Far Thoughts and Pale Gods: The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear Book 2
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Summary
Far Thoughts and Pale Gods contains 6 highly acclaimed stories, each newly revised by the author, that illustrate Bear’s abundant breadth of talent. The volume includes:
- “Heads,” which marks the first time the concept of quantum computing appears in science fiction—though it is a vision of 400 frozen heads that will remain in the reader’s memory
- “The Wind from a Burning Woman,” the first story set in the universe that spawned the novels Eon and Eternity
- “Plague of Conscience,” which explores what it means to be alien—and whether that can be comprehended without understanding what it means to be human
- “Scattershot,” beginning “The teddy bear spoke excellent Mandarin,” a gripping deep-space adventure that is also a tribute to legendary female science fiction writer James Tiptree Jr.
These and the remaining entries—“Mandala” and “Petra”—form a remarkable collection showcasing the talents of a major American writer.
Each story is accompanied by an introduction and an afterword written especially for this volume.
Notes
- Three volumes in the set.
- The covers are all based on paintings of Greg Bear's that he completed in the 1970s.
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