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Solaris Rising is the first in an exciting new series of anthologies that are set to reaffirm Solaris's proud reputation for producing high quality science fiction.

The book will feature all original short stories from many best-selling authors such as Peter F. Hamilton, Alastair Reynolds, Stephen Baxter, Paul di Filippo, Adam Roberts, Lavie Tidhar, Ian Watson, Ken MacLeod, Mike Resnick, Tricia Sullivan, Eric Brown, Steve Rasnic Tem along with other top name authors; stories guaranteed to surprise, thrill and delight, demonstrating why science fiction remains the most innovative, satisfying, and downright exciting genre of all.

Table of Contents

• Introduction - (2011) - essay by Ian Whates
• A Smart Well-Mannered Uprising of the Dead - (2011) - short fiction by Ian McDonald
• The Incredible Exploding Man - short fiction by Dave Hutchinson
• Sweet Spots - (2011) - short fiction by Paul Di Filippo
• The Best Science Fiction of the Year Three - (2011) - short fiction by Ken MacLeod
• The One That Got Away - (2011) - short fiction by Tricia Sullivan
• Rock Day - (2011) - short story by Stephen Baxter
• Eluna - (2011) - short fiction by Stephen Palmer
• Shall I Tell You the Problem with Time Travel? - short story by Adam Roberts
• The Lives and Deaths of Che Guevara - (2011) - short fiction by Lavie Tidhar
• Steel Lake - (2011) - short fiction by Jack Skillingstead
• Mooncakes - (2011) - short fiction by Mike Resnick and Laurie Tom
• At Play in the Fields - (2011) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• How We Came Back from Mars (A Story That Cannot Be Told) - (2011) - short story by Ian Watson
• You Never Know - (2011) - short fiction by Pat Cadigan
• Yestermorrow - (2011) - short fiction by Richard Salter
• Dreaming Towers, Silent Mansions - (2011) - short fiction by Jaine Fenn
• Eternity's Children - (2011) - short fiction by Keith Brooke and Eric Brown
• For the Ages - (2011) - short fiction by Alastair Reynolds
• The Return of the Mutant Worms - (2011) - short story by Peter F. Hamilton

Having re-affirmed Solaris’ proud reputation for producing high quality science fiction anthologies in the first volume, Solaris Rising 2 is the next collection in this exciting series.

Featuring stories by Allan Steele, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kim Lakin-Smith, Paul Cornell, Eugie Foster, Nick Harkaway, Nancy Kress, Kay Kenyon, James Lovegrove, Robert Reed, Mercurio D. Rivera, Norman Spinrad, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Liz Williams, Vandana Singh, Martin Sketchley, and more.

These stories are guaranteed to surprise, thrill and delight, and maintain our mission to demonstrate why science fiction remains the most exiting, varied and inspiring of all fiction genres. In Solaris Rising we showed both the quality and variety that modern SF can produce. In Solaris Rising 2, we’ll be taking that much, much further.

Solaris Rising 3 pushes the boundaries of current SF publishing and hammers home, story after story, Whates' mission statement to prove that SF is the most exciting and inspiring of all the fiction genres; offering the poignant reflection of humanity--often funny, often dark and always surprising--that sits at the heart of all great fiction writing, and stretching it across time and space.

With contributions from Ken Liu, Rachel Swirsky, Gareth L. Powell, Aliette de Bodard, Tony Ballantyne and many, many more, Solaris Rising 3 is a diverse collection of ground-breaking stories that will be essential reading for SF fans everywhere.

Described by Pornokitsch.com as "the UK's finest editor of Science Fiction," Whates has gathered together some of the best known names and most thrilling emerging talents in SF to contribute to this latest bumper anthology release in Solaris Book's stellar year of anthology publishing.

Featuring stories from:
Adam Roberts, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Aliette de Bodard, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Cat Sparks, Chris Beckett, Gareth L. Powell, George Zebrowski, Ian R. MacLeod & Martin Sketchley, Ian Watson, Julie E. Czerneda, Ken Liu, Laura Lam, Nina Allan// Rachel Swirsky, Sean Williams, Tony Ballantyne

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Ian Whates
• When We Harvested the Nacre-Rice - short fiction by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
• The Goblin Hunter - short fiction by Chris Beckett
• Homo Floresiensis - short fiction by Ken Liu
• A Taste for Murder - short fiction by Julie E. Czerneda
• Double Blind - short fiction by Tony Ballantyne
• The Mashup - short fiction by Sean Williams
• The Frost on Jade Buds - short fiction by Aliette de Bodard
• Popular Images from the First Manned Mission to Enceladus - short fiction by Alex Dally MacFarlane
• Red Lights, and Rain - short story by Gareth L. Powell
• They Swim Through Sunset Seas - short fiction by Laura Lam
• Faith Without Teeth - short story by Ian Watson
• Thing and Sick - novelette by Adam Roberts
• The Sullen Engines - short fiction by George Zebrowski
• Dark Harvest - short fiction by Cat Sparks
• Fift & Shria - short story by Benjamin Rosenbaum
• The Howl - short fiction by Ian R. MacLeod and Martin Sketchley
• The Science of Chance - short fiction by Nina Allan
• Endless - short fiction by Rachel Swirsky