Product Description
3 Paperbacks. QUARANTINE, DISTRESS & DIASPORA. All written by Greg Egan. Published by Harper Science Fiction. QUARANTINE (January 1995, 280 pages, ISBN: 0061054232); DISTRESS (February 1998, 454 pages, ISBN: 0061057274); and DIASPORA (November 1999, 403 pages, ISBN: 0061057983). QUARANTINE: "It causes riots and religions. It has people dancing in the streets and leaping off skyscrapers. And it's all because of the impenetrable gray shield that slid into place around the solar system on the night of November 15, 2034. Some see the bubble as the revenge of an insane God. Some see it as justice. Some even see it as protection. But one thing is for certain -- now there is the universe, and the earth. And never the twain shall meet. DISTRESS: Investigative reporter Andrew Worth turns down a documentary on a mysterious new mental illness "Distress, " or acute clinical anxiety syndrome, for another assignment. He's on his way to the artifical island of Stateless, where the world's top physicists are gathering to decide on a new TOE, or Theory of Everything, to replace Einstein's outmoded legacy. DIASPORA: It is the thirtieth century.The "world" has evolved into a vast network of probes, satellites, and servers knitting the solar system into one scape from the outer planets to the sun. Humanity, too, has reconfigured itself. Most people have chosen immortality, joining the polises to become conscious software. Others have opted for disposable, renewable robotic bodies that remain in contact with the physical world. A few holdouts stubbornly remain fleshers struggling to shape an antiquated existence in the muck and jungle of Earth. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Not Free SF Reader
A rather good issue, with a 3.58 average.Egan's Oracle is the standout, and if I looked at that on another day, could be a 4.5.

The smellysaurus one was the one I remembered, too, so I'll call that second, and McAuley and Baker were lurking in the back of my mind as old and familiar, particularly the Company story that I thought I had come across much earlier but couldn't remember where.

ASIMOVS294 : Asimovs's 294 - Gardner Dozois
ASIMOVS294 : Interstitial - Paul J. McAuley
ASIMOVS294 : The Young Master - Kage Baker
ASIMOVS294 : Vasquez Orbital Salvage and Satellite Repair - Matthew Jarpe
ASIMOVS294 : The Great Economy of the Saurian Mode - Michaelene Pendleton
ASIMOVS294 : Hawk on a Flagpole - Timothy Robert Sullivan
ASIMOVS294 : Oracle - Greg Egan

Testosterone boosted worm tech booger discovery.

3.5 out of 5


Company time again.

3 out of 5


Handy alien save.

3.5 out of 5


Terribly smelly lizards.

4 out of 5


If you go out on the woods today you aren't bloody likely to run into anything nice like teddy bears.

3.5 out of 5


In a reality where a man, similar to Alan Turing is working for the government in rather more unpleasant circumstances is visited by a reality hopping android woman things change rapidly. A man somewhat similar to C. S. Lewis has problems coping and believing.

4 out of 5





4.5 out of 5 ... Read more

Product Description
A collection of short stories highlights lycanthropy with a twist and includes contributions by R. A. Salvatore, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Peter David, Craig Shaw Gardner, Julia Ecklar, and Jody Lynn Nye. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Way too predicatable
Quite simply, plot twists are fun. Most stories need them to be exciting. The plot twist of all the stories is that someone turns into another creature. You usually can figure out what they are going to turn into in the first page. Most authors in here use that as thei main plot twist and the results are tedious. There are some good stories in here, particularly towards the back of the book. If you have nothing else to read I would start reading from the back and give up about halfway through. Overall this book is a waste of time and money.

One Interesting Spin on Lycanthropy After Another
I must say that I picked this book up initially just because I was bored, but it delivered much more then I thought it would.From the lighthearted "Stag Party" to the highly intriguing and thought-provoking "The Way Things Should Be", this book had more twists on the were-mythology then any compliation I've seen.Brilliant.Simply Brilliant.

mostly light-hearted, quite entertaining
Bought this book as an airplane reader... had a few hours to kill.I thouroughly enjoyed it.it was perfect for what I was looking for.There's some serious stuff in there, but it's mostly light (were-guppy???).

You've never read a changer book like this!
Once upon a time there was a werewolf! Now, well this is the nineties! We have moved beyond a wolf, and realized that we can be anything! An elephant, a tiger, a left-wing republican ... Read more