Matter's End [Mass Market Paperback]

Gregory Benford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1994

A collection of twenty-one stories features unexpected revelations at a masquerade party, a devastating California earthquake, a complex computer game that becomes a matter of life and death, and more.

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Benford, long one of the recognized luminaries of science fiction, especially for his hard sf novels, in this collection demonstrates again that he is equally adept at short fiction. The stories, taken from the entire span of his 30-year writing career, range from the whimsical, youthful fantasy of "Stand-In" to mature meditations like "Mozart on Morphine" and the title story. Benford is accomplished at everything, from a single character's introspection to the hardest of hard sf. Underlying it all is wry humor; in his afterword, Benford says that short stories should be fun. Fun is the outstanding quality inherent in all these tales. Dennis Winters

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Spectra (December 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553568981
• ISBN-13: 978-0553568981
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,742,082 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not Free SF Reader, April 3, 2008

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