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'In science fiction, nothing says sensawunda like a Big Dumb Object–a colossal, extremely powerful machine of unknown purpose and origin. It's that feeling that editor Jonathan Strahan was after when he asked six of today's finest authors to write for Godlike Machines.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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Contents indexed selectively.
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The anthology contains six stories of which only two are by Australian authors. The other stories are:
- Alone (Robert Reed)
- Return to Titan (Stephen Baxter)
- There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow/Now is the Best Time of Your Life (Cory Doctorow)
- Troika (Alastair Reynolds)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
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, 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.-
A Glimpse of the Marvelous Structure [and the Threat it Entails],
single work
short story
science fiction
'Sean Williams leads a spacer agent through a subterranean Structure ... and into space-time itself.'
Source: Back cover.
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Hot Rock,
single work
short story
science fiction
'Greg Egan gives us an alien technology only he could imagine–a wandering world that's inexplicably warm enough to support life.'
Source: Back cover, Godlike Machines.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Awards
- 2011 finalist Locus Awards — Anthology
- 2010 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Anthology Division
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