Freedom

by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Mark Tier (Editor)

Liberty is a recurring theme in science fiction. Here's a volume of explorations of this theme, combining landmark stories from science fiction's golden age with new stories by some of today's top writers, including Hugo winner and Grand Master Jack Williamson; Michael Resnick, winner of four Hugos and a Nebula, and author of the international bestseller, Santiago; Michael A. Stackpole, author of eight New York Times best sellers; best-selling novelist Jane Lindskold, New York Times best-selling author James P. Hogan, Robert J. Sawyer, winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year; and more. This stellar crew considers how a government-free society could operate, how a low-tech society might throw off the influence of more ''advanced'' intruders, how the right to own weapons is fundamental to freedom, and much more. In the future, liberty may be even more threatened than in our present-and this volume suggests very unusual ways of defending and advancing it. . . .

At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (DRM Rights Management).

Genres: Short Stories, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction

528 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2006

About the author

Martin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. In addition, he was a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel.

For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.

Reviews

[Bill Borre]

"The Right's Tough" by Robert J. Sawyer - Astronauts return to Earth only to find all governments have been dissolved due to the loss of privacy the evolution of information technology brought about. Every person has a trustworthy rating based upon all of their interactions with others since childhood. Since the astronauts lack trustworthy ratings they leave Earth to seek out a new planet.

[Sean Randall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of these were interesting, though the lack of government as a concept in fiction is one I've rarely thought about. I enjoyed Monument, Historical Note and the weapon shop, Second Game and Pakeha.