Full Spectrum - Softcover

Lou Aronica; Shawna McCarthy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553274821 ISBN 13: 9780553274820

Publisher: Spectra, 1988

Synopsis

An anthology of outstanding, original science fiction brings together twenty-five stories by established masters of the genre--including Norman Spinrad, Lisa Goldstein, and Gregory Benford--as well as by talented newcomers

About this title

About the Author

Lou Aronica is the coauthor of The Element and The Culture Code (with Clotaire Rapaille), and is the editor, with Amy Stout and Betsy Mitchell, of Full Spectrum 3. He lives in Connecticut.

From Publishers Weekly

The editors of Full Spectrum have gathered here original speculative fiction that is astonishing both in range and quality. From medieval sorcery to dystopian futures, from computer-generated virtual realities to space research outposts, from idol worship to scientific philosophy, the volume shows off the best of well-known (Stephen Donaldson, Ursula Le Guin) and not so well-known SF and fantasy authors. Dave Smeds conjures a future where regeneration and eternal youth are made possible through biotechnology; his story tells what happens to a dysfunctional mother and daughter in a world where suicide is a hobby and murder a misdemeanor. A. R. Morlan's men and women have changed social roles due to a disease that has reduced male births to less than 15%. David Brin and L. Timmel Duchamp also weigh in with reproduction stories, Brin through a highly technical story of a future in which cloning has made men unnecessary, Duchamp through a tale of an infectious hermaphrodite from another world. The focus on women throughout and the general excellence of the stories should give this volume broad appeal.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Spectra
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553274821
• ISBN 13: 9780553274820
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 614