Galactic Empires
Neil Clarke
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Neil Clarke, publisher of the award-winning Clarkesworld magazine, presents a collection of thought-provoking and galaxy-spanning array of galactic short science fiction.
From E. E. "Doc" Smithโs Lensman, to George Lucasโย Star Wars, the politics and process of Empire have been a major subject of science fictionโs galaxy-spanning fictions. The idiom of the Galactic Empire allows science fiction writers to ask (and answer) questions that are shorn of contemporary political ideologies and allegiances. This simple narrative slight of hand allows readers and writers to see questions and answers from new and different perspectives.
The stories in this book do just that. What social, political, and economic issues do the organizing structure of โempireโ address? Often the size, shape, and fates of empires are determined not only by individuals, but by geography, natural forces, and technology. As the speed of travel and rates of effective communication increase, so too does the size and reach of an Imperial bureaucracy.Sic itur ad astraโโThus one journeys to the stars.โ
At the beginning of the twentieth century, writers such as Kipling and Twain were at the forefront of these kinds of narrative observations, but as the century drew to a close, it was writers like Iain M. Banks who helped make science fiction relevant. That tradition continues today, with award-winning writers like Ann Leckie, whose 2013 debut novelย Ancillary Justiceย hinges upon questions of imperialism and empire.
Here then is a diverse collection of stories that asks the questions that science fiction asks best. Empire: How? Why? And to what effect?
Table of Contents:
- โWinning Peaceโ by Paul J. McAuley
- โNightโs Slow Poisonโ by Ann Leckie
- โAll the Painted Starsโ by Gwendolyn Clare
- โFirstbornโ by Brandon Sanderson
- โRiding the Crocodileโ by Greg Egan
- โThe Lost Princess Manโ by John Barnes
- โThe Waiting Starsโ by Aliette de Bodard
- โAlien Archeologyโ by Neal Asher
- โThe Muse of Empires Lostโ by Paul Berger
- โGhostweightโ by Yoon Ha Lee
- โA Cold Heartโ by Tobias S. Buckell
- โThe Colonel Returns to the Starsโ by Robert Silverberg
- โThe Impossiblesโ by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- โUtriusque Cosmiโ by Robert Charles Wilson
- โSection Sevenโ by John G. Hemry
- โThe Invisible Empire of Ascending Lightโ by Ken Scholes
- โThe Man with the Golden Balloonโ by Robert Reed
- โLooking Through Laceโ by Ruth Nestvold
- โA Letter from the Emperorโ by Steve Rasnic Tem
- โThe Wayfarerโs Adviceโ by Melinda M. Snodgrass
- โSeven Years from Homeโ by Naomi Novik
- โVerthandiโs Ringโ by Ian McDonald
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From E. E. "Doc" Smithโs Lensman, to George Lucasโย Star Wars, the politics and process of Empire have been a major subject of science fictionโs galaxy-spanning fictions. The idiom of the Galactic Empire allows science fiction writers to ask (and answer) questions that are shorn of contemporary political ideologies and allegiances. This simple narrative slight of hand allows readers and writers to see questions and answers from new and different perspectives.
The stories in this book do just that. What social, political, and economic issues do the organizing structure of โempireโ address? Often the size, shape, and fates of empires are determined not only by individuals, but by geography, natural forces, and technology. As the speed of travel and rates of effective communication increase, so too does the size and reach of an Imperial bureaucracy.Sic itur ad astraโโThus one journeys to the stars.โ
At the beginning of the twentieth century, writers such as Kipling and Twain were at the forefront of these kinds of narrative observations, but as the century drew to a close, it was writers like Iain M. Banks who helped make science fiction relevant. That tradition continues today, with award-winning writers like Ann Leckie, whose 2013 debut novelย Ancillary Justiceย hinges upon questions of imperialism and empire.
Here then is a diverse collection of stories that asks the questions that science fiction asks best. Empire: How? Why? And to what effect?
Table of Contents:
- โWinning Peaceโ by Paul J. McAuley
- โNightโs Slow Poisonโ by Ann Leckie
- โAll the Painted Starsโ by Gwendolyn Clare
- โFirstbornโ by Brandon Sanderson
- โRiding the Crocodileโ by Greg Egan
- โThe Lost Princess Manโ by John Barnes
- โThe Waiting Starsโ by Aliette de Bodard
- โAlien Archeologyโ by Neal Asher
- โThe Muse of Empires Lostโ by Paul Berger
- โGhostweightโ by Yoon Ha Lee
- โA Cold Heartโ by Tobias S. Buckell
- โThe Colonel Returns to the Starsโ by Robert Silverberg
- โThe Impossiblesโ by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- โUtriusque Cosmiโ by Robert Charles Wilson
- โSection Sevenโ by John G. Hemry
- โThe Invisible Empire of Ascending Lightโ by Ken Scholes
- โThe Man with the Golden Balloonโ by Robert Reed
- โLooking Through Laceโ by Ruth Nestvold
- โA Letter from the Emperorโ by Steve Rasnic Tem
- โThe Wayfarerโs Adviceโ by Melinda M. Snodgrass
- โSeven Years from Homeโ by Naomi Novik
- โVerthandiโs Ringโ by Ian McDonald
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