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Future Earths: Under African Skies
| Author: | Gardner Dozois Mike Resnick |
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DAW Books, 1993 |
| Series: | Future Earths: Book 1 |
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1. Future Earths: Under African Skies |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
A collection of science fiction tales set in a futuristic African continent features the writing of Vernor Vinge, Gregory Benford, Bruce Sterling, Kim Stanley Robinson, Howard Waldrop, and Mike Resnick. The stories, told from both European and "native" viewpoints take a look at the past and the future--invasion by alien flora, a space baby adopted by an African woman, the rise of Africa after a nuclear war, a space utopia modeled after ancient Kenya, and other stories of fantasy and speculation filled this book
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - (1993) - essay by Mike Resnick
- For I Have Touched the Sky - (1989) - novelette by Mike Resnick
- Apartness - (1965) - novelette by Vernor Vinge
- Termites - (1987) - shortstory by Dave Smeds
- The Finger - (1980) - shortstory by Naomi Mitchison
- The Lions Are Asleep This Night - (1986) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
- Etoundi's Monkey - (1989) - shortstory by Judith Dubois
- Dry Niger - (1990) - shortstory by M. Shayne Bell
- A Transect - (1986) - shortstory by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Of Space-Time and the River - (1985) - novelette by Gregory Benford
- Still Life with Scorpion - (1984) - shortstory by Scott Baker
- The Quiet - (1981) - shortstory by George Guthridge
- Dinner in Audoghast - (1985) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
- A Passive Victim of a Random Genetic Accident - (1983) - shortstory by Janet Gluckman
- The Pale Thin God - (1993) - shortstory by Mike Resnick
- Toward Kilimanjaro - (1990) - novelette by Ian McDonald
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