Just Over the Horizon

#1 Complete Short Fiction

Greg Bear

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OPEN ROAD PUBLISHERS
26 April 2016

Anthologies (non-poetry); Science fiction; Short stories; Short Stories Sci-Fi; Science; Space; Contemporary Sci-Fi

Series: Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear

13 dazzling stories and a rare screenplay by the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Queen of Angels, Eon, and Hull Zero Three

Greg Bear's ability to transform challenging scientific concepts into gripping fiction has won him numerous awards and an avid following. He has written novels about interstellar war, human evolution, intelligent bacteria, international terrorism, and the exploration of deep space-but he doesn't stop there. This brilliant collection of Bear's stories, each newly revised by the author, proves he is a master of the short form as well. Just Over the Horizon offers 13 mind-bending explorations of the near future . . . or just beyond the border of conventional reality. The volume includes:

·      "Blood Music," a Hugo and Nebula award-winning classic and the basis for the novel of the same name-and the first science-fictional exploration of nanotechnology;
·      "Sisters," in which high school students find maturity and family by confronting a tragic genetic destiny;
·      "Tangents," winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, about a persecuted scientist who seeks refuge in a better world;
·      "Dead Run," a tale of union truck drivers ferrying souls through Death Valley into Hell, adapted for an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone;
·      "Sleepside Story," which Bear calls one of his favorite pieces, an urban fantasy tale that takes a music student by Night Metro to the Sleepside mansion of a magical woman of the night, inverting "Beauty and the Beast" in a very modern mirror;
·      "Genius," the screenplay written for the television series Outer Limits, but never produced.

Just Over the Horizon combines Bear's intense concern with the human condition with a deep understanding of science, resulting in a collection long to be remembered.

By: Greg Bear
Imprint: OPEN ROAD PUBLISHERS
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9781504021456
ISBN 10: 1504021452
Series: Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear
Publication Date: 26 April 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Sisters A Martian Ricorso Schroedinger's Plague Blood Music Silicon Times E-Book Review Warm Sea Tangents Through Road No Whither Dead Run The White Horse Child Webster The Visitation Richie by the Sea Sleepside Story Genius About the Author

Reviews for Just Over the Horizon (#1 Complete Short Fiction)

Bear s deftness of phrase and metaphor is simply lovely.... A solid introduction to the oeuvre of a classic writer. The New York Times Book Review This collection of 13 tales, the first of three volumes by the multiple Nebula and Hugo Award winning author, displays his versatility and talent.... The three together showcase the short fiction oeuvre of an SF genius. Library JournalPraise for Greg Bear Bear takes a profound and unusual approach to hard SF. Los Angeles Times Bear is one of our very best. New York Daily News [Bear] is a great writer. Doris Lessing