Babylon Sisters [Paperback]

Paul Di Filippo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2002

Paul Di Filippo is one of Science Fiction's finest short story writers, wild, witty, exuberantly imaginative; Babylon Sisters and Other Posthumans is a generous showcase of his strange, transformative, and powerful Hard SF visions. The fourteen stories collected here are glimpses into the most fantastic possibilities of human evolution-biological, social, and cultural. From a New York split into warring walled enclaves, to the destiny of our species as a strain of virus, to an Africa made over by nanotech messiahs, to a future Earth protected by half-alien angels, to wars of liberation from what we have always so tragically been: these are only some of the awe-inspiring transitions to be found in Babylon Sisters. Read here of rebellion by books against their librarian, of cosmic destiny remade by stellar lunatics, of disorienting ventures beyond the boundaries of the human; discover here the perverse and terrible dangers of the age of posthumanity.

Product Details

• Paperback: 324 pages
• Publisher: Prime Books (October 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1894815815
• ISBN-13: 978-1894815819
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,972,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Inventive SF, June 17, 2006

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J. Dunwoody (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Babylon Sisters (Paperback)

This book was a real pleasure from start to finish. Di Filippo is an incredibly versatile writer. The end result blends genetic engineering, mind control, social organization, and erotics -- really, it's impossible to describe, but it's always incredibly entertaining. You don't know what to expect from one page to the next. I've read a lot of SF and fantasy, and would definitely give this work my highest recommendation!