Lightspeed: Year One

by John Joseph Adams (Editor)

Other authors: Vitaly S. Alexius (Cover artist), Stephen Baxter (Contributor), Tobias Buckell (Contributor), Orson Scott Card (Contributor), Adam-Troy Castro (Contributor) — 42 more, Maggie Clark (Contributor), Tom Crosshill (Contributor), Julie E. Czerneda (Contributor), Tananarive Due (Contributor), Carol Emshwiller (Contributor), John R. Fultz (Contributor), Eric Gregory (Contributor), Ursula K. Le Guin (Contributor), Joe Haldeman (Contributor), Vylar Kaftan (Contributor), James Patrick Kelly (Contributor), Caitlín R. Kiernan (Contributor), Alice Sola Kim (Contributor), Stephen King (Contributor), David Barr Kirtley (Contributor), Ted Kosmatka (Contributor), Nancy Kress (Contributor), Geoffrey Landis (Contributor), Sarah Langan (Contributor), Joe R. Lansdale (Contributor), Tanith Lee (Contributor), Yoon Ha Lee (Contributor), Ken Liu (Contributor), Corey Mariani (Contributor), George R.R. Martin (Contributor), Anne McCaffrey (Contributor), Jack McDevitt (Contributor), Tessa Mellas (Contributor), Nnedi Okorafor (Contributor), An Owomoyela (Contributor), Susan Palwick (Contributor), Cat Rambo (Contributor), Robert Reed (Contributor), Alastair Reynolds (Contributor), Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Contributor), Robert Silverberg (Contributor), Bruce Sterling (Contributor), David Tallerman (Contributor), Catherynne Valente (Contributor), Genevieve Valentine (Contributor), Carrie Vaughn (Contributor), Charles Yu (Contributor)

Series: Lightspeed Magazine (2011)

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Fiction. Science Fiction. Short Stories. HTML: Lightspeed is the critically acclaimed, online science fiction magazine edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams. Each month at lightspeedmagazine.com, top authors and brilliant new voices alike span the genre's full spectrum, from near-future sociological SF to star-spanning hard SF and everything in between. Lightspeed: Year One collects all of the fiction published during Lightspeed's first journey around the sun: Nebula Award finalists like Vylar Kaftan's "I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno," Hugo Award nominees like Carrie Vaughn's "Amaryllis," and great classic reprints by Stephen King, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, and more. .… (more)

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This collection of stories from the first year of an online sci-fi magazine includes some big names. Some stories appear to have been written earlier, as in one where Pluto’s now-lost status as a planet is a minor plot point. I found that too many had the same sort of darkness that plagues literary short stories (in which no human can ever make a connection with another), but others were compelling and fascinating. Sentient sand, catmen, college students from Jupiter. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Adams, John Joseph	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Alexius, Vitaly S.	Cover artist	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Baxter, Stephen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Buckell, Tobias	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Card, Orson Scott	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Castro, Adam-Troy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Clark, Maggie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Crosshill, Tom	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Czerneda, Julie E.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Due, Tananarive	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Emshwiller, Carol	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fultz, John R.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gregory, Eric	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Guin, Ursula K. Le	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Haldeman, Joe	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kaftan, Vylar	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kelly, James Patrick	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kiernan, Caitlín R.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kim, Alice Sola	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
King, Stephen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kirtley, David Barr	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kosmatka, Ted	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kress, Nancy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Landis, Geoffrey	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Langan, Sarah	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lansdale, Joe R.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lee, Tanith	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lee, Yoon Ha	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Liu, Ken	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mariani, Corey	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Martin, George R.R.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McCaffrey, Anne	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McDevitt, Jack	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mellas, Tessa	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Okorafor, Nnedi	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Owomoyela, An	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Palwick, Susan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rambo, Cat	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Reed, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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Silverberg, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sterling, Bruce	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tallerman, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Valente, Catherynne	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Valentine, Genevieve	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Vaughn, Carrie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Yu, Charles	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Woman Leaves Room by Robert Reed

I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno by Vylar Kaftan

The Cassandra Project [short fiction] by Jack McDevitt

Cats in Victory by David Barr Kirtley

Amaryllis by Carrie Vaughn

No Time Like the Present by Carol Emshwiller

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Manumission by Tobias S. Buckell

The Zeppelin Conductors' Society Annual Gentlemen's Ball by Genevieve Valentine

"...For a Single Yesterday" [novelette] by George R. R. Martin

How to Become a Mars Overlord {short story} by Catherynne M. Valente

Patient Zero by Tananarive Due

Arvies by Adam-Troy Castro

More Than the Sum of His Parts [short story] by Joe Haldeman

Flower Mercy Needle Chain by Yoon Ha Lee

The Long Chase by Geoffrey A. Landis

Amid the Words of War (short story) by Cat Rambo

Travelers by Robert Silverberg

Hindsight by Sarah Langan

Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back by Joe R. Lansdale

The Taste of Starlight by John R. Fultz

Beachworld by Stephen King

Standard Loneliness Package by Charles Yu

Faces in Revolving Souls by Caitlin R. Kiernan

Hwang's Billion Brilliant Daughters by Alice Sola Kim

Ej-es by Nancy Kress

In-fall by Ted Kosmatka

The Observer by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Jenny's Sick by David Tallerman

The Wisdom of the Asonu by Ursula K. Le Guin

Postings from an Amorous Tomorrow by Corey Mariani

Cucumber Gravy [short story] by Susan Palwick

Black Fire by Tanith Lee

The Elephants of Poznan by Orson Scott Card

Long Enough and Just So Long by Cat Rambo

The Passenger by Julie E. Czerneda

Simulacrum by Ken Liu

Breakaway, Backdown {short story} by James Patrick Kelly

Saying the Names by M. L. Clark

Gossamer {short story} by Stephen Baxter

Spider the Artist by Nnedi Okorafor

All That Touches the Air by An Owomoyela

Maneki Neko {short story} by Bruce Sterling

Mama We Are Zhenya Your Son by Tom Crosshill

Velvet Fields by Anne McCaffrey

The Harrowers by Eric Gregory

Bibi from Jupiter by Tessa Mellas

Eliot Wrote by Nancy Kress

Scales by Alastair Reynolds

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Fiction. Science Fiction. Short Stories. HTML:

Lightspeed is the critically acclaimed, online science fiction magazine edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams. Each month at lightspeedmagazine.com, top authors and brilliant new voices alike span the genre's full spectrum, from near-future sociological SF to star-spanning hard SF and everything in between. Lightspeed: Year One collects all of the fiction published during Lightspeed's first journey around the sun: Nebula Award finalists like Vylar Kaftan's "I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno," Hugo Award nominees like Carrie Vaughn's "Amaryllis," and great classic reprints by Stephen King, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, and more.

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