num_pages: 242
description: Multi-award winning author Greg Bear established himself as the most ambitious &amp; imaginative of the potential successors to Arthur C. Clarke with his bestselling space operas Eon &amp; Eternity. Tangents is his 1st collection of short stories &amp; includes two tales that won both Hugo &amp; Nebula Awards: Tangents a remarkable account of contact with beings from another dimension, &amp; the original short version of his Blood Music.Blood Music (later expanded into novel Blood Music) Sleepside Story Webster A Martian Ricorso Dead Run Schrödinger's Plague Through Road no Whither Tangents Sisters The Machineries of Joy
language: English
title: Tangents
titlecomplete: Tangents
genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Short Story Collection, Anthologies, Collections, Fantasy, Short Stories, Novels
ratings_count: 804
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Short Story for “Tangents”, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Collection, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis
category: Bestes ausländisches Werk, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Analog Award
category: Best Short Story for "Schrödinger's Plague"
publisher: Warner Books Inc. (NY)