CELEBRATION
by Ian Whates (editor).
Commemorating 50 years of the British Science Fiction Association
Paperback/Hardback: 242 pages
Publisher: Newcon Press (21st March 2008)
Language English
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9555791-1-0
Hardback ISBN: 978-0-9555791-2-7
With original stories from: Brian Aldiss, Stephen Baxter, Molly Brown, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, M. John Harrison, Dave Hutchinson, Ian R. MacLeod, Ken MacLeod, Christopher Priest, Adam Roberts, Alastair Reynolds, Kim Lakin-Smith, Martin Sketchley, Brian Stableford, Tricia Sullivan, Ian Watson, Liz Williams and an introduction from Pat Cadigan
An anthology of all-original stories from some of the biggest names in British science fiction. Seventeen stories, two hundred and forty pages that between them encompass a rich and varied representation of the many facets that comprise our beloved science fiction and seasons it with a little fantasy on the side.
Contents:
1.The BSFA – An Appreciation – Pat Cadigan
2.The Jubilee Plot – Stephen Baxter
3.Wilson at Woking – Ken MacLeod
4.The Killing Fields – Kim Lakin-Smith
5.Having the Time of His Life – Ian Watson
6.The Dog Hypnotist – Tricia Sullivan
7.The Crack Angel – Jon Courtenay Grimwood
8.Keep Smiling with Great Minutes – Mike John Harrison
9.Living with the Dead – Molly Brown
10.Next to Godliness – Brian Stableford
11.Mellowing Grey – Dave Hutchinson
12.At Shadow Cope – Liz Williams
13.Peculiar Bone, Unimaginable Key – Brian Aldiss
14.Deciduous Trees – Martin Sketchley
15.Soirée – Alastair Reynolds
16.On the Sighting of Other Islands – Ian R. MacLeod
17.Fireflies – Christopher Priest
18.The Man of the Strong Arm – Adam Roberts
19.An Afterword – Ian Whates
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