Synthesis & Other Virtual Realities
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Synthesis & Other Virtual Realities is a collection of science fiction
stories by author Mary Rosenblum
. It was released in 1996
and was the author's first collection of stories. It was published by Arkham House
in an edition of 3,515 copies. The stories originally appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
stories by author Mary Rosenblum
Mary Rosenblum
Mary Rosenblum is a science fiction and mystery author. Mary Rosenblum grew up in Allison Park, "a dead little coal mining town outside Pittsburgh PA," and attended Reed College in Oregon, earning a biology degree. She attended the Clarion West workshop in 1988.Her first story came out in 1990...
. It was released in 1996
1996 in literature
The year 1996 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is removed from an advanced placement English reading list in Lindale, Texas because it "conflicted with the values of the community."* In the United Kingdom, the first...
and was the author's first collection of stories. It was published by Arkham House
Arkham House
Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
in an edition of 3,515 copies. The stories originally appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
Contents
Synthesis & Other Virtual Realities contains the following stories:- "Water Bringer"
- "Entrada"
- "The Centaur Garden"
- "Second Chance"
- "Bordertown"
- "Synthesis"
- "Flood Tide"
- "The Rain Stone"
- "Stairway"