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Lost Among the Stars - Eleven Tales - cover

Lost Among the Stars - Eleven Tales

Paul Di Filippo

Editorial: Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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Sinopsis

A genre-bending collection of speculative fiction from the acclaimed author of the Steampunk Trilogy—with an introduction by Robert Silverberg.   Horror, alternative history, science fiction, and fantasy—nothing is off limits when you possess an imagination as vast as Paul Di Filippo’s. In this collection of stories featuring ancient goddesses, the new social media elite, and hermetic cities, he’ll take you on a wild ride through plausible pasts and far-flung futures.   In “Ghostless,” a medium learns that ghosts are drawn to—and can alleviate—sadness, so she becomes a matchmaker to both spirts and mortals in need. Flash fiction published in Nature magazine, “Wavehitcher” shows how surfing goes high-tech—and long-distance—with smartsuits that desalinate water, pulsed magnets to repel sharks, and seines that catch and processes krill into a nutritious paste. An expert in industrial metabolics focuses on blending his superior genepool with that of his fiancée’s to save the human race from idiocracy, until a kidnapping in Colombia shows him the folly of his arrogance in “Adventures in Cognitive Homogamy.”   These stories will whet your appetite for more fantastical Di Filippo, and thankfully, Lost Among the Stars delivers.  Praise for Paul Di Filippo   “Di Filippo is like gourmet potato chips to me. I can never eat just one of his stories.” —Harlan Ellison   “Di Filippo is the spin doctor of SF—and it is a powerful medicine he brews.” —Brian Aldiss, Hugo Award–winning author of Hothouse   “Vibrant, nervy, and full of gloriously wiggy language, Ribofunk is anything but the same old stuff.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer    
Disponible desde: 12/03/2024.
Longitud de impresión: 250 páginas.

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