Solaris Rising 2: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction
Edited by Ian Whates.
Following the exceptionally well received first collection, Solaris Rising 2 brings even more best-selling and cutting edge SF authors together for another extraodrinary volume of ground-breaking stories.
Having re-affirmed Solaris’s proud reputation for producing high quality science fiction antologies in the first volume, Solaris Rising 2 is the next collection in this exciting series. Featuring stories by Allan Steele, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kim Lakin-Smith, Paul Cornell, Eugie Foster, Nick Harkaway, Nancy Kress, Kay Kenyon, James Lovegrove, Robert Reed, Mercurio D. Rivera, Norman Spinrad, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Liz Williams, Vandana Singh, Martin Sketchley, and more. These stories are guaranteed to surprise, thrill and delight, and maintain our mission to demonstrate why science fiction remains the most exiting, varied and inspiring of all fiction genres. In Solaris Rising we showed both the quality and variety that modern science fiction can produce. In Solaris Rising 2, we'll be taking that much, much further.
Contents:
- Extensions: An Introduction by Ian Whates
- Tom by Paul Cornell
- More by Nancy Kress
- Shall Inherit by James Lovegrove
- Feast and Famine by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Whatever Skin You Wear by Eugie Foster
- Pearl in the Shell by Neil Williamson
- The Time Gun by Nick Harkaway
- When Thomas Jefferson Dined Alone by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Bonds by Robert Reed
- Ticking by Allen Steele
- Before Hope by Kim Lakin-Smith
- The Spires of Greme by Kay Kenyon
- Manmade by Mercurio D. Rivera
- The Circle of Least Confusion by Martin Sketchley
- Far Distant Suns by Norman Spinrad
- The Lighthouse by Liz Williams
- The First Dance by Martin McGrath
- Still Life with Skull by Mike Allen
- With Fate Conspire by Vandana Singh
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Ian Whates
Ian Whates is a British speculative fiction author and editor. In 2006 he launched the independent publishing house NewCon press. He lives with his partner Helen in Cambridgeshire.
As of 2009 Whates is currently a director of both the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) and the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA). He has had short fiction published in Nature, Hub and TQR. In 2007 his short story The Gift of Joy was nominated for the British Science Fiction Award.
Solaris Rising
Solaris Rising consists of three primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
