Insistence of Vision : : a Short Story Collection

Locations
Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / Science Fiction / Classic / Brin, David
On Shelf At: Traverwood Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Science Fiction / Classic / Brin, David	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Introduction / by Vernor Vinge -- The heresy of science fiction -- What we may become. Insistence of vision ; Transition generation ; Chrysalis ; Stones of significance ; News from 2035: a glitch in medicine cabinet 3.5 -- How we'll endure (tales of the Coss domination). The logs ; The tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss ; Eloquent elepents pine away for the moon's crystal forests -- When we overcome. Mars opposition ; A professor at Harvard ; I could've done better ; Paris conquers all ; A retrospective by Jules Verne -- Who we'll meet. Fortitude ; An ever-reddening glow ; The Diplomacy Guild ; The other side of the hill -- Where we will go. Temptation ; Avalon probes ; Six-word tales ; Reality check -- Why we'll persevere. Waging war with reality.
"The future is a daunting realm, filled with real and imagined perils. So enter it prepared! Visit a chillingly plausible tomorrow, when prisoners may be sent to asteroidal gulags. Or might prisons vanish and felons roam, seeing only what society allows?" -- Amazon.com.

REVIEWS & SUMMARIES

Summary / Annotation
Fiction Profile
Author Notes

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

No community reviews. Write one below!