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'Worlds within. Worlds without end. Seven novellas from Australia’s #1 New York Times-bestselling “Emperor of Sci-fi” that take the reader on journeys deep and wide: through space- and time-bending labyrinths; via machines that challenge our very notions of reality; to the very ends of humanity and the furthest reaches of the human heart.
'THESKYINSIDE collects work by Sean Williams set in his TWINMAKER, ASTROPOLIS and STRUCTURE series that have been recognised by the Aurealis, Ditmar and Locus Awards, along with new work that spans the decades of his writing career' (Publication summary)
Contents
- Murdering Miss Deboo, single work short story
- Inevitable, single work short story science fiction
- The Winter of the Soul, single work novella
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Cenotaxis,
single work
novella
science fiction
'In the aftermath of a mysterious galactic catastrophe, a messiah intent on reuniting the warring factions of humanity under the banner of a false religion comes at last to the birthplace of civilization: the ancient and mysterious world of Earth. Long abandoned by its children, Earth is old and scarred but far from spent. Home for one million years to minds more powerful than any remaining in existence, it will be the setting of a battle deciding the future of the galaxy, and humanity itself.
On Earth, a false prophet comes face to face with his greatest adversary yet: a man who thinks he's god, and might very well be right.
Set in the same universe as Astropolis, William's space opera series which began with Saturn Returns, Cenotaxis paints a complex and beautiful picture of the future, and of the people who will decide its fate.' (Publisher's blurb)
- Face Value, single work short story science fiction
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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.
- All the Wrong Places, single work short story science fiction