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Created by award-winning author Samuel Peralta, and edited by some of the most-respected editors in the genre, each volume brings together work from visionary new voices and from the grandmasters of modern science fiction and fantasy.
This Future Chronicles special edition introductory volume is a compendium of stories selected from the Chronicles’ standalone titles, and includes five new stories, never before published, from some of today’s best writers in speculative fiction.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateSeptember 18, 2015
- File size630 KB
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★★★★★
"The best place to discover new SF authors, I think, is any of the anthologies coming from Samuel Peralta"
-- Hugh Howey, NY Times bestselling author of Wool
★★★★★
"A powerful new voice in speculative fiction"
-- Nick Webb, USA Today bestselling author of the Legacy Fleet trilogy
About the Author
Its unique take on major science fiction and fantasy themes - A.I., time travel, dragons, robots, aliens, zombies, immortality, galactic battles, cyborgs, doomsday - has made it one of the most acclaimed anthology series of the digital era.
Product details
- ASIN : B013M3XW0Q
- Publisher : Windrift Books; 1st edition (September 18, 2015)
- Publication date : September 18, 2015
- Language : English
- File size : 630 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 477 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #544,080 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #872 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Kindle Store)
- #1,439 in Cyberpunk Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #1,604 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Books)
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About the authors
Susan Kaye Quinn is an environmental engineer/rocket scientist turned speculative fiction author who now uses her PhD to invent cool stuff in books. Her works range from hopepunk climate fiction to futuristic spec fic, with side trips into cyberpunk and steampunk romance. Her bestselling novels and short stories have been optioned for Virtual Reality, translated into German and French, and featured in several anthologies. She writes full-time, trying to dream a better future into being.
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NOTHING IS PROMISED
• When You Had Power (Book 1)
• You Knew the Price (Book 2)
• Of Kindness and Kilowatts (Book 3)
• Yet You Cry When It Hurts (Book 4)
SINGULARITY
• The Legacy Human (Book 1)
• The Duality Bridge (Book 2)
• The Illusory Prophet (Book 3)
• The Last Mystic (Book 4)
STORIES OF SINGULARITY (novellas)
• Restore
• Containment
• Augment
• Awakening
• Harvest
• Defiance
• Résistance
MINDJACK
• Open Minds (Book 1)
• Closed Hearts (Book 2)
• Free Souls (Book 3)
• Locked Tight (Book 4)
• Cracked Open (Book 5)
• Broken Wide (Book 6)
Mindjack Short Story Collection (Novella Box Set)
THE ROYALS OF DHARIA
• Third Daughter (Book 1)
• Second Daughter (Book 2)
• First Daughter (Book 3)
DEBT COLLECTOR
• LIRIUM (Season One)
• WRAITH (Season Two)
MIDDLE GRADE FANTASY
• Faery Swap
Samuel Peralta's work has hit the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestsellers lists, and been shortlisted for Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. His FUTURE CHRONICLES short story anthologies were all #1 bestsellers on Amazon, as was the collection of his own work, MEMORY'S CHILDREN. His award-winning poetry has been spotlighted by the BBC and Best American Poetry.
Physicist, entrepreneur, storyteller - Sam has designed robots and nuclear tools, built solar plants, and founded companies in optoelectronics, mobile software, and artificial intelligence. He's a producer of independent film, including Golden Globe nominee THE FENCER and Emmy Award winner REAL ARTISTS. He founded the LUNAR CODEX project, archiving art, books, music, and film from over 155 countries on the Moon alongside NASA's Artemis program.
And he cooks a mean lemon shrimp risotto.
Growing up in the cold, wet, north of England, Nina Croft spent a lot of time dreaming of faraway sunnier places and ponies. When she discovered both, along with a whole load of other things, could be found between the covers of a book, her life changed forever.
Later, she headed south, picked up the perfect husband along the way, and together they volunteered to work in Africa. There they discovered a love of exotic places and a dislike of 9-5 work. Afterward they spent a number of years travelling (whenever possible) intermingled with working (whenever necessary.) Eventually they stumbled upon a remote area in the mountains of southern Spain and the small almond farm they now call home.
Nina spends her days reading, writing and riding her mare, Gencianna, under the blue Spanish skies—sunshine and ponies. She reckons this is proof that dreams really can come true if you want them enough.
Nina's writing mixes romance with elements of the paranormal and science fiction
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Peter is a New Zealand Australian science fiction writer, specialising in making hard science fiction easy to understand and thoroughly enjoyable.
His FIRST CONTACT series is topical rather than character-based, meaning each book stands alone. These novels can be read in any order, but they all focus on the same topic of First Contact with extraterrestrial lifeforms. In this regard, the series is akin to BLACK MIRROR or THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Hard science fiction is a misnomer as far as categories of literature go, as it sounds harsh and difficult to understand, but that is far from reality. Hard science fiction is simply plausible science fiction, fiction that is written in such a way as it conforms to the known laws of science, and that makes it more interesting, as there's no magic wand the protagonist can wave to get out of trouble. Peter's forays into hard science fiction could best be described as informative science fiction or enjoyable science fiction.
Peter is a fan of such classic science fiction writers as Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke and Michael Crichton and their influence on his style and story lines is readily apparent. You can follow Peter on Facebook or Twitter or find him posting some interesting tibit on his blog http://thinkingscifi.wordpress.com/
Patrice Fitzgerald is the bestselling author of a number of books and short stories, primarily in the science fiction and speculative fiction realms. She's the Series Editor for the BEYOND THE STARS space opera anthologies.
Patrice is also an attorney with a background in intellectual property. She heads a boutique publishing company featuring mystery, romance, fantasy, and nonfiction books.
In her spare time she's a singer, performing jazz, Broadway, and opera with her husband. She recently traveled around the world and has now settled back in New England, which always feels like home. Patrice is thrilled to be making a living as an indie author, and appreciates all those who read her books!
I've always been thinking of stories for as long as I've been alive. I have way, way, way too many to tell and far too little time to tell them.
In 2011 I actually started shaping and weaving those random, jumbling, chaotic masses of thoughts into coherent narratives and began self-publishing.
I write a little science fiction, a little fantasy, a little humour and comedy, and a few other things all over the place.
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Always at the mercy of his overactive imagination, Samuel spent his formative years terrified of the monsters under his bed.
His horror novels usually focus on the epic theme of good versus evil but on a human scale. He likes stories that show ordinary people facing extraordinary odds, with enough heart-pumping action to keep the pages turning.
He recently spent three years traveling the world with his wife. They welcomed their son near the end of that journey and are now spending their days exploring the United States while Samuel works on his next book.
https://sam-best.com
Nicolas Wilson is a published journalist, graphic novelist, and USA Today bestselling novelist. He lives in the rainy wastes of Portland, Oregon with his wife, four cats and a dog.
Nic's work spans a variety of genres, from political thriller to science fiction and urban fantasy. He has several novels currently available, and many more due for release in the next year. Nic's stories are characterized by his eye for the absurd, the off-color, and the bombastic.
For information on Nic's books, and behind-the-scenes looks at his writing, visit nicolaswilson.com.
Deirdre Gould lives in Central Maine with her three children and husband. She's also resided in northern Idaho, coastal Virginia and central Pennsylvania, but all of them just led her back home.The winters sure are cold, but that just means the zombies run slower. The area is isolated, but that just means the apocalyptic diseases don't spread as quickly. And the storms are bad enough that no one thinks you're crazy for "prepping." It's kind of ideal for a post-apocalypse writer when you think about it.
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A.K. Meek is a reader, reviewer, and writer, mostly speculative fiction. He lives in the South with his wonderful family and menagerie of dogs and cats.
Moira Katson writes Fantasy and Science Fiction novels. Born and raised in the farmland of the eastern United States, she is now a transplant living in the oft-frigid wastes of the midwest, where she is learning to love hot dish, fried food on a stick, ice fishing, and the hilarious faces her friends make when she tells them about winter temperatures. ...just kidding, she has no intentions to learn how to ice fish.
Despite the fact that she had been writing since childhood, Moira majored in nice, sensible subjects in college and went on to have a nice, sensible job, all the while continuing to write about dragons, courts, and spaceships. She has since bowed to the inevitable and begun releasing her work into the world! Her first book was released in 2012, and her current projects include Rise of Aiqasal and several projects under pen name Natalie Grey!
To find out more about Moira and her upcoming works, visit her website, http://moirakatson.com, or find her on Facebook or twitter, @moirakatson! If you are a SciFi fan, she recommends that you try out The Dragon Corps (under pen name Natalie Grey) or Crucible, the first book in the Novum Trilogy. For fantasy fans, she recommends Shadowborn (the first book in the Light & Shadow series) or Bound Sorcery, the first book in her Shadows of Magic series under pen name Natalie Grey.
Ann Christy is a retired Navy officer and secret science fiction author. A USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author of speculative fiction for both young adult and adult audiences, her work is known for deep themes as well as action packed adventures. She lives by the sea under the benevolent rule of her canine overlord and the less benevolent rule of an incredibly foul-mouthed cat.
Contact Ann Christy via her website: http://www.annchristy.com. You can find sneak peeks and a great deal of randomness suitable for killing at least 20 minutes of work time.
USA Today #14 and Wall Street Journal #4 - August 2017 - Dominion Rising
Angela is a Best Selling Kindle and Amazon SF/F Author. She is a two time recipient of an Honorable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. Her debut novel, Otherworlders, has been well received. She is a contributor to Amazon Best Selling anthology The A.I. Chronicles, as well as two other editions from The Future Chronicles.
Jennifer Foehner Wells' debut novel, Fluency, rocketed up the Amazon charts in 2014 and was a frequent KDP Select All-Star. Her sequel, Remanence, was a finalist in the 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards.
Jen is a serial hobbyist (Handy to have around in any upcoming zombie apocalypse). She cooks, bakes, knits by hand, dyes fiber, spins yarn with a spinning wheel, paints with watercolor, and cares for aquaria and houseplants. In the past she has also made beer and wine, quilts and hand-hooked rugs, socks with antique sock machines, soap, gardens, paper, and bound books. She also games. And reads science fiction and fantasy almost exclusively.
Jen currently lives in Pennsylvania with the geekiest literature professor on the planet, two video-game crazed teenaged boys, a couple of unhinged cats, a very barky Great Pyrenees, and a Pekingese/Chihuahua mix that will steal your heart, if you let him.
To find out more about Jen, visit: www.jenthulhu.com.
Vincent, father, and husband of nearly two decades, holds degrees in both Math and Computer Science. In addition, he has published an astronomy journal, numerous articles, poetry and other works.
He got his start in writing fiction as a small child, losing himself in the worlds he dreamed up in order to escape the doldrums of normal life. Now, using his formal education and extensive career experience, he excels in creating fictional worlds of depth and rich fantasy, while maintaining a foundation of reality based on science and technology.
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Nick became a scientist so that he could build starships. Unfortunately, his ship is taking longer to build than he'd hoped, so fictional starships will have to do for now. When he's not adding to his starship collection, you can find him tweeting and facebooking about Nasa, science, space, SciFi, and quoting Star Trek II.
He lives in western Washington.
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Full Disclosure: I've been privileged to be in three FC anthologies so far (Alien, Z & Immortality) and have spots reserved in at least two more scheduled to run in the next six to eight months. Other than reading and loving The Future Chronicles Special Edition anthology, I have no involvement in the collection.
So if the different anthologies released in the past year were all-star teams, then The Future Chronicles is a best of the best. Some of my favorite stories from collections like The Robot Chronicles, The Telepath Chronicles, The Alien Chronicles and The A.I. Chronicles appear, inviting you to rediscover them, to read them again for the first time in the context of this new collection, outside of the confines of their genre-specific collection. For some, it seems to imbue them with new meaning. When reading A.K. Meek's The Invariable Man (later expanded to a longer book) with a brand new story on one end and stories about telepaths just pages later, it almost can be read with a new and different point of view.
In The Future Chronicles, we get eleven stories previously released in those first four of the Future Chronicles collections. Each of these stories is excellent and represents those anthologies wonderfully. What is an extra treat are five brand new stories from Sam Best, Susan Kaye Quinn, Deirdre Gould, Angela Cavanaugh, and Moira Katson, as well as a Foreword penned by Hugh Howey. Each is a breath of fresh air. With the general theme, you don't quite know what to expect...will these stories be about robots, telepathy, aliens, or something else entirely. I'm thrilled to say each of these could very well serve as a foundational block for an anthology of their own.
While I don't want to ruin any discovery a reader will make on their own, Sam Best really rocks the beginning of the entire collection, Quinn again provides her own brand of singularity fiction with her story, Gould presents a mind-bending tale that will leave you shaking your head, Cavanaugh could give you nightmares (or are they...) for her story The Assistant and Katson threatens to leave you with tears after reading her heartbreaking story of defiance in the face of death.
What's really amazing is how each of these stories works not only in the confines of their own specific genre, but also all alone and then back in the comfort of other Future Chronicles stories that may or may not be in the same vein. Peralta has crafted a juggernaut and readers are reaping the benefits. If you get the chance, read The Future Chronicles and then explore the other titles available in the Kindle Store.
You really can't beat this for $.99. Or even $4.99 if it's priced higher than what I paid. $5 is still a steal.
There's a little something for everyone in this collection. I ended up skipping two stories that I just couldn't get into, but the rest managed to grab my attention.
I thought I would quickly summarize my favorites for you.
One story in particular "Legacy" by Moira Katson, left me feeling haunted long after I finished it, and goes down as possibly my favorite. I feel like revealing anything more will ruin the slow revelation of the horror a young woman finds herself in, so this is where I will leave it.
Another story actually managed to fool me well into the story, and I only realized the twist about to come right before it was made apparent. I don't get to enjoy that very often these days, and I'm going to refrain from writing the title out so as to not spoil the potential surprise for others.
I enjoyed "Piece of Cake" by Patrice Fitzgerald. I empathize immensely with the poor woman who only wants a taste of sweetness, and the struggle she faced to do so.
"#Don'tTell" by Peter Cawdron could easily make a novel that I would devour. It details the struggles of empaths, and the bigotry they face. The stories told by one empath were fascinating, and I could read more, and more of them.
The last story I'll touch on is called "Iterations" by Deirdre Gould. It revolves around death, and what might follow, and I enjoyed it's ideas greatly.
I hope I've been able to pique you're interest with my summaries. I've tried to convey the essence of the stories without giving to much away. (I am only a reader, and not a writer, I hope my limited abilities don't hurt my cause!)
All of the authors managed to write relatively well, with good plots, and characters that were believable.
One or two stumbled a bit, and had lower quality writing, but mostly still wrote enjoyable tales.
I knocked a star off for the few transposed words, or typos, and for the one story so poorly written I had to skip it, despite the fact that not finishing a story goes against my entire being.
I would've only knocked half of one off, but Amazon still hasn't made that a thing. I still think it's worth that many stars because of the amount of entertainment for the price.
Before this, I read "The Doomsday Chronicles", and enjoyed it too. After posting this review I'm going to go pick out another in the chronicle series!
Tl;dr: If you like sci-fi of any kind, there's a story or two for you. Well worth the low cost!
in a couple of stories the characters are men but they rather seem women; one felt more a bit like catharsis than science fiction; but all but one are written with enthusiasm by the writers to entertain (communicate with) the readers, which is commendable. There are so many different stories!
All but one, is funny that the exception is the tale by the creator of the series, Samuel Peralta. There is an event, but there is no plot; it doesn't try or fails to entertain, rather is an essay about his feelings about humanity, but calling what are clearly modern cars as spinners.
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