Book description
Here are 25 stories of science fiction that push the envelope, by
the biggest names in an emerging new crop of high-tech futuristic SF -
including Charles Stross, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Peter
Hamilton and Neal Asher. High-tech SF has made a significant comeback
in the last decade, as bestselling authors successfully blend the
super-science of 'hard science fiction' with real characters in an
understandable scenario. It is perhaps a reflection of how
technologically controlled our world is that readers increasingly look
for science fiction that considers the fates of mankind as a result of
increasing scientific domination. This anthology brings together the
most extreme examples of the new high-tech, far-future science
fiction, pushing the limits way beyond normal boundaries. The stories
include: "A Perpetual War Fought Within a Cosmic String",
"A Weapon That Could Destroy the Universe", "A Machine
That Detects Alternate Worlds and Creates a Choice of Christs",
"An Immortal Dead Man Sent To The End of the Universe",
"Murder in Virtual Reality", "A Spaceship So Large That
There is An Entire Planetary System Within It", and "An
Analytical Engine At The End of Time", and "Encountering the Untouchable."
