ESCAPE FROM EARTH: NEW ADVENTURES IN SPACE

Dann, Jack, and Gardner Dozois., editors

ISBN 10: 1582882258 / ISBN 13: 9781582882253

Published by SFBC., Garden City, NY:, 2006

About this Item

HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. Original stories by Allen M. Steele, Kage Baker, Geoffrey Landis, Orson Scott Card, Walter Jon Williams, Elizabeth Moon and Joe Haldeman. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 28900

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ESCAPE FROM EARTH: NEW ADVENTURES IN SPACE
• Publisher: SFBC., Garden City, NY:
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1582882258
• ISBN 13: 9781582882253
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction / Fantasy

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Synopsis

Whatever happened to the good old days when authors like Andre Norton and Robert A. Heinlein wrote books for young adults? How come fantasy has all the really cool books like The Bartimaeus Trilogy and Harry Potter, while children’s sf lags behind in the excitement department? If you’ve been lamenting the death of the juvenile, dust off a place on your bookshelf because Escape from Earth resurrects this long-languished tradition with stories that are as vivid, fun and fast-paced as you remember. Tales of young people blasting off into the unknown have quickened our sense of wonder ever since we were kids. So we asked two highly respected editors—Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois—to find stories that pique that sensation: stories that deal with the restless urge to explore, to get away from mundane limitations, to see what’s happening out there. And true to form, they came up with seven tales by award-winning writers you’ll be eager to read and pass on to your own kids. Wide-screen stories about struggle and hope, romance and danger, friendship and conflict, all opening up unexpected worlds and surprising vistas. Take a look…. Escape from Earth by Allen Steele Sixteen-year-old Eric always wanted to be an astronaut, but after his father died in Iraq, he lost hope that he’d ever get out of his dull little town. Then he catches a bunch of teenage cadets stealing fuel for their 24th–century starship, and he's launched on the jaunt of a lifetime. Where the Golden Apples Grow by Kage Baker Neither Bill nor Ford likes his life very much. Tired of hauling ice from the Martian poles to Mons Olympus, Bill dreams of farming the warm green fields under the domes. Ford, a farmer's son, yearns to drive a freighter under the stars. Thrown together by chance, the boys discover that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Derelict by Geoffrey A. Landis For the daredevil teens on Malina space colony, visiting ghost station Hercules without adult permission