2012 Nebula Award Winner 2012 Locus Award Winner 2013 Hugo Nominee 2013 Sturgeon Award Nominee The year is 2035. After ecological disasters nearly destroyed the Earth, 26 survivors—the last of humanity—are trapped by an alien race in a sterile enclosure known as the Shell. Fifteen-year-old Pete is one of the Six—children who were born deformed or sterile and raised in the Shell. As, one by one, the survivors grow sick and die, Pete and the Six struggle to put aside their anger at the alien Tesslies in order to find the means to rebuild the earth together. Their only hope lies within brief time-portals into the recent past, where they bring back children to replenish their disappearing gene pool. Meanwhile, in 2013, brilliant mathematician Julie Kahn works with the FBI to solve a series of inexplicable kidnappings. Suddenly her predictive algorithms begin to reveal more than just criminal activity. As she begins to realize her role in the impending catastrophe, simultaneously affecting the Earth and the Shell, Julie closes in on the truth. She and Pete are converging in time upon the future of humanity—a future which might never unfold. Weaving three consecutive time lines to unravel both the mystery of the Earth’s destruction and the key to its salvation, this taut post-apocalyptic thriller offers a topical plot with a satisfying twist

Kress returns to the world of Beggars in Spain to tell a new tale in an America of the future, strangely altered by genetic modifications. Wracked by the results of irresponsible genetic research and nanotechnology and overburdened by a population of jobless drones, the whole world is on the edge of collapse. Who will save it? And for whom? Nominated for Nebula and Hugo awards for Best Novel in 1995

In 21st-century America, genetic engineering makes it possible for those who can afford it to become parents of improved, custom-made babies. The controversial procedure has produced a new breed that can function without sleep. Leisha Camden, daughter of a wealthy industrialist, is one of "the sleepless," who are endowed with remarkable intelligence and other genetic enhancements. A generation of prodigies, Leisha and her peers are resented by the rest of the population, who begin to persecute them. To escape violence, the Sleepless retreat to an armed camp, the Sanctuary, where for decades they fight to legitimize their existence in an increasingly hostile society. Leisha, a brilliant, idealistic lawyer, finds herself ostracized by both Sleepers and Sleepless as she struggles to bridge the widening gulf between the two groups. Meanwhile, the Sleepless must learn to deal with the prodigies among them. Kress competently handles a well-worn science fiction concept and raises some intriguing scientific and sociological issues. Nominated for Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1993. Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1994

На планету, названную Удачей, высаживается корабль Корпуса и обнаруживает, что почти все колнисты вымерли много лет назад от какой-то местной болезни… Рассказ Нэнси Кресс на английском языке

This book is an anthology of original stories inspired by science and scientists. The authors—some of the best and most decorated in the field—each visited Microsoft Research and met with top researchers in areas such as machine learning, computer vision, speech recognition, programming languages, and operating systems. They were given a unique opportunity to see new technologies under development and understand how researchers think and work. The stories that came out of this process are the kind of science fiction that excited me as boy. They draw upon, highlight, and extrapolate current science. A number of them put scientists and engineers front and center in the narrative

Leisha Camden, urodzona w 2008 roku córka miliardera, jest nie tylko piękna i niezwykle inteligentna, ale należy do wciąż nielicznej grupy genetycznie uniezależnionych od snu. Początkowo ona i jej podobni są tylko sensacją i ciekawostką, szybko jednak stają się obiektem politycznych represji i ataków tłuszczy, które mają doprowadzić do zepchnięcia Bezsennych na margines ludzkiego społeczeństwa, a ostatecznie i poza samą Ziemię. Lisha postanawia jednak pozostać w świecie, który zazdrości i boi się jej daru, w świecie zagrożonym przez spisek Bezsennych, zawiązany w imię wolności i zemsty. Opowieść nominovana do nagrody Nebula w 1993, do nagrody Hugo w 1994

Najnowszy almanach fantastyki Kroki w nieznane prezentuje szesnaście różnorodnych opowiadań autorów z Australii, Argentyny, Rosji, Stanów Zjednoczonych, Ukrainy i Wielkiej Brytanii. Wśród nich nowa krew, niedawne debiutantki (McCarron, Swirsky) oraz autorzy rozwijający skrzydła (Bacigalupi, Kosmatka, Ostapenko). Są też stare wygi, z niemałym dorobkiem, których tekstów nie było nam dane posmakować dotychczas (Brown, Kaługin) lub spotykaliśmy się z ich twórczością okazjonalnie (Kessel, szczególnie Waldrop). Oczywiście są także wielkie nazwiska (Egan, Kress, Silverberg, czy Willis), a oprócz tego pisarze wyjątkowi, za sprawą wyobraźni (Ballantyne), poetyckiego stylu (McDonald), czy prozy o niesamowitym klimacie (Nielsen)…

Najnowszy almanach fantastyki Kroki w nieznane prezentuje szesnaście różnorodnych opowiadań autorów z Australii, Argentyny, Rosji, Stanów Zjednoczonych, Ukrainy i Wielkiej Brytanii. Wśród nich nowa krew, niedawne debiutantki (McCarron, Swirsky) oraz autorzy rozwijający skrzydła (Bacigalupi, Kosmatka, Ostapenko). Są też stare wygi, z niemałym dorobkiem, których tekstów nie było nam dane posmakować dotychczas (Brown, Kaługin) lub spotykaliśmy się z ich twórczością okazjonalnie (Kessel, szczególnie Waldrop). Oczywiście są także wielkie nazwiska (Egan, Kress, Silverberg, czy Willis), a oprócz tego pisarze wyjątkowi, za sprawą wyobraźni (Ballantyne), poetyckiego stylu (McDonald), czy prozy o niesamowitym klimacie (Nielsen)…

In "Mendicanti di Spagna" Nancy Kress ci ha presentato il mondo degli insonni, specie di superuomini che non hanno bisogno di dormire e che costituiscono l’elite della Terra. In "Mendicanti e superuomini" ci ha descritto la crescente invidia dei Mendicanti, i comuni mortali, nei loro confronti, e la partenza degli insonni dal pianeta. Ma l’odio che divide i diseredati della Terra, privi di facoltà genetiche sueriori, dai signori che possono sperimentaremanipolazioni profonde, durerà fin quando i miracoli della scienza insonne saranno disponibili per tutti. Nel terzo poderoso romanzo della saga, gli ulteriori affascinati sviluppi di questo futuro complesso e straordinario

Lightspeed (www.lightspeedmagazine.com) is the critically-acclaimed, online science fiction magazine edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams. Lightspeed publishes all types of science fiction, from near-future, sociological soft sf, to far-future, star-spanning hard sf, and anything and everything in between. Each month, Lightspeed features a mix of originals and reprints, from a variety of authors—from the bestsellers and award-winners you already know to the best new voices you haven't heard of yet. Now, in Lightspeed: Year One, you will find all of the fiction published in Lightspeed's first year, from new stories such as Nebula Award finalists, Vylar Kaftan’s “I’m Alive, I Love You, I’ll See You in Reno” and “Arvies” by Adam-Troy Castro, and Carrie Vaughn’s Hugo Award-nominee “Amaryllis,” to classic reprints by Stephen King, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, and more

La Terra è caduta sotto il dominio degli Insonni, i mutanti che non hanno bisogno di riposo. Ma sotto la pressione di turbe umane sempre più inquiete e ribelli — i Mendicanti — i superuomini sono ostretti a rifugiarsi nello spazio. Un secolo di incognite si apre di fronte a coloro che vegliano, e la sopravvivenza stessa della Terra è minacciata. Chi la salverà?

Premios Hugo y Nebula 1992 En el año 2019 aparecen unos nuevos seres humanos: los Insomnes, quienes, modificados por la ingeniería genética para no tener que dormir, disponen de mayor conocimiento y poder, pues cuentan con más horas de actividad, y son, asimismo, longevos. El recelo de los Durmientes y su enfrentamiento con los Insomnes es inevitable. De estos últimos, algunos son partidarios de protegerse y piensan que, en el fondo, nada deben a los Durmientes, los nuevos mendigos del futuro cercano

The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories of the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).  The editor, selected by SFWA’s anthology Committee (chaired by Mike Resnick), is American science fiction and fantasy writer Mercedes Lackey. This year’s Nebula winners are Ursula Vernon, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Nancy Kress, and Jeff VanderMeer, with Alaya Dawn Johnson winning the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. Praise for Nebula Awards Showcase 2014: “There is not a story in the bunch that is not engaging to the reader…. This is an excellent book for lovers of science fiction.” Praise for Nebula Awards Showcase 2013: “Featuring writing of the highest quality in the genre, this compilation is certain to appeal to those demanding imaginative fiction.” “Essential fare for short story aficionados, even though some of the contents have appeared in other collections.”

Told from the perspective of several generations of teenagers, this science fiction novel involves an Earth ravaged by mankind, high-tech manipulative aliens, and advanced genetics. Early in the 21st century, global warming has caused sickness and death among plants, animals, and humans. Suddenly aliens contact and genetically modify a group of 14-year-olds, inviting them to visit their spacecraft. After several months of living among the aliens and studying genetics, the students discover that the aliens have been manipulating them and rebel. Upon their return to Earth, the girls in the group discover that they are pregnant and can only wonder what form their unborn children will take. Generations later, the offspring of these children seek to use their alien knowledge to change their genetic code, to allow them to live and prosper in an environment that is quickly becoming uninhabitable from the dual scourges of global warming and biowarfare. But after all the generations of change, will the genetically modified creatures resemble their ancestors, or will nothing human remain?

Need a Job, Go to Mars… or the nearest space station or colony world. But what kind of career opportunities will you find on the ever-expanding frontiers of space? And how many alien beings will be vying for the same positions? To discover some of the possibilities, check out Space, Inc., and such entertaining and original tales as: “Attached Please Find My Novel”—Sometimes you found tomorrow’s best-sellers in the most unexpected places… “The Siren Stone”—Their mission was to blow up an asteroid before it could destroy a space station and its entire population, but nothing could prepare them for what they discovered when they rendezvoused with this giant piece of rock… “Come All Ye Faithful”—Finding a real congregation on Mars wasn’t going to be easy—in fact he had to admit it would be a miracle if it ever happened…

An anthology of stories edited by Esther M. Freisner and Martin Harry Greenberg In a collection of fantasy stories, warrior women take on pirates invading a charity ball, bring an obnoxious loremaster to justice, protect children from magically-summoned barbarian hordes, and rescue Tokyo from destructive reptiles

IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT… For decades, the apocalypse and its aftermath have yielded some of the most exciting short stories of all time. From David Brin’s seminal “The Postman” to Hugh Howey’s “Deep Blood Kettle” and Tananarive Due’s prescient “Patient Zero,” the end of the world continues to thrill. This companion volume to the critically acclaimed WASTELANDS offers thirty of the finest examples of post-apocalyptic short fiction, with works by: Ann Aguirre Megan Arkenberg Paolo Bacigalupi Christopher Barzak Lauren Beukes David Brin Orson Scott Card Junot Díaz Cory Doctorow Tananarive Due Toiya Kristen Finley Milo James Fowler Maria Dahvana Headley Hugh Howey Keffy R. M. Kehrli Jake Kerr Nancy Kress Joe R. Lansdale George R. R. Martin Jack McDevitt Seanan McGuire Maureen F. McHugh D. Thomas Minton Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling Ramsey Shehadeh Robert Silverberg Rachel Swirsky Genevieve Valentine James Van Pelt Christie Yant Award-winning editor John Joseph Adams has once again assembled a who’s who of short fiction, and the result is nothing short of mind-blowing

Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon — these are our guides through the Wastelands… From the Book of Revelation to The Road Warrior; from A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving eschatological tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. In doing so, these visionary authors have addressed one of the most challenging and enduring themes of imaginative fiction: the nature of life in the aftermath of total societal collapse. Gathering together the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today’s most renowned authors of speculative fiction — including George R.R. Martin, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Carol Emshwiller, Jonathan Lethem, Octavia E. Butler, and Stephen King — Wastelands explores the scientific, psychological, and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in the wake of Armageddon. Whether the end of the world comes through nuclear war, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm, these are tales of survivors, in some cases struggling to rebuild the society that was, in others, merely surviving, scrounging for food in depopulated ruins and defending themselves against monsters, mutants, and marauders. Complete with introductions and an indispensable appendix of recommendations for further reading, Wastelands delves into this bleak landscape, uncovering the raw human emotion and heart-pounding thrills at the genre’s core. John Joseph Adams is the assistant editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and a freelance writer. His website is www.johnjosephadams.com. Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse is available now. Look for it wherever books are sold, or order online from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Powell’s Books, or directly from the publisher, Night Shade Books

Once again, the finest short-form sf offerings of the year have been collected in a single volume. With Year's Best SF 17, acclaimed, award-winning editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer demonstrate the amazing depth and power of contemporary speculative fiction, showcasing astonishing stories from some of the genre's most respected names as well as exciting new writers to watch. Prepare to travel light years from the ordinary into a tomorrow at once breathtaking, frightening, and possible, with tales of wonder from: Elizabeth Bear Gregory Benford Neil Gaiman Nancy Kress Michael Swanwick and others

Nancy Kress, jedna z czołowych współczesnych pisarek science fiction, stworzyła jak dotąd cały szereg prowokujących i nagradzanych opowiadań oraz powieści. Na wyżyny sukcesu wspięła się dzięki trylogii Żebracy. Pierwsza jej część, nagrodzona Hugo i Nebulą to Hiszpańscy żebracy. Ich kontynuacją jest książka Żebracy nie mają wyboru. Obie części przyjęto z entuzjazmem i obsypywano pochwałami. Locus pisał: „…radość czytania dzieła SF, które emanuje oryginalnością”. A także: „Znakomitym osiągnięciem Kress jest to, że postęp naukowy i ludzki idealizm, które są od zawsze siłą napędową najlepszych dzieł SF, pozostają w ścisłym związku z pełnym namiętności bałaganem, jakim jest życie…” Trylogię kończy powieść Żebracy na koniach. Autorka zajmuje się w niej problemami sił napędowych ewolucji, inżynierią genetyczną, konfliktami społecznymi i klasowymi oraz przedstawia nam problemy, z którymi ludzkość będzie borykać się w tym i w przyszłym stuleciu

Żebracy nie mają wyboru to dalszy ciąg Hiszpańskich żebraków. Nancy Kress powraca do stworzonego przez siebie świata — do Stanów Zjednoczonych odmienionych przez powszechne stosowanie modyfikacji genetycznych. Genomodyfikowani utrzymują zwykłych ludzi w zamian za przyzwolenie na swoje rządy. W zaciszu stworzonej przez siebie wyspy opracowują własny porządek świata, od czasu do czasu zadziwiając ludzkość wynalazkami. Ameryka, przytłoczona ciężarem wielomilionowej populacji bezczynnych trutni, wstrząsana nieodpowiedzialnymi eksperymentami genetyków i nanotechników, pogrąża się w chaosie i chyli ku upadkowi