In a novel set in the twenty-first century, a bionic woman becomes swept into a world of simulated environments and heightened perception.
Nominated for BSFA Award in 1996, for Hugo and Locus awards in...
Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She's trying to break out of prison--even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive.
Halfway around the...
Ted Chiang has made his bones in SF as a master of the short story, so a much longer work than is customary comes as a surprise. "The typical science-fiction depiction of AI is this loyal, obedient butler; you simply flip a switch, turn it on and...
Rudy Rucker is a mathematician who writes books of popular science and science fiction. His SF swings widely and freely into the surreal and metaphysical upon occasion. In this story, his future is a fantasy land and his science is transformed by...
“A tightly wound and imaginative thriller.”
— Paige Nick.
In tomorrow’s world, Kirsten is a roaming, restless synaesthete: a photographer with bad habits and a fertility problem. A troubled woman approaches Kirsten with a warning,...
Marid Audran has become everything he once despised. Not so long ago, he was a hustler in the Budayeen, an Arabian ghetto in a Balkanized future Earth. Back then, as often as not, he didn’t have the money to buy himself a drink. But he had his...
First the LINK – an interactive, implanted computer-transformed society. Then came the angels – cybernetic manifestations that claimed to be working God's will...But former cop Deidre McMannus has had her LINK implant removed – for a crime...
When your entire world is synthetic, what does it mean to be human?
Specter is a thief and hustler addicted to Elysia: a virtual reality world where limits don't exist, and he can have everything he desires. But residencies are costly, so he...