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Mission Critical Paperback – July 9, 2019
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Life is fragile. The difference between success and failure can come down to nothing – the thread of a screw, the flick of a switch – and when it goes wrong, you fix it... or someone dies.
Mission Critical takes us from our world, across the Solar System, and out into deep space to tell the stories of people who had to do the impossible. And do it fast.
Featuring stories by Peter F. Hamilton, Yoon Ha Lee, Aliette de Bodard, Greg Egan, Linda Nagata, Gregory Feeley, John Barnes, Tobias S. Buckell, Jason Fischer & Sean Williams, Carolyn Ives Gilman, John Meaney, Dominica Phetteplace, Allen M. Steele, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Peter Watts.
- Print length416 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSolaris
- Publication dateJuly 9, 2019
- Dimensions5.06 x 1.1 x 7.81 inches
- ISBN-101781085803
- ISBN-13978-1781085806
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- Publisher : Solaris (July 9, 2019)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 416 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1781085803
- ISBN-13 : 978-1781085806
- Item Weight : 10.9 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.06 x 1.1 x 7.81 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,934,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8,037 in Hard Science Fiction (Books)
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- "The Empty Gun" by Yoon Ha Lee (which I enjoyed enough to go buy Ninefox Gambit)
- "Genesong" by Peter F. Hamilton (an emotional, poignant departure from Mr. Hamilton's usual style)
- "Something in the Air" by Carolyn Ives Gilman (a flawed but fascinating twist on concepts of quantum entanglement and the nature of reality)
- "Lost in Splendour" by John Meaney (an often amusing take on generational divides and the things that make all of us human)
- "The Fires of Prometheus" by Allen M. Steele (a touching tale of living and dying in space)
If you like high-tech Sci Fi drama, you'll enjoy this collection.

