Shine
Subtitle: an anthology of near-future, optimistic science fiction
By: edited by Jetse de Vries ; including stories by Jason Andrew ... [et al.].
Publisher: Solaris
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 453
ISBN-13: 9781906735678
Subjects: Optimism; Fiction
Description: "A collection of near-future, optimistic SF stories where some of the genre's brightest stars and most exciting new talents portray the possible roads to a better tomorrow. Definitely not a plethora of Pollyannas (but neither a barrage of dystopias), SHINE will show that positive change is far from being a foregone conclusion, but needs to be hard fought, innovative, robust and imaginative..."--P. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Jetse de Vries; title: The Earth of Yunhe / Eric Gregory; title: The greenman watches the black bar go up, up, up / Jacques Barcia; title: Overhead / Jason Stoddard; title: Summer ice / Holly Phillips; title: Sustainable development / Paula R. Stiles; title: The Church of Accelerated Redemption / Gareth L. Powell & Aliette de Bodard; title: The solnet ascendancy / Lavie Tidhar; title: Twittering the stars / Mari Ness; title: Seeds / Silvia Moreno-Garcia; title: At Budokan / Alastair Reynolds; title: Sarging Rasmussen: a report (by Organic) / Gord Sellar; title: Scheherazade cast in starlight / Jason Andrew; title: Russian roulette 2020 / Eva Maria Chapman; title: Castoff world / Kay Kenyon; title: Paul Kishoshoa's children / Ken Edgett; title: Ishin / Madeline Ashby.