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It is the twenty-third century, and large space habitats have evolved where individual societies exist without formalized government-a galactic federation called Free Space. These are stories of the men and women of this new era, visions of adventure, social speculations, and downright arguments about freedom and responsibility. Free Space offers fiction from Hugo and Nebula Award winners such as Poul Anderson, Gregory Benford, and Robert J. Sawyer, and particularly from winners of the Prometheus Award of the Libertarian Futurist Society, such as Victor Koman, Daffyd ab Hugh, and L. Neil Smith. In addition, there is work from William F. Buckley, Jared Lobdell, John Barnes and a number of other writers, making Free Space a big, rich, varied compendium of politically-engaged science fiction adventure.
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This is a libertarianist anthology of (mostly) original stories that, depending on your tastes, can be too narrowly focused or wonderfully concentrated. The "Free Space" in the title is just that: a loose federation of space habitats that has no central government. Free enterprise rules, and the editors let 20 authors ranging from William F. Buckley Jr. to William F. Wu have their way with it. The result is mixed, but on the whole successful, and it definitely makes for interesting reading. Several of the writers are winners of the Libertarian Futurist Society's Prometheus Award.
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"It's been a long time coming--in fact, an anthology like Free Space is long overdue--but it was worth the wait. Don't miss this." --F. Paul Wilson
"Editors Linaweaver and Kramer have assembled twenty original, mostly satirical stories by both well-known writers and newcomers in what is surely the only libertarian SF anthology ever printed. There are no weak entries. Nimble and clever throughout." --Booklist
"Original anthology of libertarian SF stories set in a consistent timeline going three hundred years into the future, by noted authors including Poul Anderson, Gregroy Benford, Robert J. Sawyer, many of whom transcend the so-called libertarian theme." --Locus
"An intriguing collection by some of the genre's best writers; recommended." --Library Journal
"A collection of mostly original stories written around the premise of a libertarian society of space traders. The stories reflect an idealism of freedom-loving men roving space vs. gravity-constrained groundhogs. There is a long tradition of this in science fiction, mostly inspired by Heinlein." --Denver Post
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- PublisherTor Books
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0312867204
- ISBN 13 9780312867201
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
- EditorKramer Edward E., Linaweaver Brad
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