In Space No One Can Hear You Scream
By: edited by Hank Davis
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Riverdale, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9781451639414
Subjects: American Science fiction; Science Fiction; Short Stories; English Science fiction; FICTION; Space Opera; General
Description: "Trade Paperback Halloween-themed science fiction anthology. Featuring a mix of classic science fiction reprints where the scary stuff happens in space. THE UNIVERSE MAY NOT BE A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD. "The oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown," the grand master of horror, H.P. Lovecraft, once wrote. And the greatest unknown is the vast universe, shrouded in eternal cosmic night. What things might be onother planets--or in the dark gulfs between the stars? Giving very unsettling answers tothat question are such writers as Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Sheckley, Philip K. Dick, James H. Schmitz, Clark Ashton Smith, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Alastair Reynolds, Neal Asher, Sarah A. Hoyt, and more, all equally masters of science fiction and of terror. One might hope that in the void beyond the earth will be found friendly aliens, benevolent and possibly wiserthan humanity, but don't be surprised if other worlds have unpleasant surprisesin store for future visitors. And in vacuum, no one will be able to hear your screams--as if it would do any good if they could"--
Table of contents: title: A walk in the dark / by Arthur C. Clarke; title: Frog water / by Tony Daniel; title: Lost memory / by Peter Phillips; title: Drgaons / by Sarah A. Hoyt; title: The last weapon / by Robert Scheckley; title: Mongoose / by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette; title: Medusa / by Theodore Sturgeon; title: The searcher / by James H. Schmitz; title: The Rhine's World incident / by Neal Asher; title: "Nothing happens on the Moon" / by Paul Ernest; title: Visiting shadow / by Hank Davis; title: The god of the asteroid / by Clark Ashton Smith; title: Sandkings / by George R.R. Martin.