Starfields

Description

Paul Di Filippo—the acclaimed author of The Steampunk Trilogy (“unrepentant silly fun”—Antonio Urias) and many other great books—has selected these stories as recent favorites. As with much of his work, “the mix of genres and references throughout . . . is sometimes heady, sometimes over-egged; but when the balance is right . . . the sum is clearly greater than the parts” (Science Fiction Encyclopedia).

Included are:

• BACKUP MAN
• FASTER, PUBLISHER! BINGE! BINGE!
• FIFTY SUPER-SAD MAD DOG SUI-HOMICIDAL SELF-SIBS, ALL IN A LEAKY TIN CAN HEAD
• KEEPING UP WITH THE ISBNS
• THE BRIDE HATED CHAMPAGNE
• “THE NAME IS BOND—MONSIGNOR JAMES X. BOND”
• KARMIC CHAMELEONS
• MORNINGS ARE FOR COMMAS
• THE KEEN AND CUTTING STONES
• TAKE A LETTER, MARIA, ADDRESS IT TO MY LIFE
• THE PRIMACY OF THE CUBE
• SPEAKER TO SCRIBES
• MAXIMINUS THRAX AND THE GATES OF CHAOS
• THE MIRROR CRACK’D FROM SIDE TO SIDE
• NOVA OOBLECK SURFS THE SECOND AETHER
• YOU MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT’S STILL AROUND
• THE RISE AND FALL OF WHISTLE-PIG CITY
• THE BIG FRONT VRBO
• THE QUEEN OF RHODE ISLAND