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Galactic Empires
Author: Neil Clarke (Editor)

Neil Clarke, publisher of the award-winning Clarkesworld magazine, presents a collection of thought-provoking and galaxy-spanning array of galactic short science fiction. From E. E. "Doc" Smith’s Lensman, to George Lucas’ Star Wars, the politics and process of Empire have been a major subject of science fiction’s gala... more »xy-spanning fictions. The idiom of the Galactic Empire allows science fiction writers to ask (and answer) questions that are shorn of contemporary political ideologies and allegiances. This simple narrative slight of hand allows readers and writers to see questions and answers from new and different perspectives. The stories in this book do just that. What social, political, and economic issues do the organizing structure of “empire” address? Often the size, shape, and fates of empires are determined not only by individuals, but by geography, natural forces, and technology. As the speed of travel and rates of effective communication increase, so too does the size and reach of an Imperial bureaucracy.

Contents:

Introduction (Galactic Empires) • essay by Neil Clarke
Winning Peace [Jackaroo] (2007) / novelette by Paul J. McAuley
Night's Slow Poison [Imperial Radch] (2012) / short story by Ann Leckie
All the Painted Stars (2012) / short story by Gwendolyn Clare
Firstborn (2005) / novelette by Brandon Sanderson
Riding the Crocodile (2005) / novella by Greg Egan
The Lost Princess Man (2009) / novelette by John Barnes
The Waiting Stars [Universe of Xuya] (2013) / novelette by Aliette de Bodard
Alien Archaeology [Polity Universe] (2007) / novella by Neal Asher
The Muse of Empires Lost (2006) / novelette by Paul M. Berger
Ghostweight (2011) / novelette by Yoon Ha Lee
A Cold Heart (2014) / short story by Tobias S. Buckell
The Colonel Returns to the Stars (2004) / novella by Robert Silverberg
The Impossibles [Retrieval Artist] (2011) / novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Utriusque Cosmi (2009) / novelette by Robert Charles Wilson
Section Seven (2003) / short story by John G. Hemry
Invisible Empire of Ascending Light (2008) / short story by Ken Scholes
The Man with the Golden Balloon [The Great Ship Universe] (2008) / novella by Robert Reed
Looking Through Lace [Looking Through Lace • 1] (2003) / novella by Ruth Nestvold
A Letter from the Emperor (2010) / short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
The Wayfarer's Advice [The Imperials Saga] (2010) / novelette by Melinda M. Snodgrass
Seven Years from Home (2010) / novelette by Naomi Novik
Verthandi's Ring (2007) / short story by Ian McDonald

ISBN-13: 9781597808842
ISBN-10: 1597808849
Publication Date: 1/17/2017
Pages: 638
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Publisher: Night Shade Books
Book Type: Paperback
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