Engineering Infinity (1) (The Infinity Project) - Softcover

Stross, Charles; Baxter, Stephen; Jones, Gwyneth; Bear, Greg; Watts, Peter; Rusch, Kristine Kathryn; Schroeder, Karl; Rajaniemi, Hannu; Goonan, Kathleen Ann; Broderick, Damien; Lamar, Barbara; Reed, Robert; Wright, John C.; Moles, David; Benford, Gregory; Barnes, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907519521 ISBN 13: 9781907519529

Publisher: Solaris, 2010

Synopsis

Whether it's coming up hard against the speed of light and, with it, the enormity of the universe, realising that terraforming a distant world is harder and more dangerous than you'd ever thought, or simply realizing that a hitchhiker on a starship consumes fuel and oxygen with tragic results, this exciting and innovative science-fiction anthology collects together stories by some of the biggest names in the field including Stephen Baxter, Charles Stross and Greg Bear.

The universe shifts and changes: suddenly you understand, you get it, and are filled with a sense of wonder. That moment of understanding drives the greatest science-fiction stories and lies at the heart of Engineering Infinity. Whether it's coming up hard against the speed of light and, with it, the enormity of the universe, realising that terraforming a distant world is harder and more dangerous than you'd ever thought, or simply realizing that a hitchhiker on a starship consumes fuel and oxygen with tragic results, it's hard science-fiction where sense of wonder is most often found and where science-fiction's true heart lies. The exciting and innovative science-fiction anthology collects together stories by some of the biggest names in the field including Stephen Baxter, Charles Stross, Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Gwyneth Jones.

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan Strahan was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in early 1964. He moved to Australia in 1969 where he in short order helped to fight a bushfire, shook hands with an astronaut, and became convinced he’d become a geologist and live on Mars. It’s not surprising that he fell in love with science fiction early, or that he spent far too much time reading. He went on to graduate from college with an interesting but not particularly useful arts degree, but had met people that led him directly into science fiction itself. He coedited and copublished Eidolon, an award-winning Australian semiprozine, in the 1990s before starting to work for Locus in 1997. That led directly to Jonathan becoming a reviewer, and going on to edit nearly 100 books. He has won the World Fantasy, Aurealis, Ditmar, and Locus Awards, and has been nominated 15 times for the Hugo Award. He is also the cohost and producer of the Hugo Award–nominated Coode Street Podcast. He still lives in Western Australia with the former managing editor of Locus and their two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Solaris
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1907519521
• ISBN 13: 9781907519529
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Strahan Jonathan