The writer shuddered, but there really was no way out. He couldn’t bear to think what the TLS would say, and as for the
Guardian
… No! It couldn’t be allowed to happen. “I would be delighted to buy back the ‘Mutant Worms of Kranakin’,” he said faintly. “Did you have a price in mind?”
“Why my dear boy, that’s so generous of you. Think of a figure...”
“Yes?”
“Then go quantum on it.”
Title
Indicia
Contents
Introduction
A Smart Well-Mannered Uprising of the Dead, Ian McDonald
The Incredible Exploding Man, Dave Hutchinson
Sweet Spots, Paul di Filippo
The Best Science Fiction of the Year Three, Ken MacLeod
The One that Got Away, Tricia Sullivan
Rock Day, Stephen Baxter
Eluna, Stephen Palmer
Shall I Tell You the Problem with Time Travel? Adam Roberts
The Lives and Deaths of Che Guevara, Lavie Tidhar
Steel Lake, Jack Skillingstead
Mooncakes, Mike Resnick and Laurie Tom
At Play in the Fields, Steve Rasnic Tem
How We Came Back from Mars, Ian Watson
You Never Know, Pat Cadigan
Yestermorrow, Richard Salter
Dreaming Towers, Silent Mansions, Jaine Fenn
Eternity's Children, Keith Brooke and Eric Brown
For the Ages, Alastair Reynolds
Return of the Mutant Worms, Peter F. Hamilton