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Engineering Infinity
Published by Recorded Books, Inc.
Narrated by Emily Lawrence, Brian Nishii, Amin El Gamal and
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
The universe shifts and changes: suddenly you understand, you get it, and are filled with wonder. That moment of understanding drives the greatest science-fiction stories and lies at the heart of Engineering Infinity. Whether it's coming up hard against the speed of light - and, with it, the enormity of the universe - realizing that terraforming a distant world is harder and more dangerous than you'd ever thought, or simply realizing that a hitchhiker on a starship consumes fuel and oxygen with tragic results, it's hard science-fiction where a sense of discovery is most often found and where science-fiction's true heart lies. This exciting and innovative science-fiction anthology collects together stories by some of the biggest names in the field, including Gwyneth Jones, Stephen Baxter and Charles Stross. Author bio: Jonathan Strahan is an editor and anthologist. He co-edited The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy anthology series in 1997 and 1998. He is also the reviews editor of Locus. He lives in Perth, Western Australia with his wife and their two daughters.
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Reviews for Engineering Infinity
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5There are some good stories in here, and I only really disliked one, but there was too much testeria in the middle of the book. Along with the male gaze being strong in this one, though 2 of the 8 authors are women.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very good to see some hard science fiction. Really enjoyed it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent. All different, all good. Jonathan Strahan is a great editor - his story choices never fail to pleasantly surprise.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A few really good stories here but fundamentally flawed collection, too many duds and too few diamonds in there.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A collection of SF short stories from some of the best authors in the hard scifi genre, including Greg Bear, Charles Stross. Wide variety of styles, not all of which clicked for me but a good sampling nonetheless
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Declares in the introduction that it's a "hard science fiction anthology" and it sure is. Good stories that move along quickly; some are enigmatic at first, but hard sf fans like to work a little, don't they? The flow of themes from story to story is good - they're ordered well. The later tales are a little dark and the fast-paced final story has whimsy and a little raciness that ends it all on an uplifting note.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An anthology of hard science fiction from a variety of authors, from veterans like Gregory Benford to newcomers like Hannu Rajaniemi. The settings vary from the very near future of Peter Watts’ “Malak” (applying a very interesting if-this-goes-on to drone warfare in Afghanistan) to the very far future of David Moles’ “A Soldier of the City”. Charles Stross’ “Bit Rot” will be of interest to people who enjoyed his novel Saturn’s Children— it takes place centuries down the line from the events of that book (and manages to put a high-tech twist on the popular phenomenon of zombies). Overall, a good look at the current state of hard sf writing.