Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy
Book 3 of Eclipse
Language: English
Anthology Fantasy Library - Science Fiction and Fantasy Nomination of 2010 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology Science-Fiction Thriller Win of 2009 Aurealis Award for Anthology _isfdb
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: Jan 2, 2009
Description:
- A Practical Girl • (2009) • shortstory by Ellen Klages
- About the Authors (Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy) • (2009) • essay by uncredited
- Don't Mention Madagascar • (2009) • novelette by Pat Cadigan
- Dulce Domum • (2009) • shortstory by Ellen Kushner
- Galápagos • (2009) • novelette by CaitlÃn R. Kiernan
- Introduction (Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy) • (2009) • essay by Jonathan Strahan
- It Takes Two • (2009) • novelette by Nicola Griffith
- Mesopotamian Fire • (2009) • shortstory by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple
- On the Road • (2009) • shortstory by Nnedi Okorafor
- Sleight of Hand • (2009) • shortstory by Peter S. Beagle
- Swell • (2009) • shortstory by Elizabeth Bear
- The Coral Heart • (2009) • shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
- The Pelican Bar • (2009) • shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
- The Pretenders' Tourney • (2009) • shortstory by Daniel Abraham
- The Visited Man • (2009) • shortstory by Molly Gloss
- Useless Things • (2009) • shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh
- Yes We Have No Bananas • (2009) • novelette by Paul Di Filippo
In a brilliant, wide-ranging anthology, Strahan presents stories by authors as diverse as Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth Bear, and Paul Di Filippo. Ellen Klages contributes “Lotion,“ a story about imaginary numbers and the strange powers of math, in which a young girl discovers the magical potential of pure math. Ellen Kushner’s “Dolce Domum” is, perhaps, not about what its characters think it is. Bear’s “Swell” is a fairy tale about a musician seeking her voice, in which a mermaid’s gift is not as wonderful as at first glance it seems. Molly Gloss’ “The Visited Man” presents a lonely pensioner who lives upstairs from le douanier Rousseau and the relationship that develops after the painter brings the retiree a stray cat. As for the previous Eclipse anthologies, Strahan has picked stories whose authors care about both the craft of storytelling and the stories they tell. Each piece is distinctive and haunting.