Three stories by Gregory Feeley-a short story, a novelette, and a novella-that explore different regions of the premodern world (no longer in medieval but far short of "Enlightenment") as it undergoes the transition from familiar models of the universe to profoundly impersonal and disquieting new perspectives.In "Th'Erratic Stars," a captive prince, sold into slavery by Muslim corsairs, tries to employ his knowledge of magia naturalis to free himself from a lifetime of ser...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art.Our April 2016 issue (#115) contains:Original fiction by Carolyn Ives Gilman ("Touring with the Alien"), Gregory Feeley ("The Bridge of Dreams"), Sara Saab ("The Cedar Grid"), and Chen Qiufan ("Balin").Reprints from Garth Nix ("Old Friends") and Elizabeth Hand ("Winters Wif...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art.Our October 2020 issue (#169) contains:Original fiction by Brenda Cooper ("Callme and Mink"), Natalia Theodoridou ("To Set at Twilight In a Land of Reeds"), Gregory Feeley ("Wandering Rocks"), Greg Egan ("You and Whose Army?"), D.A. Xiaolin Spires ("Last Wishes"), Xiu Xinyu ("All Living Creation"), and Adra...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art.Our November 2019 issue (#158) contains:Original fiction by Matthew Kressel ("Your Future is Pending"), D.A. Xiaolin Spires ("Antarctica"), Gregory Feeley ("Cloud-Born"), Chang-Gyu Kim ("Sentinel"), and Mo Xiong ("Operation Spring Dawn").A reprint from Elizabeth Bear ("Perf...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our January 2023 issue (#196) contains:Original fiction by D.A. Xiaolin Spires ("Symbiosis"), Gregory Feeley ("The Fortunate Isles"), R.T. Ester ("Anais Gets a Turn"), Cao Baiyu ("Reverie"), Natasha King ("Sharp Undoing"), and Felix Rose Kawitzky ("Pearl").Non-fiction includes an article by Ashley Deng, intervie...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our September 2021 issue (#180) contains:Original fiction by Ray Nayler ("Yesterday''s Wolf"), Ziggy Schutz ("It is a Pleasure to Receive You"), D.A. Xiaolin Spires ("Xiaolongbao: Soup Dumplings"), Robert Jeschonek ("Dog and Pony Show"), Regina Kanyu Wang ("The Winter Garden"), Gregory Feeley ("In a Net I Seek to ...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our October 2022 issue (#193) contains:Original fiction by Lavie Tidhar ("Junk Hounds"), Elaine Gao ("Coding Van Gogh"), Thomas Ha ("Fly Free"), M. L. Clark ("Lost and Found"), Alan Kubatiev ("Fly Free"), Chu Shifan ("Giant Fish"), Gregory Feeley ("The Secret Strength of Things (A Nikkei Legend)"), and Jared Olive...

This is the second annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. Between the announcement of the ballot and the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon, these works often become the center of much attention (and contention) across fandom. But there are more stories loved by the Hugo voters, stories on the longer...

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together short stories from award winning authors and ...

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art.Now, in The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 23 the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. With an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this...

A comedy set in David Brin's Uplift Universe. In the distant future, chimpanzees and dolphins have been uplifted to starfaring status -- and are helping humans choose the next species for uplift, when powerful alien starships arrive to wipe out all life on Earth.

Here are 25 stories of science fiction that push the envelope, by the biggest names in an emerging new crop of high-tech futuristic SF - including Charles Stross, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Peter Hamilton and Neal Asher. High-tech SF has made a significant comeback in the last decade, as bestselling authors successfully blend the super-science of 'hard science fiction' with real characters in an understandable scenario. It is perhaps a reflection of how technologically controlled our ...