ALETHEA KONTIS lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She is a contributor to the Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest.
STEVEN SAVILE has twice been nominated for the British Fantasy Society Award for best short story and best original fiction collection, and was runner up in 2000 for his editorial work on Redbrick Eden, Scaremongers 2, which raised funds for the homeless charity SHELTER in the UK. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, where he also teaches.
This SF and fantasy anthology intended to raise money for the victims of the tsunami of 2004 opens with an introduction by Arthur C. Clarke, who lives on Sri Lanka, and ends with the editors' memories of listening to the disaster unfold on the news and the Web. In between are 23 above-par stories by such prominent writers as David Gerrold ("Report from the Near Future: Crystallization"), Larry Niven ("The Solipsist at Dinner"), Brian Aldiss ("Tiger in the Night") and David Drake ("The Day of Glory"). Both Adam Roberts ("And Tomorrow and") and Esther M. Friesner ("Abductio ad Absurdum") contribute humorous stories about how unexpected events that start off alarming end up innocuous or even amusing. In fact, the dominant theme of this volume is the variety of human reactions to the universe throwing spitballs. Perhaps we could hope for an equally readable effort to raise funds for New Orleans? (May) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
From Stel Pavlou's Vonnegut-like "The Strange Case of Jared Spoon, Who Went to Pieces for Love" to Martha Well's graceful tale of a young woman's struggle with her identity ("The Potter's Daughter"), this anthology features 23 original stories by some of sf and fantasy's greatest writers (others include Jacqueline Carey, Larry Niven, Brian Herbert, and Kevin J. Anderson). All profits from the sale of this volume will go to the Save the Children Tsunami Relief Fund. With an introduction by sf Grandmaster Arthur C. Clarke, a resident of Sri Lanka, this collection makes a good addition to most libraries. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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