Mindblowingly inventive and beautifully written short stories from the most exciting new name in sci fi.
Hannu Rajaniemi exploded onto the sci fi scene with the publication of his first novel The Quantum Thief. Acclaimed by fellow authors and brilliantly reviewed everywhere, he swiftly established a reputation as an author who could combine extraordinary cutting edge science with beautiful prose and deliver it all with wit, warmth and a delight in the fun of storytelling.
It is exactly these qualities that are showcased in this his first collection of short stories. Drawn from anthologies, magazines and online publications and brought together in book form for the first time in this collection here is a collection of seventeen short stories that range from the lyrical to the bizarre, from the elegiac to the impish. It is a collection that shows one of the great new imaginations in sci fi having immense fun.
“A further demonstration of how science fiction is expanding the possibilities of literature and human experience.” ―Geek Chocolate