Full Spectrum 1

Here for the 1st time anywhere are 25 new stories from the leading edge of contemporary science fiction & fantasy. Bold, shocking, sly & visionary, these astonishing stories have one thing in common: they push the imagination to its limits. Spanning the full spectrum from Norman Spinrad's harrowing "Journal of the Plague Years," to the dreamy eloquence of Lisa Goldstein's "My Year With the Aliens," from Thomas M. Disch's hauntingly erotic "Voices of the Kill," to Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason's hard sf story "Reflections in a Magnetic Mirror," these daring excursions into the worlds of past, present & future represent the best of today's speculative fiction by both acknowledged masters & the most exciting new voices in the field. Filled with rich invention & vivid detail, with incredible fantasy & terrifying truth, Full Spectrum is one collection that no fan of science fiction & fantasy should be without.CONTENTS:Introduction / Lou Aronica and Shawna McCarthy Voices of the kill / Thomas M. Disch This is the year zero / Andrew Weiner Proselytes / Gregory Benford The fourth moxie branch / Jack McDevitt Prayerware / Jack Massa Mannequins / Charles Oberndorf Moments of clarity / Elissa Malcohn A gift of the people / Robert Samson The last rainmaker song / Jeffrey J. Mariotte Tinker to evers to chance / Steven Bryan Bieler The farm system / Howard V. Hendrix Ghost ship / Walton Simons Phillipa's hands / Nancy Kress Reflections in a magnetic mirror / Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason Listening / Ronnie Seagren My year with the aliens / Lisa Goldstein Oz / Lewis Shiner Dead men on tv / Pat Murphy Once in a lullaby / Fred Bals My imaginary parents / T.L. Parkinson Bible stories for adults, no. 17: the deluge / James Morrow Beyond the seventh sphere / Aaron Schutz Magister Rudy / Richard Grant The thing itself / Michael Blumlein Journals of the plague years / Norman Spinrad