Future on Fire
Encyclopedia
Future on Fire is a science fiction anthology edited by Orson Scott Card
. It contains fifteen stories written in the 1980s by different writers.
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the...
. It contains fifteen stories written in the 1980s by different writers.
Story list
The stories in this book are:- "Rachel in Love" (1987) novelette by Pat Murphy
- "Dogfight" (1985) novelette by William GibsonWilliam GibsonWilliam Gibson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.William Gibson may also refer to:-Association football:*Will Gibson , Scottish footballer...
and Michael SwanwickMichael SwanwickMichael Swanwick is an American science fiction author. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began publishing in the early 1980s.-Biography:... - "A Gift from the GrayLanders" (1985) novelette by Michael BishopMichael Bishop (author)Michael Lawson Bishop is an award-winning American writer. Over four decades and thirty books, he has created a body of work that stands among the most admired in modern science fiction and fantasy literature....
- "Fire Zone Emerald" (1986) novelette by Lucius ShepardLucius ShepardLucius Shepard is an American writer. Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leans into other genres, such as magical realism. His work is infused with a political and historical sensibility and an awareness of literary antecedents...
- "Down and Out in the Year 2000" (1986) short story by Kim Stanley RobinsonKim Stanley RobinsonKim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer known for his award-winning Mars trilogy. His work delves into ecological and sociological themes regularly, and many of his novels appear to be the direct result of his own scientific fascinations, such as the fifteen years of research...
- "Angel Baby" (1982) novelette by Rachel PollackRachel PollackRachel Pollack is an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and expert on divinatory tarot...
- "The Neighbor's Wife" (1985) poem by Susan PalwickSusan PalwickSusan Palwick is an American writer and associate professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno. She began her professional career by publishing "The Woman Who Saved the World" for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1985....
- "I Am the Burning Bush" (1982) short story by Gregg Keizer
- "Pretty Boy Crossover" (1986) short story by Pat Cadigan
- "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" (1987) novelette by Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le GuinUrsula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, notably in fantasy and science fiction...
- "All My Darling Daughters" (1985) novelette by Connie WillisConnie WillisConstance Elaine Trimmer Willis is an American science fiction writer. She has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards. Willis most recently won a Hugo Award for Blackout/All Clear...
- "In the Realm of the Heart, in the World of the Knife" (1985) short story by Wayne Wightman
- "Rat" (1986) short story by James Patrick KellyJames Patrick KellyJames Patrick Kelly is an American science fiction author who began publishing in the 1970s and remains to this day an important figure in the science fiction field....
- "Vestibular Man" (1985) novelette by Felix C. Gotschalk
- "Green Days in Brunei" (1985) novella by Bruce SterlingBruce SterlingMichael Bruce Sterling is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which helped define the cyberpunk genre.-Writings:...
Related works
- Future on IceFuture on IceFuture on Ice is a science fiction anthology edited by Orson Scott Card, belated companion to Future on Fire . It contains eighteen stories written in the 1980s by different writers including "The Fringe" by Card himself....
(1998) Companion collection of 1980's stories.