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Title:

Future games / edited by Paula Guran.

Publisher:

Prime Books,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

371 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Sports fiction.
Short stories.
Science fiction.

Other Authors:

Guran, Paula, editor.
Shirley, John, 1953- author.
Martin, George R. R., author.
Waldrop, Howard, author.
Card, Orson Scott, author.
Morrow, James, 1947- author.
Westerfeld, Scott, author.
Wilhelm, Kate, author.
Effinger, George Alec, author.
Williams, Genveive, author.
Marley, Louise, 1952- author.
Doctorow, Cory, author.
Richards, Joel, author.
Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann, author.
Bohnhoff, Maya Kaathryn.
Esaias, Timons, author.
Moudy, Walter F. (Walter Frank), 1929-1973, author.

Contents:

Will the chill / John Shirley -- Run to starlight / George R.R. Martin -- Man-mountain Gentian / Howard Waldrop -- Ender's game / Orson Scott Card -- The fate of nations / James Morrow -- Unsportsmanlike conduct / Scott Westerfeld -- Ladies and gentlemen, this is your crisis! / Kate Wilhelm -- Breakaway / George Alec Effinger -- Kip, running / Genevieve Williams -- Diamond girls / Louise Marley -- Anda's game / Cory Doctorow -- Listen / Joel Richards -- Name that planet! / Elizabeth Ann Scarborough -- Distance / Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff -- Pawn / Timons Esaias -- The survivor / Walter F. Moundy.

Summary:

Human competition is eternal. We thrill to victory, we suffer the agony of defeat. No matter what the future brings, sports will be a part of it. But what forms will these games take? Who will be the spectator, who will play? Will aliens be our opponents or machines? Will physical competition even exist? What rules will we play by? What will be at stake? What rewards will be reaped by the victors? What fates await the defeated? Will the entire universe be our arena or will our world be smaller than today? Visionary authors speculate on what swifter, higher, stronger, and winning will mean in the near and distant future.

ISBN:

1607013819
9781607013815

OCLC:

(OCoLC)808417996

Locations:

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)