Cicada Queen (1983) [Short Story]
by Bruce Sterling
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Summary
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In the future things get really weird. But don't worry, despite bio-engineered and cybernetic changes, man continues to be the familiar lying, thieving, deceitful, and manipulative creature we know today. And the aliens make us look like amateurs.
First published in Universe 13. Reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection.
Original title: Cicada Queen
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Species Evolution→ Bioengineering
Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Alien Beings→ Interspecies Relations
Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Planets & Societies→ Within The Solar System
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection, the (1984) [Anthology]
Authors: George R. R. Martin
, Dan Simmons
, Tanith Lee
, Greg Bear
, Bruce Sterling
, Kim Stanley Robinson
, Poul Anderson
, Pat Cadigan
, Vernor Vinge
, James Tiptree, Jr.
, Joe Haldeman
, Pat Murphy
, Robert Silverberg
, Avram Davidson
, John Kessel
, Howard Waldrop
, Gene Wolfe
, Connie Willis
, Ian Watson
, Jack McDevitt
, Jack Dann
, R. A. Lafferty
, Leigh Kennedy
, Rand B. Lee
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