10/26/11

Making Mars a Nicer Place to Live

Forthcoming publication in Rocket Science, edited by Ian Sales, Mutation Press, 2012.

Dedication

First published in Asimov's Science Fiction, Vol. 18, Number 12/13, ISSN 1055-2146, November 1994, pp.154-178.  Reprinted in Japanese translation in The Astronaut From Wyoming and Other Stories, edited by Toru Nakamura, Hayakawa Publishing, ISBN 978-4-15-011769-6, 2010, pp.289-342. 

A team of astronauts on Mars struggle to survive after their rover is damaged in a meteorite shower.

The Son of Heaven

In The Dragon and the Stars, edited by Derwin Mak and Eric Choi, DAW Books, ISBN 978-07564-0618-9, 2010, pp.205-227.

The Chinese rocket scientist Tsien Hsue-shen (钱学森) is persecuted during the Red Scare in America in the 1950s.  [Excerpt]

Another's Treasure

In Footprints, edited by Jay Lake and Eric T. Reynolds, Hadley Rille Books, ISBN 978-0-9819243-9-7, 2009, pp.115-120.

In the far future, alien explorers try to make sense of what we left behind at one of the Apollo landing sites.  [Excerpt]

Plot Device

In Northwest Passages:  A Cascadian Anthology, edited by Cris DiMarco, Windstorm Creative, ISBN 1-59093-185-2, 2005, pp.451-460.

An ironic look at what it means to be a "writer" – in more than one sense of the word.

A Man's Place

In Space Inc., edited by Julie E. Czerneda, DAW, ISBN 0-7564-0147-X, 2003, pp.82-107.

A cook on a lunar base becomes an unexpected hero.  [Story]

Just Like Being There

In Tales From the Wonder Zone:  Orbiter, edited by Julie E. Czerneda, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, ISBN 1-55244-020-6, 2002, pp.1-20.

An astronaut contemplates the rewards and risks of human versus robotic space exploration.  [Excerpt]

Divisions

In Northern Suns, edited by David G. Hartwell and Glenn Grant, Tor, ISBN 0-312-86461-2, 1999, pp.25-45.  First published in Tesseracts6, edited by Robert J. Sawyer and Carolyn Clink, EDGE, ISBN 1-895836-32-8, 1997, pp.5-26.

The Coming Age of the Jet

In Arrowdreams: An Anthology of Alternate Canadas, edited by Mark Shainblum and John Dupuis, Signature Editions, ISBN 0-921-833-51-2, 1997, pp.127-144.

From a Stone

In Science Fiction Age, Vol. 4, Number 6, ISSN 1065-1829, September 1996, pp.76-103.