"Infinity. Here. Now. What if every decision you've ever made created a new reality. A new life, a new world of possibilities for what you could become? What if the best of all possible worlds is just around the corner? Or the worst? This anthology brings together an international cast of luminaries to explore the infinite worlds of what could be. The smashed together chaos of multiple Londons piled on top of each other; a world where a tunnel turns Japan and the United States into close neighbours; catastrophic accidents on multidimensional spacecraft; shadowy organisations and the merciless assassins they control; the unstoppable force of your infinite grandmothers. Explore the infinite beauties and terrors of the multiverse with the finest minds writing in science fiction today, and see what could have been... " --Amazon.
Record details
ISBN:9781803362328
Physical Description:295 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:London : Titan Books, 2023.
Copyright:℗♭2023.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Worlds in Waiting: An Introduction / Preston Grassmann -- Parallel Worlds -- Banish / Alastair Reynolds -- Cracks / Chana Porter -- A Threshold Hypothesis / Jayaprakash Satyamurthy -- Crunchables / Ian McDonald -- Quorum's Eye / Alvaro Zinos-Amaro -- Nine Hundred Grandmothers / Paul Di Filippo -- Days of Magic, Nights of War / Clive Barker -- Alternate Histories -- A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel / Ken Liu -- Thirty-six Alternate Views of Mount Fuji / Rumi Kaneko (translated by Preston Grassmann) -- The Cartography of Sudden Death / Charlie Jane Anders -- The Rainmaker / Lavie Tidhar -- The Imminent World / D.R.G. Sugawara -- Fractured Realities -- #Selfcare / Annalee Newitz -- A Witch's Guide to Escape / Alix E. Harrow -- Amber Too Red, Like Ember / Yukimi Ogawa -- The Set / Eugen Bacon -- There is a Hole, There is a Star / Jeffrey Thomas -- There was a Time / Clive Barker.