The Future We Wish We Had |
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| Publisher: | DAW |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC028020, FIC028040, FIC009100 |
| ISBN: | 9781101043196, Related ISBNs: 075640441X, 1101043199, 9780756404413, 9781101043196 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 320, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: The future holds endless possibilities...
This volume inclues 16 intriguing visions of tomorrow. Features stories by:
Esther M. Friesner
Brenda Cooper
Kevin J. Anderson
P. R. Frost
Mike Resnick
James Patrick
Kelly Lisanne
Norman Dean
Wesley Smith
Irene Radford
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
And more...
For all of those who thought that by now that they'd be driving along the skyways in their own personal jet car, who assumed that humans would have established bases on the Moon and Mars, or that diseases would have been conqured, the aging process slowed to a crawl, and war eliminated along with social injustice -- here are sixteen stories of futures that might someday be reality.
This volume inclues 16 intriguing visions of tomorrow. Features stories by:
Esther M. Friesner
Brenda Cooper
Kevin J. Anderson
P. R. Frost
Mike Resnick
James Patrick
Kelly Lisanne
Norman Dean
Wesley Smith
Irene Radford
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
And more...
For all of those who thought that by now that they'd be driving along the skyways in their own personal jet car, who assumed that humans would have established bases on the Moon and Mars, or that diseases would have been conqured, the aging process slowed to a crawl, and war eliminated along with social injustice -- here are sixteen stories of futures that might someday be reality.
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