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We Dare: An Anthology of Augmented Humanity
An Anthology of Augmented Humanity. Fifteen outstanding authors. Fifteen stories of augmented humanity! All I need is an edge! As long as humans have competed with each other (for food, profit, and love), people have looked for ways to get an edge on the competition, how to be better, faster, and smarter than the opposition. With better science and technology, many things are now possible, and there will be many more in the future! Gene splicing will augment your abilities. Implants will make you smarter. Cybernetic systems will make you stronger. Edited by Jamie Ibson and Chris Kennedy, 'We Dare' is a collection of 15 all-new stories that explores the use of augmented humanity in the near future. From getting a new personality loaded with the skills you need for a mission, to nanobots that keep you from being killed, to creating an indestructible tank, anything is possible! But just because we can augment humanity doesn't necessarily mean we should, and there are cautionary tales inside as well. Along with the 'good' that might be possible, there is also the potential for augmentation to be used for more 'nefarious' ends. Will augmentation make better criminals? What happens when someone with implants has their mind taken over? One thing is certain, though, people will dare to augment themselves to get an edge. Our authors dared to write these stories of augmented humanity; will you now dare to read them?
Contents:
* Preface • by Chris Kennedy
* Kade / by Christopher Woods
* Taming the Beast / by Kevin Steverson
* Tank / by J.F. Holmes
* Cradle and All / by Quincy J. Allen
* Do or Die / by Jamie Ibson
* Yellow in the Night / by Philip Wohlrab
* The Chaos of Well-Seeming Forms / by Rob Howell
* Forty Acres and a Mule / by Luke R. J. Maynard
* Imperfect Mind / by Jason Cordova
* Bag Man / by Jack Clemons
* Come Up Screaming / by Kevin Ikenberry
* Angel / by Robert E. Hampson
* To Dust / by Marisa Wolf
* Now You See Me / by Kacey Ezell
* Now You Don't / by Josh Hayes
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Contents:
* Preface • by Chris Kennedy
* Kade / by Christopher Woods
* Taming the Beast / by Kevin Steverson
* Tank / by J.F. Holmes
* Cradle and All / by Quincy J. Allen
* Do or Die / by Jamie Ibson
* Yellow in the Night / by Philip Wohlrab
* The Chaos of Well-Seeming Forms / by Rob Howell
* Forty Acres and a Mule / by Luke R. J. Maynard
* Imperfect Mind / by Jason Cordova
* Bag Man / by Jack Clemons
* Come Up Screaming / by Kevin Ikenberry
* Angel / by Robert E. Hampson
* To Dust / by Marisa Wolf
* Now You See Me / by Kacey Ezell
* Now You Don't / by Josh Hayes
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595 pages, Paperback
First published May 29, 2019
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About the author
Chris Kennedy
138 books163 followersA Webster Award winner and three-time Dragon Award finalist, Chris Kennedy is a Science Fiction/Fantasy author, speaker, and small-press publisher who has written over 50 books and published more than 400 others. Get his free book, “Shattered Crucible,” at his website, https://chriskennedypublishing.com.
Called “fantastic” and “a great speaker,” he has coached hundreds of beginning authors and budding novelists on how to self-publish their stories at a variety of conferences, conventions, and writing guild presentations. He is the author of the award-winning #1 bestseller, “Self-Publishing for Profit: How to Get Your Book Out of Your Head and Into the Stores.”
Chris lives in Coinjock, North Carolina, with his wife. Follow Chris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ckpublishing/.
Called “fantastic” and “a great speaker,” he has coached hundreds of beginning authors and budding novelists on how to self-publish their stories at a variety of conferences, conventions, and writing guild presentations. He is the author of the award-winning #1 bestseller, “Self-Publishing for Profit: How to Get Your Book Out of Your Head and Into the Stores.”
Chris lives in Coinjock, North Carolina, with his wife. Follow Chris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ckpublishing/.
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June 1, 2019
We Dare! O Boy Do We Dare!!!!!
Chris Kennedy and Jamie Ibson have put together a great collection. They have a Fallen World story by Christopher Woods; a Salvage Title Universe short story by Kevin Steverson; a Kin Wars tale by Jason Cordova; and a Runs in the Family short by Kevin Ikenberry. The stories also include an enhanced NYPD officer attempting to intercept an enhanced woman who is leaving a swath of mangled bad guys in her wake; a genetics scientist who is trying to save her children (clones who have genes spliced with animals) from a power hungry despot; a group of cyborgs who once were humans with deadly diseases and are now some of the toughest soldiers in the universe. Then Kennedy/Ibson mixed in some augmented soldiers carrying out a top secret mission that is not even vaguely what they were told it would be; a Romeo and Juliet wedding on Mars; an group of military buddies getting together one more time to remove treasure buried in some Afghan caves; an corporate bagman being sent to retrieve a senator’s kidnapped daughter and to terminally punish the offenders; a man who is just doing his job but keeps getting “almost killed” and being brought back to life; and a group of modified soldiers forgotten on a dusty, dirty planet trying to find illegal colonists for the Corporation. The last two short stories are told from opposite perspectives: both rivals are highly up-graded and both have been hired by their respective companies to steal the latest innovation by a third company. Each story in this anthology is unique and the whole book leaves the reader wanting more.
Chris Kennedy and Jamie Ibson have put together a great collection. They have a Fallen World story by Christopher Woods; a Salvage Title Universe short story by Kevin Steverson; a Kin Wars tale by Jason Cordova; and a Runs in the Family short by Kevin Ikenberry. The stories also include an enhanced NYPD officer attempting to intercept an enhanced woman who is leaving a swath of mangled bad guys in her wake; a genetics scientist who is trying to save her children (clones who have genes spliced with animals) from a power hungry despot; a group of cyborgs who once were humans with deadly diseases and are now some of the toughest soldiers in the universe. Then Kennedy/Ibson mixed in some augmented soldiers carrying out a top secret mission that is not even vaguely what they were told it would be; a Romeo and Juliet wedding on Mars; an group of military buddies getting together one more time to remove treasure buried in some Afghan caves; an corporate bagman being sent to retrieve a senator’s kidnapped daughter and to terminally punish the offenders; a man who is just doing his job but keeps getting “almost killed” and being brought back to life; and a group of modified soldiers forgotten on a dusty, dirty planet trying to find illegal colonists for the Corporation. The last two short stories are told from opposite perspectives: both rivals are highly up-graded and both have been hired by their respective companies to steal the latest innovation by a third company. Each story in this anthology is unique and the whole book leaves the reader wanting more.
September 7, 2019
An expanded and extended review can be viewed on my blog, Papa Pat Rambles.
“We Dare: An Anthology of Augmented Humanity,” is a collection of fifteen stories from fifteen authors, and MOSTLY, the only thing they have in common is that they deal with implications of a world in which human beings are able to receive machine enhancements.
Some who read this may be old enough to remember purchasing vinyl LP record albums. One of the marketing approaches was to take two hit songs by a group, add 10 mediocre songs, and form a playlist: the first song on side A was a hit, the last song on side B was a hit, and all the stuff in between was mediocre filler. That’s not the way these books are put together. ALL of the stories are good stuff.
KADE by Christopher Woods. The protagonist of “This Fallen World” has, somehow, managed to live to a ripe old age. He’s still a rapscallion, as much as his 90 year-old, much-abused body permits him to be. Rather than augmentation in the form of repairs and enhancements, he is offered a chance to start as a new adult, with additional features. However, this world is run by corporations, and they don’t like competitors to get advantages.
TAMING THE BEAST by Kevin Steverson. Sadly, I am not familiar with the universe this story is drawn from. I hope that changes sometime in the future. Here we have Gunny Harper, who has been given prosthetic legs to replaced the destroyed originals. The problem: while they are good for some activities, there is no way that he can operate with the pain which remains. The Beast referred to in the title is an obstacle course. If the Gunny can’t beat it, he is going to retire.
TANK by J.F. Holmes. The tank is a former cyborg soldier in the Army, now a NYC cop. The question is: are you still a human? He doesn’t really know the answer to that, but an encounter with a similarly enhanced criminal, and an astoundingly nasty criminal, and some criminals with suits and nice jobs, all conspire to force him to discover the answer.
CRADLE AND ALL by Quincy J. Allen. The corporation, no matter where it’s located, is always concerned about the bottom line. Who decides about the ethics of the situation? Usually, that’s someone else’s job. However, when we are referring to our own children, that answer isn’t good enough.
DO OR DIE by Jamie Ibson. “All problems can be solved with the proper application of C-4.” Or, Deton-8, in this future. Except, not really. Some jobs require a proper application of heart, In fact, without the heart, the jobs aren’t really worth doing. In this universe, people born with neurological conditions that are debilitating and ultimately lethal are, shall we say, re-purposed. But, the heart comes over, regardless of whether the pump is included.
YELLOW IN THE NIGHT by Philip Wohlrab. “The King In Yellow” is one of the creepiest, multi-level stories, ever, so why NOT add to it? These enhanced warriors KNOW they are being lied to from the beginning, but they also know the mission orders are valid. They hope the lies aren’t going to mean they don’t have a chance,
THE CHAOS OF WELL-SEEMING FORMS by Rob Howell. The Hatfields and the McCoys, or the Montagues and Capulets, on Mars. Howell can take a bizarre set-up like that, and ALMOST make you cry. Probably WILL make you cry, if you read it when you are alone, instead of in the car while waiting on teen-age girls to buy their school supplies.
FORTY ACRES AND A MULE by Luke R. J. Maynard. There is such sadness associated with this term; it comes from an attempt by the victorious North to provide the former slaves in the defeated South with property, that would have ended much of the economic disparity that prevented access to inherited wealth. In this story, we see the retirement longed for by a man given the strength of the mule by his enhancements.
IMPERFECT MIND by Jason Cordova. In a hard, cold, distant future, children born with imperfections are dumped into people warehouses until they age out. Then, they get dumped anywhere else. However, some of them get picked for other things, other uses that the elite might have for them. That could be anything, really; sex slave, dog food, whatever. One young girl gets picked to test-drive a cyborg-soldier package. It gives her the chance to experience love, for the very first time. And that’s what makes this story particularly nasty. I wish I could not draw a line between this fictional piece, and the brutal reality of the child soldiers; I really, really wish I could not do that.
BAG MAN by Jack Clemons. This one takes place in my semi-adoptive home town, and I recognize the place names, have visited a number of them, and I would prefer that we could find a path so that things will not work out this way. Humans with vastly modified brains and bodies do rough justice(?) for money. The choice of a theme park for some of the action clearly has nothing to do with the fact that it was the setting for gang activity in real life. It’s a sheer coincidence. But things won’t work out this way.
COME UP SCREAMING by Kevin Ikenberry. Captain Mairin Shields commands an armor unit used as a screening force for an assault team trying to re-take a formerly human city. In addition to her conventionally-acquired skills, she also has access to the memories of an ancestor who also drove a tank. This reminds me of a comic-book series from my youth; the tank was haunted by the ghost of Jeb Stuart, I believe.
ANGEL by Robert E. Hampson. I did my medic training at places found in this story. Some of my cadre could very well have been the models for medic sergeant Martin. He was given experimental nano-bots to save his life, and they do that, repeatedly. Not sure it really works to his benefit, in the end, but it sure does allow him the opportunity to pay it forward.
TO DUST by Marisa Wolf. Ignored and abandoned, and going insane. Who HASN’T had that experience? Well, hopefully, none of us. But even if that’s the case, you don’t just up and quit. After all, there are your comrades, and they are depending on you.
If you recall, at the beginning of this review, I said that anthologies no longer use the recording industry practice of placing the hits at the beginning and at the ending of the book. However, if I were to be persuaded otherwise, the next two stories would be the best evidence. Each one is excessively wonderful. Taken together (they are a pair), they are almost unbearably great.
NOW YOU SEE ME by Kacey Ezell. Ezell cheats, and it’s not fair. This is a collection of stories about enhanced humans, people who are given special powers, sometimes contained in their own skin, sometimes by being coupled to machinery. There IS such a thing, you know, and I have experienced it: I’m a biker. The physical limitations I feel in the flesh seem to vanish, when I throw a leg over the V65 Sabre in my garage, crank the engine, and move on down the road at the speed of heat. I am AUGMENTED, baby! And although I don’t know that Ezell has ever been a biker, I DO happen to know that she has strapped a big honken jet turbine to her spine, and danced the sky on laughter-silvered wings. So, when she tells you the story of Cary, who pilots a shell, and inhabits a body of a MOST powerful force, she is drawing from her own experience. It isn’t fair! It’s a lovely, lovely story, though, particularly because it’s half of a Rashomon.
NOW YOU DON’T by Josh Hayes. This is the other half of the Rashomon, and I THINK Hayes is a cheater as well. He’s got the perspective of Gage, the other POV in the story of techno-thieves, and his recounting of the sequence rewiring a crashing aircraft while waiting for an explosion are just a little bit to vivid to be completely selected from YouTube videos. Shucks, y’all, this is an excellent pairing of stories, and I would surely love to see more like it, ‘deed I would.
“We Dare: An Anthology of Augmented Humanity,” is a collection of fifteen stories from fifteen authors, and MOSTLY, the only thing they have in common is that they deal with implications of a world in which human beings are able to receive machine enhancements.
Some who read this may be old enough to remember purchasing vinyl LP record albums. One of the marketing approaches was to take two hit songs by a group, add 10 mediocre songs, and form a playlist: the first song on side A was a hit, the last song on side B was a hit, and all the stuff in between was mediocre filler. That’s not the way these books are put together. ALL of the stories are good stuff.
KADE by Christopher Woods. The protagonist of “This Fallen World” has, somehow, managed to live to a ripe old age. He’s still a rapscallion, as much as his 90 year-old, much-abused body permits him to be. Rather than augmentation in the form of repairs and enhancements, he is offered a chance to start as a new adult, with additional features. However, this world is run by corporations, and they don’t like competitors to get advantages.
TAMING THE BEAST by Kevin Steverson. Sadly, I am not familiar with the universe this story is drawn from. I hope that changes sometime in the future. Here we have Gunny Harper, who has been given prosthetic legs to replaced the destroyed originals. The problem: while they are good for some activities, there is no way that he can operate with the pain which remains. The Beast referred to in the title is an obstacle course. If the Gunny can’t beat it, he is going to retire.
TANK by J.F. Holmes. The tank is a former cyborg soldier in the Army, now a NYC cop. The question is: are you still a human? He doesn’t really know the answer to that, but an encounter with a similarly enhanced criminal, and an astoundingly nasty criminal, and some criminals with suits and nice jobs, all conspire to force him to discover the answer.
CRADLE AND ALL by Quincy J. Allen. The corporation, no matter where it’s located, is always concerned about the bottom line. Who decides about the ethics of the situation? Usually, that’s someone else’s job. However, when we are referring to our own children, that answer isn’t good enough.
DO OR DIE by Jamie Ibson. “All problems can be solved with the proper application of C-4.” Or, Deton-8, in this future. Except, not really. Some jobs require a proper application of heart, In fact, without the heart, the jobs aren’t really worth doing. In this universe, people born with neurological conditions that are debilitating and ultimately lethal are, shall we say, re-purposed. But, the heart comes over, regardless of whether the pump is included.
YELLOW IN THE NIGHT by Philip Wohlrab. “The King In Yellow” is one of the creepiest, multi-level stories, ever, so why NOT add to it? These enhanced warriors KNOW they are being lied to from the beginning, but they also know the mission orders are valid. They hope the lies aren’t going to mean they don’t have a chance,
THE CHAOS OF WELL-SEEMING FORMS by Rob Howell. The Hatfields and the McCoys, or the Montagues and Capulets, on Mars. Howell can take a bizarre set-up like that, and ALMOST make you cry. Probably WILL make you cry, if you read it when you are alone, instead of in the car while waiting on teen-age girls to buy their school supplies.
FORTY ACRES AND A MULE by Luke R. J. Maynard. There is such sadness associated with this term; it comes from an attempt by the victorious North to provide the former slaves in the defeated South with property, that would have ended much of the economic disparity that prevented access to inherited wealth. In this story, we see the retirement longed for by a man given the strength of the mule by his enhancements.
IMPERFECT MIND by Jason Cordova. In a hard, cold, distant future, children born with imperfections are dumped into people warehouses until they age out. Then, they get dumped anywhere else. However, some of them get picked for other things, other uses that the elite might have for them. That could be anything, really; sex slave, dog food, whatever. One young girl gets picked to test-drive a cyborg-soldier package. It gives her the chance to experience love, for the very first time. And that’s what makes this story particularly nasty. I wish I could not draw a line between this fictional piece, and the brutal reality of the child soldiers; I really, really wish I could not do that.
BAG MAN by Jack Clemons. This one takes place in my semi-adoptive home town, and I recognize the place names, have visited a number of them, and I would prefer that we could find a path so that things will not work out this way. Humans with vastly modified brains and bodies do rough justice(?) for money. The choice of a theme park for some of the action clearly has nothing to do with the fact that it was the setting for gang activity in real life. It’s a sheer coincidence. But things won’t work out this way.
COME UP SCREAMING by Kevin Ikenberry. Captain Mairin Shields commands an armor unit used as a screening force for an assault team trying to re-take a formerly human city. In addition to her conventionally-acquired skills, she also has access to the memories of an ancestor who also drove a tank. This reminds me of a comic-book series from my youth; the tank was haunted by the ghost of Jeb Stuart, I believe.
ANGEL by Robert E. Hampson. I did my medic training at places found in this story. Some of my cadre could very well have been the models for medic sergeant Martin. He was given experimental nano-bots to save his life, and they do that, repeatedly. Not sure it really works to his benefit, in the end, but it sure does allow him the opportunity to pay it forward.
TO DUST by Marisa Wolf. Ignored and abandoned, and going insane. Who HASN’T had that experience? Well, hopefully, none of us. But even if that’s the case, you don’t just up and quit. After all, there are your comrades, and they are depending on you.
If you recall, at the beginning of this review, I said that anthologies no longer use the recording industry practice of placing the hits at the beginning and at the ending of the book. However, if I were to be persuaded otherwise, the next two stories would be the best evidence. Each one is excessively wonderful. Taken together (they are a pair), they are almost unbearably great.
NOW YOU SEE ME by Kacey Ezell. Ezell cheats, and it’s not fair. This is a collection of stories about enhanced humans, people who are given special powers, sometimes contained in their own skin, sometimes by being coupled to machinery. There IS such a thing, you know, and I have experienced it: I’m a biker. The physical limitations I feel in the flesh seem to vanish, when I throw a leg over the V65 Sabre in my garage, crank the engine, and move on down the road at the speed of heat. I am AUGMENTED, baby! And although I don’t know that Ezell has ever been a biker, I DO happen to know that she has strapped a big honken jet turbine to her spine, and danced the sky on laughter-silvered wings. So, when she tells you the story of Cary, who pilots a shell, and inhabits a body of a MOST powerful force, she is drawing from her own experience. It isn’t fair! It’s a lovely, lovely story, though, particularly because it’s half of a Rashomon.
NOW YOU DON’T by Josh Hayes. This is the other half of the Rashomon, and I THINK Hayes is a cheater as well. He’s got the perspective of Gage, the other POV in the story of techno-thieves, and his recounting of the sequence rewiring a crashing aircraft while waiting for an explosion are just a little bit to vivid to be completely selected from YouTube videos. Shucks, y’all, this is an excellent pairing of stories, and I would surely love to see more like it, ‘deed I would.
February 20, 2022
I'm not normally a big fan of anthologies. Usually, in my experience, there are one or two great stories, and the others are average to poor. I am SO GLAD to say this is not the case with this book!
Every story in this anthology put together by Jamie and Chris is excellent. There is not one poor story. Indeed, several of them I wish there was more of it.
Kade by Christopher Woods is part of his Fallen World series, and fills in just who Kade is/was.
Taming the beast by Kevin Steverson is part of his Salvage Title universe.
Tank by J. F. Holmes is a nice story od what cyborgs do after leaving the Army.. They go work for the NYPD...
Cradle and All by Quincy J. Allen is a fantastic story of a Doctor who creates Genetically Modified clones that she makes self-aware, and then has to rescue from the laboratory that created them to use as assassins and soldiers.
Do or Die by Jamie Ibson is the introduction to his Myrmidons, Inc universe, and it dovetails on from Quincy's story, with a group of mercenaries sent to check the laboratory in his story for any survivors.
Yellow in the Night by Philip Wohlrab is a cool story of a team of mercs who stop a bunch of devil worshippers.
The Chaos of Well-Seeming Forms by Rob Howell is a classic Romeo and Juliet story and Hillbilly feud all in one.
Forty Acres and a Mule by Luke R. J. Maynard is the story of a Merc group who failed a mission and get a chance at redemption and reward.
Imperfect Mind by Jason Cordova is set in his Kin Wars series and explains some of the backstory there.
Bag Man by Jack Clemons is the story of a hostage rescue.
Come up Screaming by Kevin Ikenberry is the story of a tank battle against aliens.
Angel by Robert E. Hampson is the story of a soldier who keeps on dying doing heroic things each time, and keeps being saved by healing nanites until he wins a Medal of Honor.
To Dust by Marisa Wolf is the story of a group of soldiers fighting a forgotten war on a forgotten planet, and abandoned by their command.
Now You See Me by Kacey Ezell and Now You Don't by Josh Hayes is the intertwined story of two thieves that steal some advanced technology that turns out to be advanced clones capable of becoming the human they touch, and how it saves both their lives.
Like I said earlier, I don't like anthologies, but this one is the exception. I hope the next two books in the series are just as good.
Every story in this anthology put together by Jamie and Chris is excellent. There is not one poor story. Indeed, several of them I wish there was more of it.
Kade by Christopher Woods is part of his Fallen World series, and fills in just who Kade is/was.
Taming the beast by Kevin Steverson is part of his Salvage Title universe.
Tank by J. F. Holmes is a nice story od what cyborgs do after leaving the Army.. They go work for the NYPD...
Cradle and All by Quincy J. Allen is a fantastic story of a Doctor who creates Genetically Modified clones that she makes self-aware, and then has to rescue from the laboratory that created them to use as assassins and soldiers.
Do or Die by Jamie Ibson is the introduction to his Myrmidons, Inc universe, and it dovetails on from Quincy's story, with a group of mercenaries sent to check the laboratory in his story for any survivors.
Yellow in the Night by Philip Wohlrab is a cool story of a team of mercs who stop a bunch of devil worshippers.
The Chaos of Well-Seeming Forms by Rob Howell is a classic Romeo and Juliet story and Hillbilly feud all in one.
Forty Acres and a Mule by Luke R. J. Maynard is the story of a Merc group who failed a mission and get a chance at redemption and reward.
Imperfect Mind by Jason Cordova is set in his Kin Wars series and explains some of the backstory there.
Bag Man by Jack Clemons is the story of a hostage rescue.
Come up Screaming by Kevin Ikenberry is the story of a tank battle against aliens.
Angel by Robert E. Hampson is the story of a soldier who keeps on dying doing heroic things each time, and keeps being saved by healing nanites until he wins a Medal of Honor.
To Dust by Marisa Wolf is the story of a group of soldiers fighting a forgotten war on a forgotten planet, and abandoned by their command.
Now You See Me by Kacey Ezell and Now You Don't by Josh Hayes is the intertwined story of two thieves that steal some advanced technology that turns out to be advanced clones capable of becoming the human they touch, and how it saves both their lives.
Like I said earlier, I don't like anthologies, but this one is the exception. I hope the next two books in the series are just as good.
April 4, 2023
Great collection!
We Dare is a very entertaining collection of stories that revolve around human augmentation. I enjoyed the extremely varied characters and their enhancements which carried them through multiple universes. I’m particularly fond of The Fallen World Series and was excited to find that one of the stories is based on that universe. And, I love it! I highly recommend this anthology.
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We Dare is a very entertaining collection of stories that revolve around human augmentation. I enjoyed the extremely varied characters and their enhancements which carried them through multiple universes. I’m particularly fond of The Fallen World Series and was excited to find that one of the stories is based on that universe. And, I love it! I highly recommend this anthology.
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May 31, 2019
An excellent anthology
This anthology of short stories is written by a collection of authors who individually are excellent. Together, they imagine the many possible futures of humanity, and make us wonder...."what if?" A great read, and honestly, one I would suggest to other readers.
This anthology of short stories is written by a collection of authors who individually are excellent. Together, they imagine the many possible futures of humanity, and make us wonder...."what if?" A great read, and honestly, one I would suggest to other readers.
June 3, 2019
Great anthology
Great collection of stories from some of my favorite authors. Cyborgs, augments, and nanotech abound. Not a bad story in this collection. I read this on Kindle Unlimited
Great collection of stories from some of my favorite authors. Cyborgs, augments, and nanotech abound. Not a bad story in this collection. I read this on Kindle Unlimited
June 5, 2019
Refreshing Plausible Sci Fi
Fun read by a cadre of excellent writers that add plausibility to how future human enhancements will happen. It’s refreshing to have new takes on technology that we are getting closer and closer to everyday.
Fun read by a cadre of excellent writers that add plausibility to how future human enhancements will happen. It’s refreshing to have new takes on technology that we are getting closer and closer to everyday.
June 14, 2019
Awesome
Pretty great stuff here. Was going to give it a lower rating after the second to last chapter but then it came roaring back. And somebody better continue that storyline.
Pretty great stuff here. Was going to give it a lower rating after the second to last chapter but then it came roaring back. And somebody better continue that storyline.
July 11, 2021
Great read!!
I’ve always been fascinated with any storyline associated with nanotechnology and augmentations. This book did not disappoint. I just wish that this niche was more active. Great job with the stories. I was kinda mad when I finished the last story. I wanted more.
I’ve always been fascinated with any storyline associated with nanotechnology and augmentations. This book did not disappoint. I just wish that this niche was more active. Great job with the stories. I was kinda mad when I finished the last story. I wanted more.
July 1, 2019
Amazing short stories by such a collection of fabulous authors. From one of the authors, Chris Kennedy, I have had the privilege to read quite a few stories.
October 16, 2019
Well done. My favorites were Cradle and All (Allen), Do or Die (Ibson), Come Up Screaming (Ikenberry), Now You See Me (Ezell), and Now You Don't (Hayes).
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