Far Thoughts and Pale Gods
  • Published:
    May-2016
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    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Science Fiction
  • Pages:
    320
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6 dazzling stories, freshly revised for this volume, plus new introductions, commentary, and reminiscences from the Hugo- and Nebula Award-winning author of "War Dogs," "Eternity," and "The Forge of God."

Greg Bear is the author of more than 30 books, from thrillers ("Darwin s Radio," "Vitals") to science fiction ("Blood Music," "Eon," "Hull Zero Three") to pure fantasy ("The Infinity Concerto," "The Serpent Mage"). But his skills are not confined to writing at full-length novels: He is also the author of dozens of brilliant short stories, novellas, and novelettes. "Far Thoughts and Pale Gods" contains 6 highly acclaimed stories, each newly revised by the author, that illustrate Bear's abundant breadth of talent. The volume includes: Heads, which marks the first time the concept of quantum computing appears in science fiction though it is a vision of 400 frozen heads that will remain in the reader's memory; The Wind from a Burning Woman, the first story set in the universe that spawned the novels "Eon" and "Eternity"; Plague of Conscience, which explores what it means to be alien and whether that can be comprehended without understanding what it means to be human; Scattershot,
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    • First Edition
    • May-2016
    • Open Road Publishing
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1504021479
    • ISBN13: 9781504021470
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    • Apr-2016
    • Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    • eBook (Kindle)
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    • May-2016
    • Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1504021428
    • ISBN13: 9781504021425



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