The Golden Fleece- And Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution
Stableford Brian
This collection of stories about possible future developments in biotechnology juxtaposes the ultra-large scale of "Mortimer Gray's History of Death", which encapsulates several thousand years of human history, both past and future, with the intimate scale of "Next to Godliness," in which a dinner party goes wrong, in a fashion obliquely connected to the psychotropic drug-patches worn by all the guests. Among the other tales are "Some like it Hot" which deals with possible approaches, both biological and psychological, to the prospect of global warming; while the previously-unpublished novella "The Golden Fleece" offers a comparative study of the scientific and artistic responses to a natural ability to perceive more shades of color than most people can.
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All the stories work at the interface between biological possibility and philosophical potential. First-rate SF speculation by a master storyteller.
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All the stories work at the interface between biological possibility and philosophical potential. First-rate SF speculation by a master storyteller.
- 9 • Introduction (The Golden Fleece) • essay by
Brian Stableford
13 • The Golden Fleece • short fiction by
Brian Stableford
81 • Some Like It Hot • (2009) • novelette by
Brian Stableford
117 • Alfonso the Wise • (1996) • short fiction by
Brian Stableford
121 • Next to Godliness • (2008) • short story by
Brian Stableford
145 • Mortimer Gray's History of Death • (1995) • novella by
Brian Stableford
(variant of Mortimer Gray's "History of Death")
Categorías:
Año:
2012
Edición:
Paperback
Editorial:
Borgo Press
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
222
ISBN 10:
1434444449
ISBN 13:
9781434444448
Serie:
Biotech Revolution
Archivo:
EPUB, 318 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2012