Mindblowingly inventive and beautifully written short stories from the most exciting new name in SF
Hannu Rajaniemi exploded onto the SF scene in 2010 with the publication of his first novel THE QUANTUM THIEF. Acclaimed by fellow authors such as Charles Stross, Adam Roberts and Alastair Reynolds and brilliantly reviewed everywhere from Interzone to the Times and the Guardian he swiftly established a reputation as an author who could combine extraordinary cutting edge science with beautiful prose and deliver it all with wit, warmth and a delight in the fun of storytelling.
It is exactly these qualities that are showcased in this his first collection of short stories. Drawn from antholgies, magazines and online publications and brought together in book form for the first time in this collection here is a collection of seventeen short stories that range from the lyrical to the bizarre, from the elegaic to the impish. It is a collection that shows one of the great new imaginations in SF having immense fun.
Read MoreThe best and most original debut anthology since Angela Carter's 'Fireworks' 40 years ago - Wall Street JournalHannu Rajaniemi's magnificent science fiction . . . is pure magic - NPR.comThis delightful trip into imaginative worlds brings a fresh take to timeless ideas - Publishers WeeklyNano-jacked super-beings, carnivorous emergent technologies, the doors of perception yanked wide and almost off their hinges . . . put the barrel of Rajaniemi's fiction in your mouth and blow your mind