Polychrome Futures and Fantasies

by John Joseph Adams (Editor), Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due

A POC sampler anthology featuring twenty stories reprinted from various projects published by John Joseph Adams over the years. There are stories from sixteen different projects, including Fantasy, The End is Nigh, Epic: Legends of Fantasy, Armored, HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! and Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects, and Oz Reimagined, among others.

DANGER WORD
Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due

SUNDOWN
Tobias S. Buckell

AS THE WHEEL TURNS
Aliette de Bodard

REMOVAL ORDER
Tananarive Due

THIS UNKEMPT WORLD IS FALLING TO PIECES
Jamie Ford

THE NARCOMANCER
N.K. Jemisin

A PRINCE OF THIRTEEN DAYS
Alaya Dawn Johnson

CARD SHARP
Rajan Khanna

HUNGER
Gabriela Lee

THE GRAPHOLOGY OF HEMORRHAGE
Yoon Ha Lee

THE VEILED SHANGHAI
Ken Liu

WHAT I ASSUME YOU SHALL ASSUME
Ken Liu

NOMAD
Karin Lowachee

HELP ME FOLLOW MY SISTER INTO THE LAND OF THE DEAD
Carmen Maria Machado

THE GO-SLOW
Nnedi Okorafor

SPIDER THE ARTIST
Nnedi Okorafor

LIBERTY: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR A NON-HUMAN BEING
Samuel Peralta

OGRES OF EAST AFRICA
Sofia Samatar

HELMET
Daniel H. Wilson

CYCLES
Charles Yu

317 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

John Joseph Adams is the series editor of BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY. He is also the bestselling editor of many other anthologies, such as ROBOT UPRISINGS, DEAD MAN'S HAND, BRAVE NEW WORLDS,WASTELANDS, and THE LIVING DEAD. Recent and forthcoming books include WHAT THE #@&% IS THAT?, OPERATION ARCANA, PRESS START TO PLAY, LOOSED UPON THE WORLD, and THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH (consisting of THE END IS NIGH, THE END IS NOW, and THE END HAS COME). Called “the reigning king of the anthology world” by Barnes & Noble, John is a two-time winner of the Hugo Award (for which he has been nominated nine times), is a seven-time World Fantasy Award finalist, and served as a judge for the 2015 National Book Award. John is also the editor and publisher of the digital magazines LIGHTSPEED and NIGHTMARE, and is a producer for Wired's THE GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY podcast. You can find him online at www.johnjosephadams.com and on Twitter @JohnJosephAdams.

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read. I'd read a couple of them before and they were excellent still on rereading. Highly recommend