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Humanity Among The Stars

What happens when we reach out into the vastness of space? What hope for us amongst the stars? Multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan brings us fourteen new tales of the future, from some of the finest science fiction writers in the field.

The fourteen startling stories in this anthology feature the work of Greg Egan, Aliette de Bodard, Ian McDonald, Karl Schroeder, Pat Cadigan, Karen Lord, Ellen Klages, Adam Roberts, Linda Nagata, Hannu Rajaniemi, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Ken MacLeod, Alastair Reynolds and Peter Watts.

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'Anthologist Jonathan Strahan presents an extraordinary assemblage of hard science fiction stories in Reach for Infinity, the latest phase of a great undertaking that started with a simple idea six years ago and has gone from strength to strength since.' Tor.com

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Jonathan Strahan is a World Fantasy Award award-winning editor, anthologist, and podcaster. He has edited more than 70 books, is reviews editor for Locus, a consulting editor for Tor.com, and co-host and producer of the Hugo-nominated Coode Street Podcast.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Solaris (May 27, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1781082030
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1781082034
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.06 x 1 x 7.81 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,647,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,217 in Science Fiction Short Stories
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Barbadian writer Dr. Karen Lord is the author of Redemption in Indigo, which won the William L. Crawford Award and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Her other works include the science fiction novels The Best of All Possible Worlds, The Galaxy Game, and The Blue, Beautiful World, and the crime-fantasy novel Unraveling. Lord also edited the anthology New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean.
She was a judge for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the 2018 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean YA Literature. She has taught at the 2018 Clarion West Writers Workshop and the 2019 Clarion Workshop, and she co-facilitated the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Workshop in Barbados. She has been a featured author at literary festivals from Adelaide to Edinburgh to Berlin, and often appears at the Bocas Lit Fest in Trinidad & Tobago.
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L. A. Veronie II

Mainline editor, intriguing stories....

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2021

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Jonathon Strahan has certainly got a cutting edge series going here...but still, no one person can like EVERY offering. That said, and at least to me, this particular volume was a bit hit and miss. While I discovered FOUR that were clearly incredible, most hovered near or a smidge above average, with a couple bombs bringing up the rear. As I stated before--personal preference rules...but for a lover of speculative fiction, the "Infinity" collection is well worth the time.

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R. W. Warwick

New, high quality science fiction to sink your teeth into!

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2017

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I loved this book. As an amateur sf writer, i'm always looking for new high quality fiction to sink my teeth into and this is certainly it. The characters are well thought out and complex, the settings are expansive and real, and the prose is so easy to read. Each story is an entire world in itself, and I thoroughly enjoyed each one. I particularly enjoyed Aliette de Bodard's 'The Dust Queen', though I won't give anything away.

Thank you very much, I would recommend Jonathan Strahan's editing to anyone.

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2015

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The book was very heavily damaged, with about half of the pages crumpled and folded into the binding. the stories, however, are quite good.

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The recipient told me he really enjoyed it.

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G.L.

Science fiction meets humanism

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2014

“Reach for infinity” is yet another interesting anthology of hard (or at the very least mildly squishy) science fiction. Edited by Jonathan Strahan, it features mostly optimistic stories of humanity in space. The sub-genres vary from hard science fiction with sleek metal androids to tales for young adults. All of them are beautifully written, guaranteed to appeal to just about any audience and provide a refreshing humanist perspective on the frequently dark and gloomy tropes of science fiction.

Brief (and spoiler-free!) story synopses:
“Break My Fall” by Greg Egan – running a space shuttle from Earth to Mars isn’t the safest job. A tale of a space-faring captain.
“The Dust Queen” by Aliette de Bodard – if you could numb your brain and block certain memories forever, would you? And how much would you be willing to sacrifice to recover those memories later on?
“The Fifth Dragon” by Ian Mcdonald – a tale of two women working on the moon. Love, friendship, money and grandiose plans combine in this bittersweet story.
“Kheldyu” by Karl Schroeder – yet another short story featuring Gennady Malianov, a Ukrainian contractor who specializes in cleaning up other people’s messes (even if involves shooting radioactive camels in the Gobi desert). In this story, a seemingly innocuous launch of a giant CO2-filtering tower in Siberia is only a prelude to something much bigger…
“Report Concerning the Presence of Seahorses on Mars” by Pat Cadigan – a highly detailed and fleshed-out human interest story about human settlements on Mars and how they’d develop after decades spent away from Earth. A very light read that ends up covering a subject one doesn’t see a lot in science fiction.
“Hiraeth: A Tragedy in Four Acts” by Karen Lord – no matter how hard you try, once you leave Earth, sooner or later you’ll get hiraeth (space psychosis). The only viable option is to make yourself less human and more cyborg… A rather sad story about a prototype cyborg and his journey.
“Amicae Aeternum” by Ellen Klages – when you’re about to embark on a centuries-long journey to another planet, how do you say goodbye to Earth or to your best friend? A touching young adult story.
“Trademark Bugs: A Legal History” by Adam Robers – probably the most unusual story in the entire anthology. If you don’t mind the somewhat dry style, you’ll enjoy this tale of pharmaceutical companies who make their money by infecting (and curing! eventually…) people on regular basis. The story itself is a summary of legal cases for and against this development. Dark, clever and entirely plausible in this strange new world of ours.
“Attitude” by Linda Nagata – a young adult-ish story about an immensely popular brand new sport that’s played in zero gravity on a giant orbital platform. The profits are used to expand the platform, but what happens when the organizers of the game that prides itself on ethics and integrity have to choose between profits and fairness? This story would have made a great novella – it feels like the author had to chop off a few parts due to its length.
“Invisible Planets” by Hannu Rajaniemi – inspired by Italo Calvino’s book “Invisible Cities,” this story is about a spaceship talking to a part of its programming about all the strange and different planets they’ve visited.
“Wilder Still, the Stars” by Kathleen Ann Goonan – a tale of replicant-like artifically altered humans who have incredible talents but no rights, no egos, no self-awareness. A 130-year-old woman who dreams of stars makes it her goal to help her new friends.
“The Entire Immense Superstructure: An Installation” by Ken MacLeod – in a futuristic world where one can’t get by without cybernetic lenses, where the rich live in orbital hotels and the poor survive in self-regulating nanotechnological WikiThing compounds, an artist who suffered a nervous meltdown after an expedition to Antarctica decides to go off the grid and make a statement.
“In Babelsberg” by Alastair Reynolds – a beautifully written and increasingly creepy story about a space-faring android tasked with exploring the Solar System.
“Hotshot” by Peter Watts – in a world where the existence of free will has been disproven and Earth is becoming uninhabitable, thousands of kids are conditioned to take part in a (very) long-term space diaspora project.

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You won’t be disappointed.

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2015

When picking up an anthology of stories to read, there’s always a chance there’s a story in that book that the reader would not like. Some stories may strike the reader as extremely well-written, some may be awesome, and some may be thought-provoking. But there might be a story which doesn’t really pull the reader in. Or, maybe the story is written in a way that the reader doesn’t like. Then there’s the chance that the story may be too “boring” at the beginning, thus losing the reader’s interest.

And for the purposes of this review, two things must be shared: The book in the above case was the sci-fi anthology Reach for Infinity. And that reader was me, the reviewer.

I will not go so far as to call this anthology a “bad book.” Far from it. But, you see, there were stories in this book I tended to skip over. Some stories just didn’t grab me. They didn’t seem all that interesting. Or they were written in a way that I just don’t like reading stories.

But, you see, those are all personal misgivings about this book. It does not stand as the definitive analysis of such a collection of science fiction stories from some of today’s most respected writers. These are all just personal opinions, as any book review must be. I didn’t care for the book, but I didn’t hate it, either. There were some stories that I read from beginning to end. I cherished them. I loved them. I lauded them for their brilliance and creativity. They were GOOD! So, you see, while I didn’t like some stories in this anthology, there were some stories that I did like. Some that I would not hesitate to read again.

And that’s the reading experience one would expect from reading an anthology. Some stories may not fit the bill, while other stories will give a reader one of the most amazing reading ever. And for this reason, Reach for Infinity is certainly a book worth reading – if you love sci-fi. There’s something for everyone in there. Something for every reader. And when you find that gem you seek as you read this book, you’ll walk away from it seeing the world as you have never seen it before. The sci-fi writer attempts to recreate reality to push the idea that going out into the great beyond is not only possible, but rewarding in every way. And that’s what the good stories will give to you after you finish reading them. Read this book to find them. You won’t be disappointed.

Review by: DawnColclasure
Disclosure: Review copy from the publisher/author for an honest review.

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2018

I wanted to like this collection but none of the stories were engaging.

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