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Description edit
Reading more like a news report from the future than contemporary fiction, this collection of short stories combines hard science with rich emotionalism to explore myriad realities. Stories in this collection include "Into the Blue Abyss," where the seas of Uranus are explored. There are... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mikhail Petrovitch: Add a description of this character.
- Ramsey
- Leah
- Holmes
- Fyodor
- Vasily
- Rosa
- Esteban
- Jeanne
- Susan
- Watson
- Mr. Rorvik
- Taggart
- Vera
- Georgi
- Karen
- Johann
- Katerina
- Bessie
- Pavel
- Consuela
- Ben
- Kirschmeyer
- Beth
- Pyotr
- Franz
- Angela
- Rajiv
- Trish
- Lermontov
- Jenny
- Einstein
- Sarah
- Stodderman
- Giuseppe
- Tim
- Christie
- Driscott
- Viktor
- Williamson
- Khokhlov
- Langevin
- Gregory
- Lissy
- Theresa
- Barbara
- Joseph Smith Kirkpatrick
- Sanjiv
Setting & Locations edit
- Uranus
- Mars
- Salzburg
- Naples
- London
- Earth
- Pompeii
- Rome
- Hanita
- New Zealand
- Whitechapel
- Boreal Ocean
- Italy
- Boston
- Carlo
First Sentence edit
THE PILOTS HAVE A SAYING: A GOOD LANDING IS ANY landing you can walk away from.
Table of Contents edit
Foreword by Joe Haldeman
A Walk in the Sun
Impact Parameter
Elemental
Ecopoiesis (Nebula 1998)
Across the Darkness
Ouroboros
Into the Blue Abyss
Snow
Rorvik's War
Approaching Perimelasma
What We Really Do Here at NASA
Dark Lady
Outsider's Chance
Beneath the Stars of Winter
The Singular Habits of Wasps (Nebula 1994)
Winter Fire (Nebula 1998 Short Story)
Afterword: About the Stories
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 1930846061
Page Count: 330
Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 1930846061
Page Count: 330
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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