Best Selling Books by Nancy Kress

A truly unforgettable story is defined by its characters. Their motivations, their changes, their actions compel us to read on, anxiously trying to discern what will happen next. In Dynamic Characters, award-winning author and Writer''s Digest columnist Nancy Kress explores the fundamental relationship between characterization and plot, illustrating how vibrant, well-constructed characters act as the driving force behind an exceptional story. Kress balances her writing instruction with hands-on checklists to help you build strong characters from the outside in. Blending physical, emotional and mental characterization, you''ll learn to create characters that initiate exciting action, react to tense situations, make physical and emotional transformations, and power the plot from beginning to end.

Excerpts of fantasy and science fiction novels written by fearless women, including Vengeful by V.E. Schwab, Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang, The Phoenix Empress by K Arsenault Rivera, Terran Tomorrow by Nancy Kress, Horizon by Fran Wilde, and City of Broken Magic by Mirah Bolender. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Humankind has expanded out into interstellar space using star gates-technological remnants left behind by an ancient, long-vanished race. But the technology comes with a price. Among the stars, humanity encountered the Fallers, a strange alien race bent on nothing short of genocide. It''s all-out war, and humanity is losing. In this fragile situation, a new planet is discovered, inhabited by a pre-industrial race who experience "shared reality"-they''re literally compelled to share the same worldview. A team of human scientists is dispatched-but what they don''t know is that their mission of first contact is actually a covert military operation. For one of the planet''s moons is really a huge mysterious artifact of the same origin as the star gates . . . and it just may be the key to winning the war. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Teens from across time are pulled into the twenty-fourth century for an interstellar rescue mission in this action-packed science fiction series debut. Life is easier in the year 2345, since humanity has created a utopia with no more war, disease, or crime. Only now, Earth is in a dire situation, one which the adults are powerless to help. A group of teenagers step up to the challenge, but they’ll need help. . . . Enter Operation Hourglass . . . A team of heroes—champions of their times, spanning history—is assembled, each of them known to have the skills, grit, and instincts to handle crisis. From the twentieth and twenty-first-centuries: a high-school basketball star and a smalltown brainiac. Joining them: a tenth-century Viking and a young thief from nineteenth-century London. Together they must rescue a human star settlement from mysterious, threatening, three-eyed aliens. But even if they survive and successfully complete their mission, there’s still the matter of returning everyone back to their pasts . . .

The title story, like most of the other pieces, is character-centered as a single mother wrestles with high-tech taking over her town. "Patent Infringement" is a fine if brief epistolary story on the subject; "The Most Famous Little Girl in the World" is the story of the lifelong friendship of two women set against a background of alien contact. "First Flight" is an affectionate homage to the classic Tom Corbett, Space Cadet TV show of the 1950s. "To Cuddle Amy" is a powerful short-short horror story about disposable children. "My Mother, Dancing" deals with a human race called on to seed with life a completely barren universe.

Based on Nancy Kress’s Nebula Award-winning novella, “Yesterday’s Kin”, this hard science fiction series explores the limits of human genetics, and the development of human culture on two widely distant planets. “Nancy Kress delivers one of the strongest stories of the year to date.” --Gardner Dozois, editor of The Year’s Best Science Fiction series The Yesterday’s Kin Trilogy discounted ebundle includes: Tomorrow''s Kin, If Tomorrow Comes, Terran Tomorrow Tomorrow''s Kin: The aliens have arrived... they''ve landed their Embassy ship on a platform in New York Harbor, and will only speak with the United Nations. They say that their world is so different from Earth, in terms of gravity and atmosphere, that they cannot leave their ship. The population of Earth has erupted in fear and speculation. If Tomorrow Comes: Ten years after the Aliens left Earth, humanity succeeds in building a ship, Friendship, to follow them home to Kindred. Aboard are a crew of scientists, diplomats, and a squad of Rangers to protect them. But when the Friendship arrives, they find nothing they expected. No interplanetary culture, no industrial base—and no cure for the spore disease. Terran Tomorrow: The diplomatic mission from Earth to World ended in disaster, as the Earth''s scientists discovered that the Worlders were not the scientifically advanced culture they believed. Once home, after the twenty-eight-year gap caused by their transit through space, they find an Earth changed almost beyond recognition... At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

An unabridged collection of the “best of the best” science fiction stories published in 2013 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster. In “Zero for Conduct,” by Greg Egan, an Afghani teenager, living in a near-future Iran with her exiled grandfather, makes a game-changing superconductor discovery. A young girl struggles to survive on a planet, with a stringent class structure, where Doors are used to go off-world in “Exit, Interrupted,” by C. W. Johnson. “Pathways” by Nancy Kress, follows a teenage girl from a small Kentucky mountain town, in a near-future U. S., struggling with her family and culture as she seeks treatment for Fatal Familial Insomnia. In “Entangled,” by Ian R. MacLeod, an Indian woman, in a Britain turned upside down by a disease that links people’s minds, searches for answers to her personal catastrophe. In “The Irish Astronaut,” by Val Nolan, a colleague brings the ashes of an astronaut, who died in the Aquariusdisaster, to Ireland for final burial. In “Among Us,” by Robert Reed, a government agency goes to extraordinary lengths to identify and track the aliens among us. “A Map of Mercury,” by Alastair Reynolds, showcases the plight of a failed artist dispatched to retrieve an artistic genius from a collective of cyborgs parading across the face of Mercury. In “Martian Blood,” by Allen M. Steele, a researcher from Earth goes on an expedition into the untamed regions of Mars to extract blood from its natives. “The She-Wolf’s Hidden Grin,” by Michael Swanwick, set in the same milieu as Gene Wolfe’s “The Fifth Head of Cerberus,” follows the childhoods of two sisters on a planet far from Earth. Finally, in “The Best We Can,” by Carrie Vaughn, a frustrated scientist pursues first contact among an apathetic populace.

Salvation or Annihilation? A strange artifact has been discovered on a distant planet, an artifact that may be the key to humanity''s salvation. For we at war with the Fallers, an alien race bent on nothing short of genocide, and this is a war we are losing. The artifact is not only a powerful weapon, but possibly the rosetta stone to a lost superscience . . . a superscience that the Fallers may have already decoded. Or it may be a doomsday machine that could destroy the very fabric of space. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Collects short stories from Lightspeed, the online science fiction magazine.

Short novels are movie length narratives that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This unabridged collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2013 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form of story-telling. In “Earth I,” by Stephen Baxter, asearch among the stars to ferret out the origins of mankind amidst the Xaian normalization digs up many surprises. In “Success,” by Michael Blumlein, a brilliant but erratic biologist studying epigenetics struggles to hang on to his grip on everyday life as he writes his ground-breaking tome. In “Feral Moon,” by Alexander Jablokov, the Alliance military is invading Phobos to retrieve dead bodies for later repatriation, but the stiff resistance is putting the operation in serious doubt. In “The Weight of the Sunrise,” by Vylar Kaftan, winner of both the Nebula Award and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, the Incan empire is offered a vaccine, to contain a smallpox out-break, by a Virginian raising funds for the American war against the British. In “One,” by Nancy Kress, a boxer down on his luck gains the ability to read minds and grapples round-after-round with the consequences. In the Great Shipstory “Precious Mental,” by Robert Reed, an immortal captain who has been living incognito for hundreds of years is kidnaped to help salvage an ancient derelict spaceship. Finally, in the Poirot-like mystery “Murder on the AldrinExpress,” by Martin L. Shoemaker, murder is suspected in the death of the leader of a Mars expedition when evidence of sabotage is uncovered.

There is no light without dark; no highlights without shadows; no good without evil. The Devil is where things happen. Where stories begin. This collection brings together stories from multiple cultures, featuring the Devil both as an abstract concept and a creature, a terror, a force of nature, an enemy, a trickster, and so many more. Step into the world of shadows, and travel through Devil’s many incarnations spanning centuries of history and myth, from the Ancient Greece, African and Caribbean folklore, dark ages in Europe, all the way to the present day. This anthology features new and established authors from diverse, multicultural backgrounds.

Collection of eighteen fantasy and science fiction stories by the author with themes from alien anthropology to miniature worlds.

The Future Is Ourselves The world is rapidly changing. We surf future-shock every day, as the progress of technology races ever on. Increasingly we are asking: how do we change to live in the world to come? Whether it’s climate change, inundated coastlines and drowned cities; the cramped confines of a tin can hurtling through space to the outer reaches of our Solar System; or the rush of being uploaded into cyberspace, our minds and bodies are going to have to drastically alter. Multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan brings us another incredible volume in his much praised science-fiction anthology series, featuring stories by Madeline Ashby, John Barnes, James S.A. Corey, Gregory Benford, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Simon Ings, Kameron Hurley, Nancy Kress, Gwyneth Jones, Yoon Ha Lee, Bruce Sterling, Sean Williams, Aliette de Bodard, Ramez Naam, An Owomoyela and Ian McDonald.

This collection of unabridged, unforgettable tales, written by some of science fiction’s most esteemed authors, pays homage to one of the genre’s most cherished story types. Whether time travel stories leap forward in time or slip into the past, they remain popular with fans. John Barnesspins a tale of intrigue as the principles of science are discovered centuries ahead of time while mankind is divided into classes (Com''n and Liejt) and the Irish people are slaves in “Things Undone.” Nancy KressAnne Boleyn and that of historians from a distant future to which pivotal historic figures are taken in order to prevent otherwise inevitable bloodshed in “And Wild for to Hold.” Ian R. MacLeodsends three time traveling historians from the future to rescue Captain Oatesfrom the doomed Scott party amidst the race to the South Pole in the early 20thcentury in “Home Time.” Tom Purdomsets historians from the future on a high seas adventure to document a 19thcentury British Admiralty anti-slavery patrol in “The Mists of Time.” Science fiction grand master, Robert Silverberg, slowly slides the fifty-seven year old owner of a Toyota dealership in the San Francisco Bay area backwards in time towards his birth in “Against the Current.” Allen M. Steeletells the story of how a U.S. Navy blimp crewmember happens upon time travelers while monitoring Soviet sea traffic around Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis in “The Observation Post.” Michael Swanwickfollows the director of a dinosaur research center holding a timeline-polluting fund raiser located in the late Cretaceous period in the Hugo award winning story, “Scherzo with Tyrannosaur.” Genevieve Valentineobserves the detrimental effects of time travel on the timeline through the eyes of a seamstress whose wealthy patrons are obsessed with their time period costumes in “Bespoke.”

MARTIN SE RÉVEILLA dans un vaste lit blanc, aux côtés d’une brune endormie qui portait une nuisette en dentelle blanche. Il ne connaissait ni cette pièce, ni cette femme. Lentement, il se redressa sur son séant, dans l’attente de la douleur. Celle-ci brillant par son absence, il posa la main sur l’épaule de la dormeuse qui tressaillit, sans se réveiller ; ce léger mouvement lui fit retirer sa main, qu’il contempla — des doigts roses, robustes. Son alliance avait disparu... Nancy Kress Martin le mercredi

Nancy Kress, winner of multiple awards for her science fiction and fantasy, ranges through space and time in this stunning collection. Anne Boleyn is snatched from her time stream--with unexpected consequences for two worlds. A far-future spaceship brings religion to a planet that already harbors shocking natives. People genetically engineered to never need to sleep clash with those who do. A scientific expedition to the center of the galaxy discovers more than anyone bargained for. A woman finds that ''''people like us'''' does not mean what she thinks it does. Praised for both her hard SF and her complex characters, Nancy Kress brings a unique viewpoint to twenty-one stories, the best of a long and varied career that has won her five Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Table of Contents: Introduction And Wild For to Hold Out of All Them Bright Stars Pathways Dancing on Air Unto the Daughters Laws of Survival Someone To Watch Over Me Flowers of Aulit Prison Price of Oranges By Fools Like Me Casey''s Empire Shiva in Shadow Grant Us This Day Kindness of Strangers End Game My Mother, Dancing Trinity People Like Us Evolution Margin of Error Beggars in Spain

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Año 2019. Los Insomnes, una nueva especie fruto de la ingeniería genética, se disponen a dominar el mundo. Los Insomnes no duermen, nunca caen enfermos y son más longevos. En el otro extremo, los Durmientes –los nuevos mendigos– recelan de los Insomnes, pues dependen de éstos para su propia supervivencia. En semejante contexto, tres personajes de diferente condición observan un conflicto que se intuye inminente e inevitable.

Told from the perspective of several generations of teenagers, this science fiction novel involves an Earth ravaged by mankind, high-tech manipulative aliens, and advanced genetics. Early in the 21st century, global warming has caused sickness and death among plants, animals, and humans. Suddenly aliens contact and genetically modify a group of 14-year-olds, inviting them to visit their spacecraft. After several months of living among the aliens and studying genetics, the students discover that the aliens have been manipulating them and rebel. Upon their return to Earth, the girls in the group discover that they are pregnant and can only wonder what form their unborn children will take. Generations later, the offspring of these children seek to use their alien knowledge to change their genetic code, to allow them to live and prosper in an environment that is quickly becoming uninhabitable from the dual scourges of global warming and biowarfare. But after all the generations of change, will the genetically modified creatures resemble their ancestors, or will nothing human remain?

IL MARE CAMBIA "Davvero era questa la pericolosa organizzazione che avrebbe ripristinato l''ingegneria genetica in un paese che l''aveva messa al bando, in modo da produrre il fabbisogno alimentare per gli Stati Uniti e per il resto del mondo, mentre il cambiamento climatico, la desertificazione e l''innalzamento dei mari cambiavano il volto del pianeta?" Anno 2032. Di giorno Renata Black è un''assistente legale che si occupa di casi di violenza sessuale. Di notte è Caroline Denton, membro dell''Org, una società segreta che si occupa di sicurezza alimentare. Dieci anni prima, infatti, si era scatenata la Catastrofe: un biofarmaco ottenuto da piante geneticamente modificate aveva ucciso centosedici bambini. Il caos che ne era derivato aveva fatto crollare l''economia americana... Un ritratto convincente dei tempi in cui viviamo e di quello che ci aspetta in un cli-fi techno-thriller.

Debido a la omnipresente energía y a las modificaciones genéticas, la sociedad se ha escindido en ociosos «vividores» y ricos «auxiliares». Los Insomnes y sus superdotados descendientes, los Superinsomnes, ofrecen las Jeringas del Cambio, que confieren inmunidad ante las enfermedades. Cuando se interrumpa el suministro de j eringas, los recién nacidos sufrirán todo tipo de dolencias. Una madre tratará de cambiar la situación.

Two stories about artificial intelligence from one of the most respected names in hard science fiction. Multiple Hugo and Nebula winner Nancy Kress gives us a fascinating look into the evolution of artificial intelligence and the impact it has on human society.

« Depuis l’observatoire du pont supérieur du Kepler, où la coque Schaad transparente s’ouvre aux étoiles, j’admire, debout entre Ajit et Kane, le départ de la sonde. L’observatoire, qui sert de jardin au vaisseau, exhibe à foison mes fleurs exotiques en une profusion telle que pour voir s’éloigner l’engin, il faut se tasser entre la cloison et un massif de comoralias de deux mètres de haut. [...] Au-delà du Kepler s’étend la région la plus violente, la plus spectaculaire de la galaxie, dans sa splendeur meurtrière... » Née à Buffalo dans l’État de New York, en 1948, Nancy Kress a publié une trentaine de romans et près de cent cinquante nouvelles. Traduite dans une quinzaine de langues, distinguée par de nombreux prix littéraires internationaux, sa science-fiction, qui puise aux vertiges du génie génétique et de l’intelligence artificielle, situe l’humain et son devenir au cœur de ses problématiques... Élaboré selon les principes d’exigence propres à « Quarante-Deux », à l’image des recueils de Greg Egan, de Peter Watts et de Ken Liu dans la même collection, Danses aériennes, sans équivalent en langue anglaise, réunit onze récits — dont cinq courts romans. Pensé comme une porte d’entrée, une invite à la découverte d’une œuvre essentielle au sein du corpus SF contemporain, il s’avère un cocktail corsé aux perspectives prodigieuses.

En una sociedad futura el progreso de la genética permite la aparición de los Insomnes, estirpe que dispone de mayor poder gracias a su capacidad para permanecer activa durante más horas. El mundo se divide en ociosos Vividores, atendidos por los Auxiliares, e Insomnes, con sus superdotados descendientes, los Superinsomnes. Dos Vividores y un Auxiliar exponen su particular punto de vista sobre este modelo.

Max Feder est riche. Immensément. Une fortune aux origines troubles, mais après tout, qu’importe ? Car Max Feder va mourir. Et dans ses vieux jours, ses derniers mois, le plus précieux de ses trésors se résume à une bague et ce qu’elle contient, le symbole d’un amour aussi ancien qu’absolu. Éternel, littéralement, puisque l’objet de son amour perdu ne peut pas mourir... Or il semble bien que pour Max Feder, au crépuscule d’une vie tumultueuse, le temps soit venu d’entreprendre un ultime voyage, celui de toutes les remises en question, de tous les possibles...

Nancy Kress is unrivaled in her treatment of genetic engineering. In 1991 she wrote the ground-breaking classic novella Beggars in Spain (Hugo/Nebula) and since then has only enhanced her outstanding reputation of telling stories set in the near-future and dealing with genetics. *** This collection brings together six of these stories written between 1984 and 2008, including "The Flowers of Aulit Prison" which won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short story.

Henry Erdmann est un physicien de haut vol, l’un des pères de l’Opération Ivy et de la puissance nucléaire américaine. Était, plutôt, car aujourd’hui, vieux et perclus, Henry Erdmann n’est que le triste reflet de celui qu’il fut, quand bien même il continue de donner quelques cours à l’université pour des étudiants qu’il ne comprend plus depuis bien longtemps... Aussi, lorsque...

Mi van akkor, ha tényleg igaz a kvantumelmélet egyik feltevése, miszerint a tudatunk hozza létre az észlelt világunkat? Mi lenne, ha módosíthatnánk a bioprocesszorainkat, hogy megváltoztassuk az észlelésért felelős algoritmusokat, ezáltal beléphetnénk más „valóságokba”? Dr. Caroline Soames-Watkins élete több szinten is válságba kerül, ezért hajlandó megfontolni dédnagybátyja, a Nobel-díjas tudós, Samuel Watkins rejtélyes javaslatát, és munkát vállal egy kajmán-szigeteki, különleges kutatóintézetben. A létesítményben egy olyan technológia kifejlesztésén dolgoznak, mellyel megismerhető lehet a tudat valódi természete, más valóságok, és esetleg a halál utáni élet. Robert Lanza őssejtkutató biológus, aki a Time magazin szerint a világ 100 legbefolyásosabb embere közé tartozik, összefogott a Nebula- és Hugo-díjas íróval, Nancy Kress-szel, és egy megdöbbentő regényt alkottak. A megfigyelő elképesztő utazásra hív az elme mélyére, a tudomány határaira, és gyökeresen új megvilágításba helyezi mindazt, amit az életről és a képzelet erejéről tudtunk.

Fantascienza - racconto lungo (50 pagine) - Su Mondo chi commette un delitto è condannato all’esclusione dalla Realtà. E Uli vuole tornarvi a ogni costo. Premio Nebula 1996 Uli non era reale. Nella comunità di Mondo, chi si rendeva colpevole di reati gravi veniva estromesso dalla Realtà Condivisa. La condanna poteva essere temporanea, come nel caso di Uli, colpevole di aver ucciso la propria sorella, e ora tenuta a lavorare per il governo fin quando non avessero deciso che le poteva essere riammessa alla Realtà. Ma poteva anche essere definitiva, come la condanna inflitta al Terrestre Carryl Walters. E Uli ha la possibilità di redimersi, se solo riuscirà a ottenere da quello strano individuo le informazioni che il governo vuole da lui. Ma come potrà riuscire a ottenere qualcosa da un alieno che non condivide neppure la sua stessa visione della realtà? I fiori della prigione di Aulit ha vinto il Premio Nebula 1996 per il miglior racconto lungo. NANCY KRESS è nata nel 1948 a Buffalo (New York). Risiede a Seattle, nello stato di Washington, cercando di conciliare le sue molteplici attività: scrittrice di fantascienza, responsabile di corsi di letteratura e scrittura creativa. Ha cominciato a scrivere e pubblicare fantascienza e fantasy verso la metà degli anni ’70, e i suoi racconti, eleganti e incisivi, sono stati ospitati dalle riviste Omni, Isaac Asimov’s SF Magazine e Fantasy & Science Fiction. Nel 2008/2009 è stata professore ospite di letteratura all’Università di Lipsia in Germania. Nella sua carriera ha vinto quattro Premi Nebula e due Premi Hugo oltre a numerosi altri riconoscimenti che l’hanno consacrata come una delle voci più significative della narrativa di fantascienza contemporanea.

Clarkesworld is a Hugo Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month they bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. The August issue contains: Original Fiction by Greg Mellor ("Mar Pacifico"), James Patrick Kelly ("The Promise of Space") and Mark Bourne & Elizabeth Bourne ("One Flesh"). Classic stories by Charles Sheffield ("Out of Copyright") and Nancy Kress ("First Principle"). Non-fiction by Mark Cole ("Aliens, Robots, Spaceships and . . . Popsicles? SF on American Radio, Then and Now"), an interview with Ken Liu, an Another Word column by Alethea Kontis, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

"Leisha Camden is a genetically engineered ''Sleepless.'' Her ability to stay awake all the time has not only made her more productive, but the genetic modifications have also given the ''Sleepless'' a higher IQ and may even make them immortal. Are they the future of humanity? Or will the small community of ''sleepless'' be hunted down as freaks by a world that has grown wary of its newest creation?"--Page [4] of cover.

Dans les années 2030, la fertilité masculine a brutalement chuté sur l''ensemble de la planète. Les enfants sont si rares que les couples sont prêts à tout pour en avoir, quitte à traiter leurs animaux domestiques comme des bébés humains... Shana Walders, jeune appelée de l''armée américaine, participe à l''évacuation d''une zone dangereuse où un train transportant des produits toxiques a déraillé. Elle voit l''espace d''un instant l''inimaginable tapi au fond d''une cage. Son témoignage auprès de ses supérieurs signé sa radiation de l''armée. Mais elle décide de mener sa propre enquête pour découvrir la vérité. Alors que le gouvernement a interdit la génétique humaine, Shana découvre qu''un trafic clandestin s''organise à grande échelle. Elle vient de mettre le doigt dans un engrenage qui met en jeu l''avenir de l''homme...

Alors que deux jumelles viennent au monde, l''une d''entre elles bénéficie d''une modification génétique qui lui permet de ne plus dormir. Huit heures d''éveil de plus par jour, un rêve pour apprendre, vivre et découvrir le monde... Huit heures qui feront aussi d''elle, un être à part.