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OCEANS: The Anthology (Frontiers of Speculative Fiction) Paperback – September 19, 2017

by Daniel Arthur Smith (Author), Ken Liu (Author), Rysa Walker (Author),

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“It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea--whether it is to sail or to watch it--we are going back from whence we came.” - John F. Kennedy Underwater cities, lost civilizations, crops, climate change, and dead zones. In this collection of ocean-themed stories, twelve of today’s top speculative fiction writers explore our morality, our built-in societal restraints, and reflect upon our state of grace. The waves roll in, the waves roll out. “OCEANS: The Anthology” features stories from bestselling authors such as winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards Ken Liu, Rysa Walker (the Chronos series), Daniel Arthur Smith (Tales from the Canyons of the Damned), R.D. Brady (the Belial series), Alex Shvartsman (the Unidentified Funny Objects series), P.K. Tyler (the UnCommon series), plus six more of today’s top authors in speculative and science fiction. Daniel Arthur Smith presents OCEANS: THE ANTHOLOGY, book 2 of the 2 book Frontiers of Speculative Fiction series that began with the top-ranking CLONES: The Anthology!

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Holt Smith Limited (September 19, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 294 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1946777412
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1946777416
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.67 x 8 inches

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Daniel Arthur Smith
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Daniel Arthur Smith is a USA Today bestselling author. His titles include Spectral Shift, Hugh Howey Lives, The Cathari Treasure, The Somali Deception, and a few other novels and short stories. He also curates the phenomenal short fiction series Tales from the Canyons of the Damned and Frontiers of Speculative Fiction.
He was raised in Michigan and graduated from Western Michigan University where he studied philosophy, with focus on cognitive science, meta-physics, and comparative religion.  He began his career as a bartender, barista, poetry house proprietor, teacher, and then became a technologist and futurist for the Fortune 100 across the Americas and Europe.
Daniel has traveled to over 300 cities in 22 countries, residing in Los Angeles, Kalamazoo, Prague, Crete, and now writes in Manhattan where he lives with his wife and young sons.
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RYSA WALKER is the author of the bestselling CHRONOS Files and CHRONOS Origins series. Timebound, the first book in the series, was the Young Adult and Grand Prize winner in the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards. The CHRONOS Files has sold nearly half a million copies since 2013 and has been translated into fourteen languages. Her first book in the Delphi trilogy, The Delphi Effect, was a finalist for the 2018 ITW Thriller Award.
You can also find her new serial, IMPROBABLE: The Outlandish Adventures of Miriam Cole on the new Kindle Vella platform, with new chapters premiering each week.
In addition to speculative fiction, Rysa writes mysteries as C. Rysa Walker, occasionally in collaboration with author Caleb Amsel.
Rysa currently resides in North Carolina with her husband, two youngest sons, and a hyperactive golden retriever. When not working on the next installment in her CHRONOS Files universe, she watches shows where travelers boldly go to galaxies far away, or reads about magical creatures and superheroes from alternate timelines.
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Basking in the Ridge

A fun, thought-provoking set of stories

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2017

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This book caught my attention because one of the authors I follow, Rysa Walker, has a story in it from the Chronos series. I went to that first and was not disappointed, although I have to confess that the ocean theme in that story was a tad irrelevant (the story would have been much the same without the water angle). Some of the other stories were extremely focused on oceans, and especially ecology, and were very thought-provoking. For instance, the final story about the "Sea of Massachusetts" refers to a future in which climate change has basically flooded cities like Boston, and most remaining on Earth are refugees. "Dancing in the Midnight Ocean" spoke of a whole new evolutionary path. "Aquagenic" was a lot of fun to read but I don't think I can describe it without spoilers. As a techie, I very much enjoyed "The Hunt for the Vigilent" and immediately went out to find the earlier short story "The Coffee Corps" set in the same world.

When I was a teenager, I subscribed to several SF magazines (Analog, Asimov, Omni) but eventually lost the taste for short stories. As I've followed the Chronos stories from one anthology to another, I've regained my taste for this style of collection. Thanks to all the authors!

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Excellent anthology with doses of realism and optimism about our oceans

Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2018

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Really liked several of the stories particularly the Mage meets Cthulu story by Alex Shvartsman and the story about the elderly oceanographer who hits her head. My one major dislike was to see a fake Aristotle quote commonly used by racists and the alt right "Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society" -Aristotle. This is not a quote by Aristotle. This is an easy check and obvious to anyone with a grounding in greek thought. I don't even think that if the quote was true it really applied to the story. An earlier quote to another story would've fit better or something about distributed responsibility. Anyway, excellent anthology and I'm a bit persnickety about quotes, fact checking, and research so most people will not care about that.

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Haunted Reader

Stretch Your Mind; Expand Your Imagination

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2017

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Review: OCEANS: THE ANTHOLOGY (Various Authors; edited Daniel Arthur Smith)

What a wonderfully imaginative, creatively speculative, multi-author collection! I loved it! I was intrigued by the title, as I have been an aficionado of the Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic sub-genres for nearly six decades, and because over the last couple of years that interest has focused on rising sea levels, climate change, and Lovecraftian apocalypses. I found plenty to gratify my intrigue here, and OCEANS: THE ANTHOLOGY has found a place on my special rereader shelf. You can't go wrong here, as there is much from which to choose, all of it guaranteed to stretch the imagination.

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Ken From KC

A Mixed Bag

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2019

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This is not a collection of great sci-fi stories about the ocean as one might expect from the title. Instead it seems like an editor/publisher called up the group and said, "Hey, I need a book to sell. Write me something about the ocean." The quality of the resulting hodgepodge of stories is very uneven.

The best is "The Titan's Daughter" with its strong echoes of The Odyssey. The worst co-opts the plot of a C&W song -- "Ruby, don't take your love to the surface!" -- and simply plops it in the ocean. The collection is not horrible, but you have to work too hard to find the interesting nuggets.

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Patsy Hennessey

Uneven but some real gems.

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2018

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The stories in this anthology are of a slightly uneven quality but definitely has enough real gems that make it worth your time. Dancing in the Midnight Ocean was one of the standouts to me, it just punched all my feelings and is a really haunting story. Tide Sweeping was another standout to me, both beautiful and horrifying.

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G Sherwin

Great Save Our Planet Stories

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2018

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These stories all revolve around how we are all connected to the Ocean for our survival. I learned that we are all responsible for polluting the oceans and future generations will be at risk for species extinction and diminished oxygen levels. The Earth is a gift to us and according to one story maybe we don’t deserve to have it. These themes are repeated in most stories so you may not enjoy this book if you don’t believe what is happening but we all can still use the reminder.

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JPhillips

Collection of Ocean Themed Novellas. Good.

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2017

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A good collection of ocean themed novellas with messages to be learned from each one. The plots are diverse and very creative. As in any anthology , some are better than others. I enjoyed this sci-fi collection and would recommend them to family and friends.

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Japan 1968

Good read.

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2018

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I liked this book. Some interesting takes on dystopian/end of the world themed with some twists. Also a few environmental issues thrown in. Have you considered what the world will be like if all the ice DOES melt? I hadn't. Now I'm thinking about it. Will wats cease, will poverty be gone, or will we still run on a war economy and the rich only be ticher?

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Kay Smillie

Beautifully Written Stories

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2017

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This is an excellent collection of speculative stories based on the theme of oceans. Some of these will open your eyes, particularly the issue of ocean conservation. Also a reminder of how the oceans are a huge part of Mother Earth, and are vital to an amazing amount of living beings' welfare and lives.

I need to say at this point that I am terrified of water, and have been from a very early age. I can't swim and am unable to go anywhere near open stretches of water. The stories are very well written and so detailed, realistic and atmospheric, that I actually felt myself physically 'backing off' whenever character(s) were near the water. Having said that, I really enjoyed this anthology and I didn't think I would because of my phobia. I did have to keep reminding myself that 'it's only a book!'.

I loved all the stories, but these were my particular favourites:

'Tide Sweeping' by P K Tyler
I have yet to be disappointed by anything this author writes. Her works are so unusual and unique, and she pulls you into her worlds from the first paragraph. Vivid language, scarily beautiful, and unfortunately every bit believable for a potential timeline.

'Turtle: An A.L.I.V.E. Story' by R D Brady
I'm a huge softy when it comes to animals of any kind and I'm sure I'm not the only one...ah, lovely Iggy. It is also the total chaos and devastation that we, as (supposedly) the most intelligent beings, cause to other species that we are reminded of in this story.

There's a photo doing the rounds at the moment of a tiny, beautiful seahorse carrying a Q-Tip. That made me so angry. Parts of this story made me angry too, particularly the turtle that Iggy found. Dear god... We have made our presence known on this Earth, good and bad. There are times I think that we are not worthy of our amazing home. This story completely backed up my thoughts.

'Aquagenic' by Will Swardstrom
Amazingly well thought out story for a real and debilitating condition. Dana gives Cora the time she needs next to the ocean to understand where she should be, and what she is. Wonderfully haunting.

A very easy five star award.

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eppingstrider

a brilliant collection, and a perfect beach read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2019

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The standard of these was superb. They were the sort of stories that make a would-be anthology author weep for the sheer brilliance of the ideas. ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ is my constant thought, when others ask ‘How does anyone think of that?’ But still…

My favourites here (i.e. the ones I remember without prompting): the hole in the middle of the desert, containing the remnants of the last ocean, which was a centre of pilgrimage; the mermaid who just needed to get back to the sea; the clone who was born in the air and transferred when she was old enough, working with clones born below the sea, with a completely different lifestyle and mythology; the stranded explorer on a dead world, where life was a beach… There were many more, but I’d have to go back to the book to look, and then I’d list them all.

It’s a brilliant collection, and a perfect beach read for nerds like me. And a great read for everyone else!

Avery D

Brilliant anthology which brings together stories about fantastical creatures, environmental issues and global ecosystems

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2018

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I have been so excited to read this anthology ever since I stumbled across it on Amazon a few months ago and it did not disappoint! Read for Ocean Day (8th June).

Featuring 12 fantastic stories of varying lengths, OCEANS is an enjoyable read from start to finish. All stories are obviously ocean themed but I loved how each author approached the theme in such unique ways from a Sweeper who is charged with protecting the last pocket of ocean from being devoured by sands, a community of genetically altered humans who dwell in the seas and build pipelines to power the cities for land humans, and a sister who can't stop hearing the siren call of the sea, to stories which tackle environmental issues head-on in true speculative fiction fashion!

My favourites of the anthology included:
- Tide Sweeping by P.K Tyler
- Dancing in the Midnight Ocean by Caroline M. Yoachim
- New Years Eve by Joshua Ingle
- Girt by Sea by S. Elliot Brandis

Another thing I really appreciated was that at the end of each story there is a neat little authors note about their contribution as well as more info about them and their work. I'll definitely be adding some of their books to my reading list as well as the first anthology in the Frontiers of Speculative Fiction series - CLONES - which also looks amazing!

Peter

Very relevant to today’s environmental issues

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2018

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This is a good anthology with the theme of oceans, but a common feature of the stories is a very accurate assessment of current environmental damage to global ecosystems with speculation as to where this might end up

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An enjoyable read with some fantastic talent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2018

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Loved the different approaches to this topic. A great read. Would definitely recommend as an intro to the authors in this book

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