{"product_id":"the-years-top-hard-science-ashok-k-banker-9781884612824","title":"The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 9","description":"An unabridged collection spotlighting the best hard science fiction stories and novellas published in 2024 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Antyesti for a Dead Ganesa\" by Ashok K. Banker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e- An old-school cop is resurrected from deadsleep to solve the murder of a god clone in a future Mumbai.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Places You Have Never Been\" by David Cleden \u003c\/b\u003e- A city is threatened by invisible bubbles that take whatever is trapped inside them when they inexplicably collapse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Icy Wasteland at Her Feet\" by Deborah L. Davitt\u003c\/b\u003e - The sole survivor of a team of astronauts on Saturn's moon, Enceladus, struggles to keep sane.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea\" by Naomi Kritzer\u003c\/b\u003e - A contentious married couple, both scientists, move to a town overlooking Cape Cod Bay where men mysteriously disappear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Barbarians\" by Rich Larson\u003c\/b\u003e - A rogue and a disembodied head are hired to take twins to explore a dead, planet-sized organism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Dark at the End of the Tunnel\" by Edward M. Lerner\u003c\/b\u003e - A graduate student investigates the disappearance of a distant galaxy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Western Approaches\" by Ian McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e - A pilot is sent on a mission to explore a spinning storm approaching Scotland.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Mirrorstar\" by Sean McMullen\u003c\/b\u003e - A forensic pathologist investigates the death of a scientist in the focus cage of a space telescope.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"There's Nothing in the Attic\" by Faith Merino\u003c\/b\u003e - The women in a man's life carry out physics experiments in his home.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Luminous Glass, Vibrant Seeds\" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires\u003c\/b\u003e - A glass artist and her bot are tasked with delivering a rare, viable seedling to its proper environ on a climate-damaged world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Encore\" by Wole Talabi\u003c\/b\u003e - Twin AIs, created by now extinct humans, travel between star systems to make art for those who share its world of digital data.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashok K. Banker, Deborah L. Davitt, Naomi Kritzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1884612822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781884612824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Infinivox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"Ashok K. Banker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47040122749183,"sku":"9781884612824","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_441dffe3-05a6-4ce9-8f30-0e208cba0408.jpg?v=1752753627","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-years-top-hard-science-ashok-k-banker-9781884612824","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}