| The Long List Anthology: More Stories from the Hugo Awards Nomination List Contributor(s): Steffen, David (Author), Steffen, David (Editor), Bear, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1504699254 ISBN-13: 9781504699259 Publisher: Skyboat Media OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Fiction | Science Fiction - Collections & Anthologies - Fiction | Fantasy - General |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.2" W x 5.9" (0.55 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Long List Anthology is designed to recognize the short works that were nominated for the 2015 Hugo Awards but did not make it into the top five short list for the final ballot. Thus, voted into the Hugo Award's long list of works--the top fifteen works nominated for each category--were these nine short stories and three novelettes, now made available to a wider audience by award-winning narrators. The short stories included in this collection are: "The Breath of War" by Aliette de Bodard"When It Ends, He Catches Her" by Eugie Foster"Toad Words" by T. Kingfisher"Makeisha in Time" by Rachael K. Jones"Covenant" by Elizabeth Bear"The Truth about Owls" by Amal El-Mohtar"A Kiss with Teeth" by Max Gladstone"The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family" by Usman T. Malik"This Chance Planet" by Elizabeth BearThe novelettes in this collection are: We Are the Cloud by Sam J. MillerThe Magician and Laplace's Demon by Tom CrosshillSpring Festival: Happiness, Anger, Love, Sorrow, Joy by Xia Jia, translated by Ken Liu |
Contributor Bio(s): Steffen, David: - David Steffen writes fiction and code. He is the cofounder of the Submission Grinder and the editor of Diabolical Plots. His fiction has been published in many great venues including Escape Pod and Daily Science Fiction. Bear, Elizabeth: -Elizabeth Bear, also known as Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky, is an American author known for her speculative fiction. Among her many awards, she is one of only five writers who have gone on to win multiple Hugo Awards for fiction after winning the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She also won a Sturgeon Award and the Locus Award for Best First Novel. She is the author of the acclaimed Eternal Sky series. Adam, Vikas: -Vikas Adam has numerous credits in theater, film, and television. His fifty-plus audiobooks span genres and include The City of Devi, A Free Man, The Far Pavilions, Ender's Game Alive: The Audioplay, Dreams and Shadows, and Tesla's Attic. He's an Audie nominee and Earphones Award recipient. He has a BFA in theater from Syracuse University and an MFA in acting from UCLA, where he's a lecturer in the theater department. De Cuir, Gabrielle: -Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narration, has narrated over two hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her "velvet touch" as an actor's director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities. Rudnicki, Stefan: -Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than three thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014 and was named one of AudioFile's Golden Voices in 2012. Gladstone, Max: -Max Gladstone went to Yale, where he wrote a short story that became a finalist in the Writers of the Future competition. He has been a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2013 and 2014. |