Seventeen hard science fiction tales by today’s top authors.
Hard science fiction is the literature of change, rigorously examining the
impact—both beneficial and dangerous—of science and technology on
humanity, the future, and the cosmos. As science advances, expanding our
knowledge of the universe, astounding new frontiers in storytelling open
up as well.
In Carbide Tipped Pens, over a dozen of today’s most creative imaginations
explore these frontiers, carrying on the grand tradition of such legendary
masters as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, and John W. Campbell, while
bringing hard science fiction into the 21st century by extrapolating from
the latest scientific developments and discoveries. Ranging from ancient
China to the outer reaches of the solar system, this outstanding
collection of original stories, written by an international roster of
authors, finds wonder, terror, and gripping human drama in topics as
diverse as space exploration, artificial intelligence, biotechnology,
climate change, alternate history, the search for extraterrestrial
intelligence, interplanetary war, and even the future of baseball.
From tattoos that treat allergies to hazardous missions to Mars and
beyond, from the end of the world to the farthest limits of human
invention, Carbide Tipped Pens turns startling new ideas into state-of-the
art science fiction.
Includes stories by Ben Bova, Gregory Benford, Robert Reed, Aliette de
Bodard, Jack McDevitt, Howard Hendrix, Daniel H. Wilson, and many others!
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