Vroege RecensentenSimon Morden

Night, Rain, and Neon is a collection of all new stories written by some of the sharpest and most insightful authors of cyberpunk and post-cyberpunk fiction around, curated by editor Michael Cobley.

“…this anthology offers something to enjoy here for any cyberpunk enthusiast – especially those who like it urban, grimy, and dangerously plausible.” – Publishers Weekly

Come see what the near future might hold...

Contents:

Introduction by Michael Cobley

Hello, Goodbye - Stewart Hotston

Four Green Fields - Ian McDonald

All The Precious Years - Al Robertson

Forever in Scotland - Callum McSorley

Assets - Keith Brooke & Eric Brown

The Still Small Voice - Louise Carey

Mindstrings - Jeremy Szal

Tabula Rasa - Danie Ware

Collision Detection - Tim Maughan

We Appreciate Power - Gavin Smith

A Game Of Clones - Justina Robson

Accumulated Damage - Simon Morden

The Thirteenth Clone Of Casimir Ivanovitch - Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Elijah Of The 1000 Faces - Gary Gibson

VR Enclave - DA Xiaolin Spires

Digital Salt - Corey J White

Terms And Conditions - Joseph Elliott-Coleman

The Goruden-Mairu Job - T.R. Napper

About the Authors

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Simon Morden has won the Philip K. Dick Award and been a judge on the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He is a bona fide rocket scientist, with degrees in Geology and Planetary Geophysics. In Bright Morning Star he delivers perhaps his finest work to date, a ground-breaking take on first contact. Sent to Earth to explore, survey, collect samples and report back to its makers, an alien probe arrives in the middle of a warzone. Witnessing both the best and worst of humanity, the AI probe faces situations that go far beyond the parameters of its programming, and is forced to improvise, making decisions that have repercussions for the future of our entire world. “Morden has a natural talent for a plot that keeps the reader guessing.” - The Guardian “Morden is a master storyteller” - Interzone Available as a Kindle, ePub or pdf.

Two centuries after the Earth fell to enigmatic alien machines known as the Visitors, humanity survives in sparse nomadic tribes. Macsen is an adventurer, undertaking hazardous quests for the captivating Hona Loy; quests that have made him a hero. Macsen never fails, but this time he crosses the path of a Jugger, one of the deadliest of all the Visitors. Can he find a way to defeat the alien and survive, or will it fall to his faithful companion Laylaw to return to the tribe with the tale of his noble death? In Macsen Against the Jugger, award-winning author Simon Morden delivers a masterpiece of excitement and clever story telling. Available as a Kindle, ePub or pdf file.

A tense drama set in the depths of space. Aboard a ship that has travelled beyond the reach of human knowledge, Corbyn discovers he may not be as alone as he ought to be A hard SF novella from Simon Morden (B.Sc. Hons., Sheffield, Ph.D, Newcastle), a bona fide rocket scientist with degrees in geology and planetary geophysics who also writes science fiction. Author of a dozen novels and collections, Simon won the 2012 Philip K. Dick Award. At The Speed of Light is one of his finest works to date. “Morden has a natural talent for a plot that keeps the reader guessing.” – The Guardian (on Equations of Life) “An engrossing rollercoaster of a plot winds up with a solidly satisfying climax that leaves the reader craving more.” – Publishers Weekly (on Arcanum) “Morden, against a gritty, utterly convincing backdrop, anticipates every consequence and wrings out surprise after surprise.” – Kirkus (on Arcanum) “This is British sci-fi at its hard-boiled best.” – The Guardian (on The Curve of the Earth) “Morden is a writer who delights in turning your expectations upside down.” – ScienceFiction.com