The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 9

By Deborah L Davitt, Allan Kaster, Ashok K Banker

An unabridged collection spotlighting the best hard science fiction stories and novellas published in 2024 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster."Antyesti for a Dead Ganesa" by Ashok K. Banker - An old-school cop is resurrected from deadsleep to solve the murder of a god clone in a future Mumbai."Places You Have Never Been" by David Cleden - A city is threatened by invisible bubbles that take whatever is trapped inside them when they inexplicably collapse."The Icy Wasteland at Her Feet" by Deborah L. Davitt - The sole survivor of a team of astronauts on Saturn's moon, Enceladus, struggles to keep sane."The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea" by Naomi Kritzer - A contentious married couple, both scientists, move to a town overlooking Cape Cod Bay where men mysteriously disappear."Barbarians" by Rich Larson - A rogue and a disembodied head are hired to take twins to explore a dead, planet-sized organism."The Dark at the End of the Tunnel" by Edward M. Lerner - A graduate student investigates the disappearance of a distant galaxy."Western Approaches" by Ian McDonald - A pilot is sent on a mission to explore a spinning storm approaching Scotland."Mirrorstar" by Sean McMullen - A forensic pathologist investigates the death of a scientist in the focus cage of a space telescope."There's Nothing in the Attic" by Faith Merino - The women in a man's life carry out physics experiments in his home."Luminous Glass, Vibrant Seeds" by D.A. Xiaolin Spires - A glass artist and her bot are tasked with delivering a rare, viable seedling to its proper environ on a climate-damaged world."Encore" by Wole Talabi - Twin AIs, created by now extinct humans, travel between star systems to make art for those who share its world of digital data.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884612822
• ISBN13: 9781884612824
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Infinivox
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"