Future Sports

By Jack Dann and Robert Reed

Enter a world of weird sportsmanship in this unique sci-fi anthology of stories by such great visionaries as: Arthur C. Clarke, Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Swanwick, Howard Waldrop, Jonathan Lethem,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441009611
• ISBN13: 9780441009619
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Not Free SF Reader

There are a higher percentage of average or lower stories here than you would like, but some excellent memorable inclusions. Two 5 star efforts is pretty good. Future Sports : The Wind from the Sun - Arthur C. Clarke Future Sports : Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson Future Sports : Man-Mountain Gentian - Howard Waldrop Future Sports : Winning - Ian MacDonald Future Sports : The Dead - Michael Swanwick Future Sports : Game of the Century - Robert Reed Future Sports : Streak - Andrew Weiner Future Sports : The Holy Stomper Vs. the Alien Barrel of Death - R. Neube Future Sports : Stroboscopic - Alastair Reynolds Future Sports : Vanilla Dunk - Jonathan Lethem Seven to the fore in this stairsailor space race. 3.5 out of 5 A coach has to adapt the game to the physics of the red planet, and help a young man along the way. 4 out of 5 Sumo spread. 3 out of 5 Enhanced, drug boosted Muslim sprinting sensation. 2.5 out of 5 Zombies make you obsolete, and sell well as sex toys. 5 out of 5 Animal girls and boys are in a football league of their own. 4.5 out of 5 Aliens come for a quick baseball probability check. 3 out of 5 Martian pro-wrestling or wherever, the plot is pretty much the same. 3 out of 5 Serious reality computer gaming science. 4 out of 5 Exo-suit past era superstar basketball skills suck if you get the wrong ones in the lottery. Play defense the natural way, boy. 5 out of 5