Adrift in the Noosphere Author:Damien Broderick (Editor) Nine scintillating science fiction stories by a major writer in the field. In his Foreword, Rich Horton says: "First rate stories..." Well-known editor Gardner Dozois has said of 'The Beancounter's Cat' that it "...starts out reading like fantasy, and gradually turns into very far-future SF" Also... more » included is an original tale with Paul Di Filippo, 'Luminous Fish', taking Mike Moorcock's famous character Jerry Cornelius for a spin in the 21st century!
Contents:
Foreword (Adrift in the Noösphere) • essay by Rich Horton
Introduction (Adrift in the Noösphere) • essay by Damien Broderick
Time Considered as a Series of Thermite Burns in No Particular Order (2011) / shortstory by Damien Broderick: a clever and very funny time travel romp;
The Beancounter's Cat (2011) / novelette by Damien Broderick: set in a far future with Clarkean science sufficiently advanced to appear magical;
All Summer Long (2000) / shortstory by Damien Broderick
Under the Moons of Venus (2010) / shortstory by Damien Broderick: a remarkable, evocative homage to one of SF's greats;
Luminous Fish (2012) / novelette by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo;
Coming Back (1982) / shortstory by Damien Broderick
Walls of Flesh, Bars of Bone (2010) / novelette by Damien Broderick and Barbara Lamar: another look at the mystery of human destiny;
All My Yesterdays (1964) / shortstory by Damien Broderick