I’m very happy to announce that my anthology Fast Forward 2 is set for an October 2008 publication date. I delivered the manuscript to my production manager just a few weeks ago. I think it’s even stronger than Fast Forward 1,
One of the highlights of the second volume will undoubtedly be a 32,000 word collaboration between Benjamin Rosenbaum and Cory Doctorow. “True Names” is a tale of galactic wars between vast, post-Singularity intelligences that are competing to corner the universe’s supply of computation before the heat-death of the universe. The title is, of course, a homage to Vernor Vinge’s famous story of the same name. Writing on his blog, Rosenbaum says that “This story came out of a conversation at the Hugo Loser’s party at Worldcon 2002 — the part about ‘the second law of thermodynamics as the ultimate party-spoiler in a transhuman utopia of self-spawning consciousness’; it acquired shades of Jane Austen, Voltaire, megamillion year ideological warfare, gender theory, coming-of-age story, and musical theater along the way.”
For those wanting a preview, Rosenbaum and Doctorow have begun podcasting “True Names” here on Cory’s site. Now here’s a peak at the rest of the TOC:
Introduction: The Age of Accelerating Returns – Lou Anders
Catherine Drewe – Paul Cornell
Cyto Couture – Kay Kenyon
The Sun Also Explodes – Chris Nakashima-Brown
The Kindness of Strangers – Nancy Kress
Alone With An Inconvenient Companion – Jack Skillingstead
True Names – Cory Doctorow & Benjamin Rosenbaum
Molly’s Kids – Jack McDevitt
Adventure – Paul McAuley
Not Quite Alone in the Dream Quarter – Mike Resnick & Pat Cadigan
An Eligible Boy – Ian McDonald
SeniorSource – Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Migration – Karl Schroeder and Tobias S. Buckell
Long Eyes – Jeff Carlson
The Gambler – Paolo Bacigalupi
Excited?
oh yea!
Oh yes.
That’s a fine lineup of talent.
Excited? Yeah, just a bit given that Fast Forward 1 is one of my favorite anthologies.
Looks like a good list. Thanks for the info.