Engineering Infinity
{{Short description|2010 anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan}}
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| name = Engineering Infinity
| image = File:Engineering Infinity (2010) US 1st edition.jpg
| caption = US first edition cover
| author = Various
| editors = Jonathan Strahan
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Science fiction
| published = December 28, 2010 (US)Though the anthology's official release date is December 28, 2010, the copyrights are noted to be 2011.
January 6, 2011 (UK)
| publisher = Solaris Books
| media_type = Print (Paperback)
| pages = 391 (US)
333 (UK)
| isbn = 1-907-51952-1
| isbn_note = (US)
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Engineering Infinity is a science fiction anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan.{{cite web |url=http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2010/09/17/engineering-infinity-table-of-contents/ |title=Engineering Infinity: Table of Contents |first=Jonathan |last=Strahan |author-link=Jonathan Strahan |publisher=JonathanStrahan.com.au |date=September 17, 2010 |access-date=January 6, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/Reviews/2010/12/lois-tilton-reviews-short-fiction-early-december/#enginfinity |title=Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, early December |work=Locus |first=Lois |last=Tilton |author-link=Lois Tilton |date=December 7, 2010 |access-date=January 6, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://sciencefiction.com/2011/04/11/book-review-engineering-infinity-ed-jonathan-strahan/ |title=Book Review: Engineering Infinity (ed) Jonathan Strahan |first=Nigel |last=Seel |publisher=ScienceFiction.com |date=April 11, 2011 |access-date=January 6, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tangentonline.com/print--other-reviewsmenu-263/anthologies-reviewsmenu-107/1528-engineering-infinity-edited-by-jonathan-strahan |title=Engineering Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan |first=Robert E. |last=Waters |website=Tangent |date=March 8, 2011 |access-date=January 6, 2015 |archive-date=April 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413081542/http://www.tangentonline.com/print--other-reviewsmenu-263/anthologies-reviewsmenu-107/1528-engineering-infinity-edited-by-jonathan-strahan |url-status=dead }} It was nominated for a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2012/06/locus-awards-2012-winners/ |title=2012 Locus Award Winners |work=Locus |date=June 16, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622070415/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2012/06/locus-awards-2012-winners/ |archive-date=June 22, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Contents
The anthology includes 15 stories:
- "Beyond the Gernsback Continuum ..." by Jonathan Strahan (Introduction)
- "Malak" by Peter Watts (short story)
- "Watching the Music Dance" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (short story)
- "Laika's Ghost" (Gennady Malianov series) by Karl Schroeder (novelette)
- "The Invasion of Venus" by Stephen Baxter (short story)
- "The Server and the Dragon" by Hannu Rajaniemi (short story)
- "Bit Rot" (Saturn's Children) by Charles Stross (novelette)
- "Creatures with Wings" by Kathleen Ann Goonan (novelette)
- "Walls of Flesh, Bars of Bone" by Damien Broderick and Barbara Lamar (novelette)
- "Mantis" by Robert Reed (novelette)
- "Judgement Eve" by John C. Wright (novelette)
- "A Soldier of the City" by David Moles (novelette)
- "Mercies" by Gregory Benford (novelette)
- "The Ki-anna" by Gwyneth Jones (novelette)
- The Birds and the Bees and the Gasoline Trees by John Barnes (novella)
Critical reception
Engineering Infinity was nominated for a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 2012.
References
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External links
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- {{isfdb contents|332397|title=Engineering Infinity|issue=(2010)}}
Category:Science fiction anthologies