Brave New Worlds

YOU ARE BEING WATCHED

When the government wields its power against its own people, every citizen becomes an enemy of the state. Will you fight the system, or be ground to dust beneath the boot of tyranny?

In his smash-hit anthologies Wastelands and The Living Dead, acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams showed you what happens when society is utterly wiped away. Now he brings you a glimpse into an equally terrifying future — what happens when civilization invades and dictates every aspect of your life?

From 1984 to The Handmaid’s Tale, from Children of Men to Bioshock, the dystopian imagination has been a vital and gripping cautionary force. Brave New Worlds collects thirty of the best tales of dystopian menace by some of today’s most visionary writers.

Contents:

• Introduction — John Joseph Adams
• The Lottery — Shirley Jackson
• Red Card — S. L. Gilbow
• Ten With a Flag — Joseph Paul Haines
• The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas — Ursula K. Le Guin
• Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment — M. Rickert
• The Funeral — Kate Wilhelm
• O Happy Day! — Geoff Ryman
• Pervert — Charles Coleman Finlay
• From Homogenous to Honey — Neil Gaiman & Bryan Talbot
• Billennium — J. G. Ballard
• Amaryllis — Carrie Vaughn
• Pop Squad — Paolo Bacigalupi
• Auspicious Eggs — James Morrow
• Peter Skilling — Alex Irvine
• The Pedestrian — Ray Bradbury
• The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away — Cory Doctorow
• The Pearl Diver — Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Dead Space for the Unexpected — Geoff Ryman
• “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman — Harlan Ellison
• Is This Your Day to Join the Revolution? — Genevieve Valentine
• Independence Day — Sarah Langan
• The Lunatics — Kim Stanley Robinson
• Sacrament — Matt Williamson
• The Minority Report — Philip K. Dick
• Just Do It — Heather Lindsley
• Harrison Bergeron — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
• Caught in the Organ Draft — Robert Silverberg
• Geriatric Ward — Orson Scott Card
• Arties Aren’t Stupid — Jeremiah Tolbert
• Jordan’s Waterhammer — Joe Mastroianni
• Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs — Adam-Troy Castro
• Resistance — Tobias S. Buckell
• Civilization — Vylar Kaftan
• For Further Reading — Ross E. Lockhart
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editor

Additional Content Exclusive to the Revised & Expanded Second Edition:

• Editor’s Note — John Joseph Adams
• The Cull — Robert Reed
• Personal Jesus — Jennifer Pelland
• The Perfect Match — Ken Liu
• Study Guide — Gary K. Wolfe
• Filmography — Gary K. Wolfe

The first edition of Brave New Worlds was initially published 01/01/2011, with the ISBN 9781597802215.