An anthology of stories Extreme sports. Extreme future. Extreme collection. Science fiction's most expert dreamers envision the computerized, high-risk games of the future in this winning collection. Features Robert Sheckley, Cory Doctorow, Kate Wilhelm, Alastair Reynolds, Vernor Vinge, Jonathan Letham, Gwyneth Jones, William Browning Spencer, Allen Steele, Terry Dowling, and Jason Stoddard.
Description:
- ix • Preface (Dangerous Games) • (2007) • essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
- 1 • The Prize of Peril • (1958) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
- 23 • Anda's Game • (2004) • shortstory by Cory Doctorow
- 58 • Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is Your Crisis! • (1976) • shortfiction by Kate Wilhelm (variant of Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is Your Crisis)
- 74 • Stroboscopic • (1998) • shortstory by Alastair Reynolds
- 99 • Synthetic Serendipity • (2004) • shortstory by Vernor Vinge
- 122 • How We Got In Town and Out Again • (1996) • novelette by Jonathan Lethem
- 151 • Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland • (1996) • shortstory by Gwyneth Jones
- 170 • The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness • (1998) • shortstory by William Browning Spencer
- 189 • Her Own Private Sitcom • (1999) • shortstory by Allen Steele
- 205 • The Ichneumon and the Dormeuse • (1996) • shortstory by Terry Dowling
- 226 • Winning Mars • (2005) • shortstory by Jason Stoddard
An anthology of stories Extreme sports. Extreme future. Extreme collection. Science fiction's most expert dreamers envision the computerized, high-risk games of the future in this winning collection. Features Robert Sheckley, Cory Doctorow, Kate Wilhelm, Alastair Reynolds, Vernor Vinge, Jonathan Letham, Gwyneth Jones, William Browning Spencer, Allen Steele, Terry Dowling, and Jason Stoddard.