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Overview: George Mann is an author and editor, primarily in genre fiction. He was born in Darlington, County Durham in 1978.
A former editor of Outland, Mann is the author of The Human Abstract, and more recently The Affinity Bridge and The Osiris Ritual in his Newbury and Hobbes detective series, set in an alternate Britain, and Ghosts of Manhattan, set in the same universe some decades later.
He wrote the Time Hunter novella "The Severed Man", and co-wrote the series finale, Child of Time.
He has also written numerous short stories, plus Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes audiobooks for Big Finish Productions. He has edited a number of anthologies including The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, The Solaris Book of New Fantasy and a retrospective collection of Sexton Blake stories, Sexton Blake, Detective, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy > Short Stories
Volume 1
An eclectic collection of all-original science fiction stories from some of the foremost luminaries in the genre. Featuring new tales of far future murder, first contact, love and war from such well-regarded and award winning authors as Peter F. Hamilton, Stephen Baxter, Adam Roberts, Jeffrey Thomas, Eric Brown, Paul Di Filippo, Neal Asher, Jay Lake and Ian Watson, this collection is sure to delight all fans of good science fiction.
Contents
Introduction
In His Sights by Jeffrey Thomas
Bioship by Neal Asher
C-Rock City by Jay Lake & Greg van Eekhout
The Bowdler Strain by James Lovegrove
Personal Jesus by Paul Di Filippo
If At First… by Peter F. Hamilton
A Distillation of Grace by Adam Roberts
Last Contact by Stephen Baxter
Cages by Ian Watson
Jellyfish by Mike Resnick & David Gerrold
Zora and the Land Ethnic Nomads by Mary A. Turzillo
Four Ladies of the Apocalypse by Brian Aldiss
The Accord by Keith Brooke
The Wedding Party by Simon Ings
Third Person by Tony Ballantyne
The Farewell Party by Eric Brown
Volume 2
Following the successful format established by The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, this new anthology brings together an eclectic selection of all-original stories by some of the genre’s best-loved and most popular writers. Authors include: Michael Moorcock, Karl Schroeder, Robert Reed, Kay Kenyon, David Louis Edelman, Peter Watts, Paul Di Filippo, Chris Roberson, Dan Abnett, Dominic Green, Brenda Cooper, Neal Asher and Mary Robinette Kowal
Contents:
Introduction
iCity by Paul Di Filippo
The Space Crawl Blues by Kay Kenyon
The Line of Dichotomy by Chris Roberson
Fifty Dinosaurs by Robert Reed
Mason’s Rats: Black Rat by Neal Asher
Blood Bonds by Brenda Cooper
The Eyes of God by Peter Watts
Sunworld by Eric Brown
Evil Robot Monkey by Mary Robinette Kowal
Shining Armor by Dominic Green
Book, Theatre, and Wheel by Karl Schroeder
Mathralon by David Louis Edelman
Mason’s Rats: Autotractor by Neal Asher
Modern Times by Michael Moorcock
Point of Contact by Dan Abnett
Volume 3
Showcasing some of the world’s greatest science fiction writers, the eclectic short stories and novelettes in this anthology–all published here for the first time–range from futuristic murder mysteries to tales of contact with alien beings.
Contents
Introduction
Rescue Mission by Jack Skillingstead
The Fixation by Alastair Reynolds
Artifacts by Stephen Baxter
Necroflux Day by John Meaney
Providence by Paul Di Filippo
Carnival Night by Warren Hammond
The Assistant by Ian Whates
Glitch by Scott Edelman
One of our Bastards is Missing by Paul Cornell
Woodpunk by Adam Roberts
Minya’s Astral Angels by Jennifer Pelland
The Best Monkey by Daniel Abraham
Long Stay by Ian Watson
A Soul Stitched to Iron by Tim Akers
iThink, therefore I am by Ken MacLeod
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