Tag: science fiction

There are a thousand ways to die in space, some of them instantaneous, the result of a catastrophic failure in a propulsion system causing fuel to explode or

The Moon and Mars having been explored at length in his previous collections Moonrise and Lost Mars, editor Mike Ashley presents a more generalised view of the children

The only child of an unmarried mother with no family, the identity of his father a subject never discussed, postman Andrew Cooper has unanswered questions about his ancestry

A ruined world of derelict high-rises, the stains of the rising smoke blackening the holes where the windows once were, dust clogs the air as a rusted van

Self-assured and soft spoken, eighteen year-old Sarah Dunn is a girl with troubles rather than a girl who is trouble, sleeping rough in parks but still attending her

“There is no good or evil in science, but it can be used for good or evil purposes.” A maxim which opens The Invisible Man Appears (Tômei ningen

Like Antarctica and the Moon, there is an agreement in principle that no nation can claim space or any of the heavenly bodies for itself, that they can

An Olympic level equestrian, Mia Lindberg is at the top of her profession but her personal life is at an impasse, her financier husband Thomas indifferent to her

Judith Apple dreams in colour, but the fantasy is not satisfactory; plugged into the virtual reality of InfiniSynth, she wants more, a purpose to her life which she

It’s an awkward summer in the suburbs of California for eleven year-old David Rockland, staying with his father Bill and his new wife Ellen; it’s not that she’s