{"product_id":"the-years-best-science-fiction-charlie-jane-anders-9781884612763","title":"The Year's Best Science Fiction on Earth 2","description":"This is a collection of the best science fiction stories set on planet Earth published in 2023 by leading authors of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A Soul in the World\" by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlie Jane Anders\u003c\/b\u003e-A childless woman is given a most unusual child to raise as her own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A Kingdom of Seagrass and Silk\" by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eC?cile Cristofari\u003c\/b\u003e-An elderly couple fend for themselves on a deserted island while waiting out an epidemic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"LOL, Said the Scorpion\" by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eRich Larson\u003c\/b\u003e-Wealthy tourists wear bio-filtering suits to go on live vacations to impoverished countries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A Borrowing of Bones\" by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eKarin Lowachee\u003c\/b\u003e-Reality blurs as people become menageries of other lives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Devil in the Deep\" by Lucie Lukačovičov?\u003c\/b\u003e-A Bolivian mining community blames lady scientists for their bad luck.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Gravesend, or, Everyday Life in the Anthropocene\" by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaul McAuley\u003c\/b\u003e-An army veteran, suffering from the aftereffects of a psych bomb, convalesces in the eco-stressed marshes of the Thames.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Sigh No More\" by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIan McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e-The show must go on despite a solar flare that has crashed London's power grid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Cuttlefish\" by Anil Menon\u003c\/b\u003e-A family seeks to escape the modern world at an old fashioned Indian guesthouse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Highway Requiem\" by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eT. R. Napper\u003c\/b\u003e-A trucker's way of life on the roads of the Outback is threatened by automation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Contracting Iris\" by Peter Watts\u003c\/b\u003e-A novel microbial infection changes the behavior of a woman diagnosed with MS.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Deep Blue Jump\" by Dean Whitlock\u003c\/b\u003e-Children are forced to pick drug-like dreamberries in desert canyons under austere conditions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlie Jane Anders, Rich Larson, Karin Lowachee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1884612768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781884612763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Infinivox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Charlie Jane Anders","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46465714716927,"sku":"9781884612763","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_668d5c60-0c8e-4e73-92cd-99224cc2ac25.jpg?v=1736347066","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-years-best-science-fiction-charlie-jane-anders-9781884612763","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}