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Stable Strategies and Others
Author: | Eileen Gunn |
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Tachyon Publications, 2004 |
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Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
This collection of tightly crafted, highly imaginative short stories employs surrealist, satirical, and fantastical devices to explore politics, class, and gender. From a hilarious tale about bioengineering and the stresses of climbing the corporate ladder to an evocative story of a woman who loses a sock at the the laundromat and finds she's missing a bit of her soul, these science fiction stories showcase an award-winning writer's compelling vision of the universe. Computer pioneers, cross-country skiers, and aliens figure into these literary stories that challenge the boundaries of imagination with quirky, anti-establishment characters and visionary technological extrapolation.
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements - essay
- She's the Business - (2004) - essay by William Gibson
- The Secret of Writing - essay
- Hooray for Eileen! - (1994) - poem by Michael Swanwick
- Stable Strategies for Middle Management - (1988) - shortstory
- Fellow Americans - (1991) - shortstory
- Computer Friendly - (1989) - shortstory
- The Sock Story - (1989) - shortstory
- Coming to Terms - shortstory
- Lichen and Rock - (1991) - shortstory
- Contact - (1981) - shortstory
- What Are Friends For? - (1978) - shortstory
- Ideologically Labile Fruit Crisp - (1991) - essay
- Spring Conditions - (1983) - shortstory
- Nirvana High - novelette by Eileen Gunn and Leslie What
- Green Fire - (1999) - novelette by Eileen Gunn and Andy Duncan and Pat Murphy and Michael Swanwick
- Afterwards - essay by Howard Waldrop
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