Bøger af David Gerrold

Step into Beyond Tomorrow with Forbidden Futures 10! The essence of humanity collides with the wonders of technology. Traverse dimensions of moral complexity and futuristic visions. Beyond Tomorrow is an odyssey into the unknown!David Gerrold's Companions grapples with the intriguing question of how parents nurture their progeny in a world devoid of traditional teachers.Andre Norton's enigmatic tale, All Cats Are Grey, unfurls a mesmerizing saga involving a mysterious black cat, an elusive, invisible entity, and the allure of hidden treasures. Prepare to be swept away by the uncanny and the unforeseen.Cody Goodfellow's A Visit From The God Squad is a cautionary tale of how life leeches off the grand plan.Fred Golt's Dispatches recounts the perils of space exploration on the edges of the galaxy.Chris Farmer's Hotrod Wars explores a distant future where battling robots determine your fate. Anna Tambour's Lucksters introduces you to a world where evolved beings confront the echoes of ancient technologies, unveiling a tapestry of suspense and luck.Mike Dubisch's De-extinction Event (16-page comic) propels you into a future where scientists try to resurrect the human race.

On the occasion of his winning the the 2022 Robert A. Heinlein Award for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings to inspire the human exploration of space, we present to you a selection of over six decades of work from a master of the field."David Gerrold has demonstrated a dazzling breadth of work, and always with a healthy sense of humor, no small thing in this world." - Steven Barnes"Even at his advanced youth, David Gerrold remains the future of science fiction." - Adam-Troy Castro"David Gerrold has been a hero of mine, ever since he rolled his bike into the lobby of the Albert Hotel, looking for a place to stay. He was the first gay parent I ever knew personally, and wrote about it beautifully and movingly, and I have always treasured his friendship." - Samuel R. Delany

I suppose you're entitled to a warning.This is it.None of these stories are meant to be taken seriously.Sometimes I sit down at the keyboard and the sentences just start rolling out. I rarely know what's going to happen next. I sit, appalled, watching the bizarre progression of character, incident, and idea that assemble on the computer screen. It astonishes me to see how the most sparkling of sentences can contain no real semblance of appropriate social decorum.Nevertheless, every story in this collection has been purchased by an editor who probably should have known better.Several of these stories were submitted (and sold) to the magazines. Others came into existence because some desperate anthologist offered me money and I was foolish enough to take on the challenge. Maybe it was the excitement of the idea, or maybe I didn't have anything else to do that week-but it was probably the money.I make no apologies, I make no excuses. These stories are best consumed in small doses-like maybe when you need something to read while sitting on the toilet. I do not recommend trying to work through this collection the same way you would read any other book, turning pages to see what happens next. On the contrary, I suggest restraint, proceeding through the pages carefully and with a justifiable mixture of caution and dread.To be fair, a couple of these stories are here because they are funny.The rest of them are here because they refused to lie quietly in the drawer. They escaped. They crawled out of their file folders and demanded to be included without any regard to their obvious lack of substance. Those stories-the ones that I am embarrassed to admit authoring-should be obvious. Please do not encourage them by laughing out loud, or even smiling in their presence. They do not deserve even that much acknowledgment.If there is any kind of theme to this collection, it is that all of these stories have little or no redeeming social value. They were written as an explosion of peripatetic fragments in a delirious attempt at satire-except for a couple that were written for cathartic revenge on things (or people) that annoyed me.There are thirty stories in this collection, nearly 120,000 words. Some of these tales might be worth your time. Others might be unforgivable stinkers, meriting only of an angry trajectory at the nearest brick wall-but which stories fit into which categories will be a subjective experience for every reader.But let me put it this way-I suffered for my art. Now it's your turn.Including:The Great Pan American Airship Mystery Or Why I Murdered Robert BenchleyActual Comments From Lunar TouristsAfternoon With A Dead BusThe Baby Cooper Dollar BillThe Fabulous MarbleCrystallizationThe Kennedy EnterpriseA Shaggy Dog StoryThe Honker StingThe Trouble With HairyThe Killing CroakThe Ghost Of Christmas SidewaysFranz Kafka, SuperheroThrough Time And Space With Ferdinand FeghootThe SpellThe Schwarzchild RadiusA Brief Explanation Of How Budapest Became The Taco Capital Of The WorldTwo Meditations On King KongWhy There Are No Type C Civilizations (with Marvin Minsky)The Feathered MastodonF&SF MailbagThe Strange Death Of Orson WellesMichael Thinks The House Is HauntedThe Fabtastic FourDangerous VirginsThe Great MiloThe Old Science Fiction WriterWhen The "Martians" ReturnedFollow The Other Brick RoadA Mild Case Of DeathThe Shadows Of Alexandrium

Galaxy's Edge has been publishing outstanding science fiction and fantasy fiction since its inaugural issue in March 2013. The magazine's authors include seasoned veterans as well as exciting new talent from across the globe.Whether its dragons or spaceships, magic or hard science, there is only one criterion to be published in Galaxy's Edge: it has to be a great story.As with the last edition of the Best of, all the fiction pieces in this volume have been personally selected by the editor, Mike Resnick. These stories appeared in issues of the magazine that were published between 2015 and 2017, and include new titles by bestselling authors like Larry Niven and David Gerrold, as well as exhilarating new writers like Marina J. Lostetter and Martin L. Shoemaker.And also, like with our previous Best of anthology, our authors all share one thing in common. They write engaging stories that will entertain you, leave you astonished, and make you think-the hallmarks of all good science fiction and fantasy.Contributors:Larry NivenStewart C BakerAlvaro Zinos-AmaroAuston HabershawLaurie TomAlex ShvartsmanSandra M. OdellEric Leif DavinTom GerencerDantzel CherryRon CollinsMarina J. LostetterLeena LikitaloTina GowerEric ClineEffie SeibergSunil PatelRobert JeschonekJennifer Campbell-HicksSylvia Spruck WrigleyMartin L. ShoemakerDavid Gerrold

Here are seven marvelous tales (and one whimsical vignette) taking you out to the wondrous future of travel beyond the sky.Start in your own back yard and journey to the moon, to the asteroid belt, to the far planets, and even to the Oort cloud. Along the way, you’ll meet Squish, Shan, Chigger, and Starling, young adventurers who will amaze you with their discoveries of life and love.  ΓùÅ NOWHERE MAN - Get revenge on a teenage bully!  ΓùÅ JUMPING OFF THE PLANET - Ride the beanstalk!  ΓùÅ TURTLEDOME - Build a Lunar Habititat!  ΓùÅ RIDING JANIS - Toss a comet!  ΓùÅ GANNY KNITS A SPACESHIP - Build your own starship!And more! A big fat book of excitement and wonder!

David Gerrold sits alone in a room and types.This is the only warning you’re going to get.Here are seven little horrors, specifically designed to creep you out in all the strangest ways. From the mundane to the bizarre, this master storyteller will take you to the zone beyond twilight.ΓùÅ SKINFLOWERS - This one is so creepy, we can’t even begin to describe it. You’ll have to read it yourself.ΓùÅ REX - Have you ever wanted a pet dinosaur? A cute little mini-dino? The T-Rex can be very convenient.ΓùÅ THE SEMINAR FROM HELL - It’s all about the marketing, really....ΓùÅ ...AND EIGHT RABID PIGS - Meet Satan Claus. You won’t want him coming down your chimney on Christmas Eve.ΓùÅ CHESTER - A girl and her dog....ΓùÅ SALES OF A DEATHMAN - The job market is really tough these days.ΓùÅ NIGHT TRAIN TO PARIS - The Bram Stoker Award Winner for superior achievement in horror! 

';Intelligent and entertaining hard SF' from a Nebula Award winner (Booklist). In this action-packed tale of military science fiction, the human members of the Star Wolf space vessel are pitted against the superhuman Morthan crew. Cpt. Jonathan Korie has been hampered by the loss of most of the human fleet to the Morthans and a nearly disabled ship of his own. Now he must face the Morthan threat driven by the need for survival and the desire for revenge...

';An exciting space adventure with a poignant metaphor at its core,' from a Hugo and Nebula Award winner (Booklist). The Morthans were physically and mentally superior. Descended from humans, they were now, literally, ';more-than' human... and considered the human race to be little better than animals. They would stop at nothing to conquer the remaining human-controlled worlds. Formerly a never-filmed script for Star Trek: The Next Generation, this conclusion to the Star Wolf trilogy finds Executive Officer Korie and the crew of the Star Wolf answering a distress call from a mysteriously lifeless ship. On board the Norway, they discover half-wave, half-particle clusters of golden lightand a dead man. The lights are the energy form of bloodworms, a fatal infestation that feeds off the energy of living bodies, which scientists on the Norway have developed for use in the Alliance's war against the Morthans. Officer Korie's struggle between his conscience and his desire for vengeance will determine not only the safety of the Star Wolf, but the fate of the enemies he's sworn to destroy.

This classic work of science fiction is widely considered to be the ultimate time-travel novel. When Daniel Eakins inherits a time machine, he soon realizes that he has enormous power to shape the course of history. He can foil terrorists, prevent assassinations, or just make some fast money at the racetrack. And if he doesn't like the results of the change, he can simply go back in time and talk himself out of making it! But Dan soon finds that there are limits to his powers and forces beyond his control.