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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017(1st Edition)
(The Best American Series ®)
by Charles Yu, John Joseph Adams, Adams/Yu, Mariner Books
Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2017 by Mariner Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-544-97398-5, ISBN: 0-544-97398-4

""This volume showcases the nuanced, playful, ever-expanding definitions of the genre and celebrates its current renaissance." - Washington Post Science fiction and fantasy can encompass so much, from far-future deep-space sagas to quiet contemporary tales to unreal kingdoms and beasts. But what the best of these stories do is the same across the genres-they illuminate the whole gamut of the human experience, interrogating our hopes and ..."

A People's Future of the United States(1st Edition)
Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
by Victor Lavalle, John Joseph Adams, Charlie Jane Anders, Charles Yu, Lesley Nneka Arimah
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2019 by One World
ISBN-13: 978-0-525-50880-9, ISBN: 0-525-50880-5

"A glittering landscape of twenty-five speculative stories that challenge oppression and imagine new futures for America—from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more. In these tumultuous times, in our deeply divided country, many people are angry, frightened, and hurting. Knowing that imagining a brighter tomorrow has always been an act of resistance, editors Victor LaValle and J ..."

A People's Future of the United States
Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
by Charlie Jane Anders, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Charles Yu, Victor Lavalle, John Joseph Adams
432 Pages, Published 2019 by One World
ISBN-13: 978-0-525-50881-6, ISBN: 0-525-50881-3

"She lives with her husband, kid, cat, and dog in Pennsylvania. She is the author of the novels Vengeance Bound, Promise of Shadows, and Dread Nation, a New York Times bestselling novel. She is–with Troy L. Wiggins—the editor of FIYAH, ..."

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2017
by John Joseph Adams, Charles Yu
384 Pages, Published 2017 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN-13: 978-0-544-98067-9, ISBN: 0-544-98067-0

"... to avoid being turned into a toad, and shortly thereafter the clerk carried a packet of pins and three vials of lavender oil the three heathery miles from the chandler's shop to the hut on Orion Waste. The white-haired crone who lived in the hut opened the door, took the basket, and looked the clerk up and down. She spat out a small object and said, “You will do.” “I beg your pardon?” “I have a proposition for you,” the crone s ..."

Lightspeed Lib/E(Unabridged)
Year One
by John Joseph Adams, Orson Scott Card, Joe Haldeman, Skyboat Media, Gabrielle De Cuir, Rosalyn Landor, Stefan Rudnicki, Robin Sachs, Various Narrators, Mcdevitt Jack, Carrie Vaughn, Catherynne M. Valente, Don Leslie, Cassandra Campbell, Christian Rummel, Kristoffer Tabori, Mirron Willis, Judy Young, Genevieve Valentine, Carol Emshwiller, Cat Rambo, Yoon Ha Lee, John R. Fultz, Joe R. Lansdale, Alice Sola Kim, Charles Yu, David Tallerman, Tanith Lee, Nancy Kress, Robert Reed, Emily Card, Paul Boehmer
Audio, Published 2018 by Blackstone Pub
Audiobook, Cd, Unabridged
ISBN-13: 978-1-982572-41-9, ISBN: 1-982572-41-8

"Lightspeed: Year One compiles fiction published by the online science fiction magazine Lightspeed in its first year. Produced by Skyboat Media, and under the direction of Grammy and Audie Award-winning narrator and producer Stefan Rudnicki, the Lightspeed podcast features audiobook-style recordings of the stories published each month in Lightspeed.The Cassandra Project by Jack McDevitt, read by Stefan RudnickiAmaryllis by Carrie Vaughn, ..."

Lightspeed Magazine, September 2018
by Lightspeed Magazine, John Joseph Adams, Carrie Vaughn, Ken Liu, Sofia Samatar, Charles Yu, Seanan Mcguire, Maria Dahvana Headley, Sam J. Miller, Charlie Jane Anders, Theodora Goss, Adam-Troy Castro, A. Merc Rustad
Paperback, 306 Pages, Published 2018 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-13: 978-1-72550-138-6, ISBN: 1-72550-138-4

"In the pages of Lightspeed Magazine, you will find the finest science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF—and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales. Issue #1 was launched in June 2010, and now eight years later, we’ve reached a milestone: Issue 100. To celebrate, we decided to publish a super-sized ..."

Brave New Worlds(1st Edition)
Dystopian Stories
by John Joseph Adams, Paolo Bacigalupi, Orson Scott Card, Cory Doctorow, Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, Neil Gaiman, Philip K. Dick, Carrie Vaughn, Kate Wilhelm, Kurt Vonnegut, Nick Gaetano, Night Shade Books, S. L. Gilbow, Joseph Paul Haines, M. Rickert, Geoff Ryman, Charles Coleman Finlay, Bryan Talbot, J. G. Ballard, Ursula Le Guin
Paperback, 489 Pages, Published 2011 by Night Shade Books
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-221-5, ISBN: 1-59780-221-2

"YOU ARE BEING WATCHED.Your every movement is being tracked, your every word recorded. Your spouse may be an informer, your children may be listening at your door, your best friend may be a member of the secret police. You are alone among thousands, among great crowds of the brainwashed, the well-behaved, the loyal. Productivity has never been higher, the media blares, and the army is ever triumphant. One wrong move, one slip-up, and you ..."

Wastelands
The New Apocalypse
by Veronica Roth, John Joseph Adams, Hugh Howey, Carmen Maria Machado, Jonathan Maberry
Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 2020 by Titan Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-78565-897-6, ISBN: 1-78565-897-2

"The brilliant new post-apocalyptic collection by master anthologist John Joseph Adams, for the first time including new stories by the edgiest modern writers.WASTELANDS, the unsurpassed collection of thrilling and mind-bending post-apocalyptic short fiction, is breaking new ground. For the first time, volume three--THE NEW APOCALYPSE--will feature ALL-NEW stories by some of the most acclaimed authors today, including New York Times best ..."

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 108
(May 2019): Lightspeed Magazine, #108
by John Joseph Adams, Kathleen Kayembe, Nancy Kress, Max Gladstone, Sofia Samatar
Published 2019 by John Joseph Adams
ISBN-13: 978-1-386-05019-3, ISBN: 1-386-05019-9

"They won't do anything to you.” He didn't touch her. “Is she in pain?” “No.” He'd never glanced at the monitors, which showed plainly that her brain waves registered no pain. He was not a doctor. “Who is she?” “We verified that only a few hours ..."

Wastelands 3
The New Apocalypse
by John Joseph Adams, Veronica Roth, Hugh Howey, Carmen Maria Machado, Jonathan Maberry
512 Pages, Published 2019 by Titan Books (Us, Ca)
ISBN-13: 978-1-78565-896-9, ISBN: 1-78565-896-4

"“As Good as New” by Charlie Jane Anders. © 2014 by Charlie Jane Anders. Originally published in Tor.com. ... Appears for the first time in this volume. “The Eyes of the Flood” by Susan Jane Bigelow. © 2018 by Susan Jane Bigelow. Originally ..."

Lightspeed Magazine, December 2010
by John Joseph Adams
ISBN-13: 978-1-60701-266-5, ISBN: 1-60701-266-9

"Author Spotlight: Ursula K. Le Guin Stacey Friedberg Ursula K. Le Guin is easily one of the ... Elder responds primarily to young children. Why is that? ..."

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019
by John Joseph Adams, Carmen Maria Machado
384 Pages, Published 2019 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN-13: 978-1-328-60406-4, ISBN: 1-328-60406-3

"John Joseph Adams, Carmen Maria Machado. He stayed quiet for a couple of minutes. “You sure you want to do this? I mean . . . think about Minnie—” “Minnie can take care of herself,” Rosetta snapped. “We need to do this first. I need to do ..."

Help Fund My Robot Army and Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects
by John Joseph Adams, Seanan Mcguire, Daniel H. Wilson, Scott Sigler, Mur Lafferty, Carmen Maria Machado, Tobias S. Buckell
Published 2018 by John Joseph Adams
ISBN-13: 978-1-386-82873-0, ISBN: 1-386-82873-4

"Jake Kerr Jake Kerr began writing short fiction in 2010 after fifteen years as a music and radio industry columnist and journalist. His first published story, “The Old Equations,” appeared in Lightspeed and went on to be named a finalist for the ..."

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018
by John Joseph Adams, N.K. Jemisin
400 Pages, Published 2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN-13: 978-1-328-83453-9, ISBN: 1-328-83453-0

"marry into the leading Lim family, the first son even, and Lim Teck Meng towered so large in their circle of friends and ... showed her where to put her shoes, rinse her feet, then step up to the platform around the fish tanks where she could sit ..."

The Way of the Wizard
by John Joseph Adams, Neil Gaiman, Genevieve Valentine, Nnedi Okorafor, Lev Grossman
441 Pages, Published 2018 by John Joseph Adams
ISBN-13: 978-1-386-87449-2, ISBN: 1-386-87449-3

"Poison. Krista. Hoeppner. Leahy. Being a pig changed me. The smells like fists punching my snout, the pent-up power in my haunches, the ground right there, inches from my chin, begging me to plow it with my snout, to dig to find its treasures, ..."

Futures & Fantasies
by John Joseph Adams, Hugh Howey, Seanan Mcguire, Carmen Maria Machado, Charlie Jane Anders, Ken Liu, Ashok K. Banker, Sofia Samatar, Adam-Troy Castro, Caroline M. Yoachim
Published 2018 by John Joseph Adams
ISBN-13: 978-1-386-64263-3, ISBN: 1-386-64263-0

"But the look on Li's face softened his resolve. “All right. Lead the way.” • • • • Tian made sure that there was no one watching before he slipped inside Li Xiaoyi's hut. Though he didn't have much of a reputation to worry about, Xiaoyi didn't need ..."

Selected Stories
by Jake Kerr, Hugh Howey, John Joseph Adams, Ken Liu, Brian White
160 Pages, Published 2017 by Shirtsleeve Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-5080-7181-5, ISBN: 1-5080-7181-0

"Jake Kerr, Hugh Howey, John Joseph Adams, Ken Liu, Brian White. The Pitch After years of television and indie film directing, it looked like Will ... "Let me get this straight. You want me to direct a reboot of a film franchise that hasn't even been ..."

Cosmic Powers
The Saga Anthology of Far-Away Galaxies
by John Joseph Adams
352 Pages, Published 2017 by Simon And Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-1-4814-3503-1, ISBN: 1-4814-3503-5

"ENGINE. JOSEPH. ALLEN. HILL. Beeblax beats its wings against a superlumic slurry of time and space, and the universe turns to liquid starlight in its periphery; inside rides Aria Astra —Stellar Champion of the Star Supremacy, Wielder of the Sister Ray, Spacetrotting Coolgal, and Humanity's Last Hope—nestled within a blob of translucent pink jellymeat, and it is totally cool and only a little disgusting. This jelly is Beeblax, or at ..."

What the #@&% Is That?
The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre
by John Joseph Adams, Douglas Cohen
368 Pages, Published 2016 by Simon And Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-1-4814-3500-0, ISBN: 1-4814-3500-0

"Gemma Files, a former film critic and teacher–turned–horror author, is probably best known for her Weird Western Hexslinger series (A Book of Tongues, A Rope of Thorns, and A Tree of Bones, all from ChiZine Publications). She has also published two short fiction collections (Kissing Carrion and The Worm in Every Heart), two chapbooks of speculative poetry, and a story cycle (We Will All Go Down Together: Stories of the Five-Family ..."

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016
by Karen Joy Fowler, John Joseph Adams
320 Pages, Published 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN-13: 978-0-544-55521-1, ISBN: 0-544-55521-X

"My longlist of eighty was drawn from thirty-eight different publications: twenty-four periodicals, thirteen anthologies, and one two-story chapbook—from thirty-eight different editors (counting editorial teams as a singular unit, but also distinct from any solo work done by either editor). The final table of contents draws from sixteen different sources: thirteen periodicals, two anthologies, and one two-story chapbook (from sixtee ..."