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Future Washington
If the twentieth century was the American Century, who will the next one belong to... and what will become of the nation's capital? Will Washington D.C. be drowned in the rising tides and its glory days forgotten, or will its residents rise to the challenge and remake the world in its image? In these stories you'll find as many questions as answers, but if assembled authors agree on anything, it's that we are destined to live in interesting times and more than that... ones that we will have a hand in creating. Ask not what the future can do for you... with stories by Cory Doctorow, James Alan Gardner, Joe Haldeman, Sean McMullen, Kim Stanley Robinson, Allen M. Steele, and many more.
Contents:
Mr. Zmith goes to Washingon / Steven Sawicki --
Ignition / Jack McDevitt --
Indiana wants me / Brenda W. Clough --
Primate in forest / Kim Stanley Robinson --
Hallowe'en party / Nancy Jane Moore --
Hothouse / Thomas Harlan --
The day of the RFIDs / Edward M. Lerner --
Tigers in the Capitol / Jane Lindskold --
Agenda / Travis Taylor --
A well-dressed fear / B.A. Chepaitis --
Civil disobedience / Joe Haldeman --
The lone and level sands / L. Neil Smith --
The empire of the willing / Sean McMullen --
Hail to the chief / Allen M. Steele --
Human readable / Cory Doctorow --
Shopping at the mall / James Alan Gardner
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First published October 1, 2005
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November 11, 2023
Fun collection of short stories all set in various future Washington D.C’s. Climate change, war, alternate history, space-and more genres make this a very interesting set of stories. Definitely a book that I want to reread! One of my favorite anthologies!
November 29, 2015
A good, interesting, collection of shorts examining a near-future Washington, D.C. in styles ranging from blunt and dead-on, to oblique references to the singularity. All in all, a fun and fast collection of shorts. Highly recommend the offering from Doctorow.
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