The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 5
Language: English
Published by Infinivox, 2025
Series: Book 5 of 5 - The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time
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- Title
- The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time 5
- Author
- Deborah L Davitt, Aliette de Bodard, Daryl Gregory
- Publisher
- Infinivox
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1884612849
- ISBN 13
- 9781884612848
- Item weight
- 399 grams
- Series
- Book 5 of 5: The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time
- “Down the Waterfall” by Cécile Cristofari—a physicist travels in time by destroying and regenerating the cells in her body.
- “Red Ochre, Ivory Bones” by Deborah L. Davitt—an enigmatic object, on a collision course with a space station orbiting the star Fomalhaut, is intercepted.
- “Autumn’s Red Bird” by Aliette de Bodard—a data artist shares recreations of her wartime experiences with a sentient mindship.
- “I’m Not Disappointed Just Mad AKA The Heaviest Couch in the Known Universe” by Daryl Gregory—a stoner kid and his best friend are tasked with moving a couch during an alien invasion.
- “How Sere Kept Herself Together” by Alexander Jablokov—a private eye investigates the disappearance of an alien that stalks humans.
- “After the Winter Solstice” by Sean McMullen—a team of astronomers and noblemen forego hibernation to take measurements which will accurately describe the orbit of their planet. This story is a finalist for an Asimov’s Readers’ Award for best novelette of 2024.
- “Charon’s Final Passenger” by Ray Nayler—an American agent uses alien technology to read the memories of a dead spy in an alternate World War II. This story is a finalist for an Asimov’s Readers’ Award for best novelette of 2024.
- “The Quietude” by Lavie Tidhar—an eclectic group, connected by a new form of art, become aware of a war unfolding against an alien species from the Oort Cloud.
- “The Handmaiden-Alchemist” by Marie Vibbert—a baroness’ handmaiden defends her honor from an unwanted suitor with her knowledge of natural philosophy. This story is a finalist for an Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for best short story of 2024.
- “Heartshock” by Nick Wolven—the wounded captain of a warship must decide the fate of her vanquished foe on an alien planet.
- “In Which Caruth Is Correct” by Carolyn Zhao—a woman navigates time loops with the aid of tempo-therapists.
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