The Final Frontier
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3.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
The vast and mysterious universe is explored in this reprint anthology from award-winning editor and anthologist Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld magazine, The Best Science Fiction of the Year).
The urge to explore and discover is a natural and universal one, and the edge of the unknown is expanded with each passing year as scientific advancements inch us closer and closer to the outer reaches of our solar system and the galaxies beyond them.
Generations of writers have explored these new frontiers and the endless possibilities they present in great detail. With galaxy-spanning adventures of discovery and adventure, from generations ships to warp drives, exploring new worlds to first contacts, science fiction writers have given readers increasingly new and alien ways to look out into our broad and sprawling universe.
The Final Frontier delivers stories from across this literary spectrum, a reminder that the universe is far large and brimming with possibilities than we could ever imagine, as hard as we may try.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Clarkesworld editor Clarke's stellar reprint anthology explores the expansive variety of space exploration stories, in shades from brutal to elegantly poetic. The late Jay Lake's "Permanent Fatal Errors" shows how far a band of vicious explorers will go to hide a truly monumental discovery. Vandana Singh's "Sailing the Antarsa" is a beautiful and sometimes harsh journey celebrating kinship among life forms of all kinds. "The Voyage Out" by Gwyneth Jones follows a band of prisoners as they prepare for exile on another world, a journey that could either kill them or offer a rebirth of hope. The critical element in many of these stories is that even among danger and violence, there can still be wonder in exploration and discovery. Courage and imagination may sometimes be twisted for bad ends, but they're vital to perilous journeys, and they adeptly underpin most of the tales. Clarke has brought together outstanding works in which extreme environments bring out the best and worst of human nature.
