Stable Strategies and Others

Eileen Gunn

Science Fiction Short Stories

James Tiptree, Jr. Award nominee 2004, Philip K. Dick Award nominee 2005, World Fantasy Award nominee 2005.

This collection of tightly crafted, highly imaginative short stories employs surrealist, satirical, and fantastical devices to explore politics, class, and gender. From a hilarious tale about bioengineering and the stresses of climbing the corporate ladder to an evocative story of a woman who loses a sock at the the laundromat and finds she's missing a bit of her soul, these science fiction stories showcase an award-winning writer's compelling vision of the universe. Computer pioneers, cross-country skiers, and aliens figure into these literary stories that challenge the boundaries of imagination with quirky, anti-establishment characters and visionary technological extrapolation.

Contents:

  • Acknowledgements by Eileen Gunn
  • She's the Business by William Gibson
  • The Secret of Writing (essay) by Eileen Gunn
  • Hooray for Eileen! (poem) by Michael Swanwick
  • Stable Strategies for Middle Management
  • Fellow Americans
  • Computer Friendly
  • The Sock Story
  • Coming to Terms
  • Lichen and Rock
  • Contact
  • What Are Friends For?
  • Ideologically Labile Fruit Crisp (essay)
  • Spring Conditions
  • Nirvana High (with Leslie What)
  • Green Fire (with Andy Duncan, Pat Murphy and Michael Swanwick)
  • Afterwards by Howard Waldrop
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2004
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Eileen Gunn

Eileen Gunn (born 1945) is a science fiction author and editor based in Seattle, Washington, who began publishing in 1978. Her story "Coming to Terms", inspired, in part, by a friendship with Avram Davidson, won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 2004. Two other stories were nominated for the Hugo Award: "Stable Strategies for Middle Management" (in 1989) and "Computer Friendly" (1990). A collection of her short stories, Stable Strategies and Others (2004), was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award and short-listed for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award and the World Fantasy Award. The Japanese translation was awarded the Sense of Gender…