{"product_id":"the-years-top-hard-science-allan-kaster-9781884612626","title":"The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 6","description":"An unabridged collection spotlighting the best hard science fiction stories and novellas published in 2021 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster.- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Light Up the Clouds\" by Greg Egan \u003c\/strong\u003e- Inhabitants in the floating forests of a gas giant that orbits a dwarf star launch a glider on an orbital trajectory to investigate unnatural asteroid-like objects that threaten their survival.- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Striding the Blast\" by\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGregory Feeley \u003c\/strong\u003e- As a form of punishment, a thief is forced by posthumans to race on a set of wings across a cloud-covered Mercury.- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Little Animals\" by\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNancy Kress \u003c\/strong\u003e- Using entangled quantum effects, a researcher goes back in time and unexpectedly becomes immersed in the life of the daughter of Antonj van Leeuwenhoek.- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Flowers Like Needles\" by\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDerek Künsken \u003c\/strong\u003e- A metallic crablike creature living on a planet orbiting a pulsar confronts other warriors in its quest for wisdom.- \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Planetbreaker's Son\" by Nick Mamatas \u003c\/strong\u003e- Interstellar posthuman emigrants, on a starship the size of a football stadium, grapple with vessel maintenance and family preservation while destroying worlds.- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Paley's Watch\" by\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAnil Menon \u003c\/strong\u003e- Fishermen find a peculiar artifact in the Gulf of Alaska that is older than Earth and models the structure of the universe.- \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Metric\" by\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Moles \u003c\/strong\u003e- A billion-year-old ship delivers a message to a far-future Earth that could mean the destruction of space and time.- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Año Nuevo\" by\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRay Nayler \u003c\/strong\u003e- Listless aliens, resembling oversized plastic garbage bags, suddenly disappear thirty years after arriving on a California beachfront.- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Vaccine Season\" by Hannu Rajaniemi \u003c\/strong\u003e- A boy ventures out to an island to inoculate his secluded grandfather with a transmissible vaccine in a post-pandemic.- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Submergence\" by\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eArula Ratnakar \u003c\/strong\u003e- An investigator uncovers the exploitation of an unusual marine sponge while optogenetically accessing the memories of a scientist who died unexpectedly.- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Aptitude\" by Cooper Shrivastava\u003c\/strong\u003e- A woman from a slowly dying universe finds herself having to take a rigorous standardized exam after cheating her way into the selection process to become a universe builder.- \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Egg Collectors\" by Lavie Tidhar \u003c\/strong\u003e- Two wild ballooners, forced to land during an ice storm, discover humming black eggs melting into the ice of Titan's Ligeia Mare.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allan Kaster,Nancy Kress,Lavie Tidhar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1884612628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781884612626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Infinivox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d","brand":"Allan Kaster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48807426064639,"sku":"9781884612626","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-years-top-hard-science-allan-kaster-9781884612626","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}