Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories is Tobias S. Buckell's seventh short fiction collection and is comprised of 15 stories, several of which are original to the collection or were previously only available through his Patreon. This collection ranges from galactic adventures to intimate explorations of humanity-sometimes in the same story-rich with a sense of wonder and deft storytelling. This collection includes the following stories:Io, RobotA Jar of GoodwillPale Blue MemoriesZen and the Art of Starship MaintenanceThe Might SlingerSunsetChi's CargoDestination Day BluesThe Galactic Tourist Industrial ComplexFive Point Three MilligramsBy the Warmth of Their CalculusDWThe Very Last Curator of What Little Remains of the Western WorldA Girl and Her RoverThe Longest Distance

Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories

Long ago, so the stories say, the old-fathers came to Nanagada through a worm's hole in the sky. Looking for a new world to call their own, they brought with them a rich mélange of cultures, religions, and dialects from a far-off planet called Earth. Mighty were the old-fathers, with the power to shape the world to their liking---but that was many generations ago, and what was once known has long been lost. Steamboats and gas-filled blimps now traverse the planet, where people once looked up to see great silver cities in the sky.Like his world, John deBrun has forgotten more than he remembers. Twenty-seven years ago, he washed up onto the shore of Nanagada with no memory of his past. Although he has made a new life for himself among the peaceful islanders, his soul remains haunted by unanswered questions about his own identity.These mysteries take on new urgency when the fearsome Azteca storm over the Wicked High Mountains in search of fresh blood and hearts to feed their cruel, inhuman gods. Nanagada's only hope lies in a mythical artifact, the Ma Wi Jung, said to be hidden somewhere in the frozen north. And only John deBrun knows the device's secrets, even if he can't remember why or how!Crystal Rain is the much-anticipated debut novel by one of science fiction's newest and most promising talents.

Crystal Rain (Xenowealth, #1)

Sur la planète Nanagada, une nation de pêcheurs pacifiques, lointains descendants des peuples de la Caraïbe, s'apprête à subir l'invasion déferlante des hordes d'Aztèques qui partagent avec eux ce monde inconnu.
D'où viennent ces peuples ? Qui sont les dieux qui les manipulent et les plongent dans des conflits sanglants qui les déciment depuis des siècles ? Qui retrouvera la mémoire des vieux-pères autrefois tombés des étoiles ? Qui sauvera Nanagada du chaos ?

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This is the fourth 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. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to get them to more readers. The Long List Anthology Volume 4 collects 15 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling over 300 pages of fiction by writers from all corners of the world. From utopian science fiction to dystopian horror, from a society based entirely on personal upvotes/downvotes to one where one's status is defined by enchanted gloves, from a kickass blockade-running spaceship pilot to an artist who can twist the world with his perspective.  There is a wide variety of styles and types of stories here, and something for everyone.  The stories included are:"Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance" by Tobias S. Buckell"Waiting Out the End of the World at Patty's Place Cafe" by Naomi Kritzer"Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue" by Charlie Jane Anders"Confessions of a Con Girl" by Nick Wolven"Utopia, LOL?" by Jamie Wahls"The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom" by Max Gladstone"Paradox" by Naomi Kritzer"Angel of the Blockade" by Alex Acks"The Fisher of Bones" by Sarah Gailey"Crispin's Model" by Max Gladstone"The Dark Birds" by Ursula Vernon"Waiting On a Bright Moon" by JY Yang"Pan-Humanism: Hope and Pragmatics" by Jess Barber and Sara Saab"A Human Stain" by Kelly Robson"The Worshipful Society of Glovers" by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Long List Anthology Volume 4 - The Long List Anthology, #4

Aux premiers jours de la guerre opposant humains et Covenants, le Protocole Cole a été créé pour protéger la Terre et ses Colonies Intérieures de l'ennemi extraterrestre. Des équipes sont alors envoyées pour faire disparaître toute trace de la localisation terrienne. Parmi eux, le lieutenant de la Navy Jacob Keyes, chargé d'une mission secrète par la SRN. Une mission qui va le conduire dans les profondeurs du territoire ennemi...

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