SF writers of the 1980s. Complete with a preface, introduction, and story notes by Card himself, here are early stories from eighteen incredibly talented authors who have since shattered the face of science fiction.
Contents:
- Science Fiction and "The Force" [Introduction] by Orson Scott Card
- Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov
- Portraits of His Children by George R. R. Martin
- Tourists by Lisa Goldstein
- Blood Music by Greg Bear
- Time’s Rub by Gregory Benford
- Shanidar by David Zindell
- Speech Sounds by Octavia E. Butler
- Snow by John Crowley
- Klein’s Machine by Andrew Weiner
- Pots by C. J. Cherryh
- PRESS ENTER [] by John Varley
- Dinosaurs by Walter Jon Williams
- Face Value by Karen Joy Fowler
- Cabracan by Lewis Shiner
- Rockabye Baby by S. C. Sykes
- The Pure Product by John Kessel
- Out of All Them Bright Stars by Nancy Kress
- The Fringe by Orson Scott Card
Original title: Future on Ice
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Science Fiction
The following works are contained within this one:
Speech Sounds (1983) [Short Story]
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Blood Music (1983) [Novelette]
Author: Greg Bear
Press Enter ■ (1984) [Novella]
Author: John Varley
Portraits of His Children (1985) [Novelette]
Author: George R. R. Martin
Pure Product, the (1986) [Novelette]
Author: John Kessel
Robot Dreams (1986) [Short Story]
Author: Isaac Asimov
Face Value (1986) [Short Story]
Author: Karen Joy Fowler
Dinosaurs (1987) [Short Story]
Author: Walter Jon Williams
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