By: George C. Wallis

“Any further fall of temperature will close the drama of this planet.”

By: Francis Stevens

“Island or no island, Anita was a lady, too!”

By: Francis Stevens

“I named the island Anita.”

By: Francis Stevens

“It was all busted and split open by the lightning.”

By: Francis Stevens

What had scared Nelson Smith so much that he had swum to get away?

By: Francis Stevens

“We cleared from Frisco with a cargo of silkateen petticoats.”

By: Joshua Glenn

William Gibson’s PATTERN RECOGNITION

By: Joshua Glenn

Katherine Dunn’s GEEK LOVE

By: Joshua Glenn

Margaret Atwood’s ORYX AND CRAKE

By: Joshua Glenn

Charles Stross’s SINGULARITY SKY

By: Joshua Glenn

Maureen F. McHugh’s MISSION CHILD

By: Joshua Glenn

Ken MacLeod’s ENGINE CITY

By: Joshua Glenn

Elizabeth Moon’s SPEED OF DARK

By: Joshua Glenn

China Miéville’s THE SCAR

By: Joshua Glenn

Octavia E. Butler’s CLAY’S ARK