Dozois Gardner Knihy

Collects short stories exploring themes of time and space travel, self-discovery, and science and technology.

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection of short stories brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Ian McDonald, Stephen Baxter, Michael Swanwick, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kage Baker, Walter Jon Williams, Alastair Reynolds, and Charles Stross. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

The twenty-eight stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including:* Cory Doctorow * Robert Charles Wilson * Michael Swanwick * Ian McDonald * Benjamin Rosenbaum * Kage Baker * Bruce McAllister * Alastair Reynolds * Jay Lake * Ruth Nestvold * Gregory Benford * Justin Stanchfield * Walter Jon Williams * Greg Van Eekhout * Robert Reed * David D. Levine * Paul J. McAuley * Mary Rosenblum * Daryl Gregory * Jack Skillingstead * Paolo Bacigalupi * Greg Egan * Elizabeth Bear * Sarah Monette * Ken MacLeod * Stephen Baxter * Carolyn Ives Gilman * John Barnes * A.M. DellamonicaSupplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

The thirty stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Aliete de Bodard, James L. Cambias, Greg Egan, Charles Coleman Finlay, James Alan Gardner, Dominic Green, Daryl Gregory, Gwyneth Jones, Ted Kosmatka, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen McHugh, Sarah Monette, Garth Nix, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Mary Rosenblum, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Geoff Ryman, Karl Schroeder, Gord Sellar, and Michael Swanwick. Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart.

The thirty-two stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: John Barnes, Elizabeth Bear, Damien Broderick, Karl Bunker, Paul Cornell, Albert E. Cowdrey, Ian Creasey, Steven Gould, Dominic Green, Nicola Griffith, Alexander Irvine, John Kessel, Ted Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Rand B. Lee, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Sarah Monette, Michael Poore, Robert Reed, Adam Roberts, Chris Roberson, Mary Rosenblum, Geoff Ryman, Vandana Singh, Bruce Sterling, Lavie Tidhar, James Van Pelt, Jo Walton, Peter Watts, Robert Charles Wilson, and John C. Wright. Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart.

For the first time in a decade, a compilation of the very best in science fiction, from a world authority on the genre.

City Under the Stars completes a journey undertaken by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick 25 years ago, when they published the novella The City of God. Over two decades later, the two realized there was more to the story, and began the work of expanding it. Now, after Gardner Dozois' tragic passing, the story can be told in full.God was in his Heaven—which was fifteen miles away, due east.Far in Earth's future, in a post-utopian hell-hole, Hanson works ten solid back-breaking hours a day, shoveling endless mountains of coal, within sight of the iridescent wall that separates what’s left of humanity from their gods.One day, after a tragedy of his own making, Hanson leaves the city, not knowing what he will do, or how he will survive in the wilderness without work. He finds himself drawn to the wall, to the elusive promise of God. And when the impossible happens, he steps through, into the city beyond.The impossible was only the beginning.

Pokud jste si oblíbili fantastiku, která není pouze černobílá, pak vás antologie veleúspěšného spisovatele George R. R. Martina a uznávaného editora Gardnera Dozoise odmění množstvím jemných odstínů šedi. Jedenadvacet zcela nových povídek od autorských hvězd vás potěší i ohromí záludnými zvraty, dobrodružstvím i napětím. Sám George R. R. Martin nabídne zbrusu nový příběh, mapující osudy jednoho z největších ničemů z historie jeho Písně ledu a ohně a Patrick Rothfuss nám odkryje tajemství jedné z oblíbených postav své Kroniky královraha. Ovšem dočkáme se i u nás dosud nevydaných příběhů z pera mnoha dalších mistrů fantastického žánru, mezi něž bezesporu patří kupříkladu Neil Gaiman, Joe Abercrombie, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priestová, Garth Nix, Daniel Abraham, Michael Swanwick a Connie Willisová. Každý, kdo v dobrodružných příbězích z fantastických světů občas držel palce sympatickým darebákům, si rozhodně přijde na své. . .

Zbrusu nové povídky o silných ženách z dob minulých, přítomných i budoucích. Dvacet jedna původních povídek a novel od „některých z největších autorů na poli současné science fiction a fantasy“, které dali dohromady George R. R. Martin a Gardner Dozois. Naplno se v nich projevují schopnosti údajně slabšího pohlaví oplývat magickými schopnostmi a plodit chaos a násilí. Zkoumají ale také výšiny, jichž mohou dosáhnout statečné ženy, i hlubiny, do nichž mohou padnout ty zlé. Korunou celé antologie je úchvatná novela o „tanci draků“ z pera samotného George R. R. Martina, příběh o občanské válce nesmírného rozsahu, která se odehrála takřka dvě století před začátkem „Hry o trůny“ a která málem rozervala celé Západozemí na kusy. V roce 2014 získala kniha cenu World Fantasy Award za nejlepší antologii.

Dans cette anthologie, George R R Martin a convoqué les plus belles plumes féminines de la scène imaginaire. Cet ensemble de nouvelles célèbre les femmes : mères de famille ou séductrices, princesses ou roturières, innocentes ou coupables, riches héritières ou pilotes émérites, toutes ces héroïnes ont un incroyable destin qui ne demande qu'à s'accomplir !