Cryptic : the best short fiction of Jack McDevitt / Jack McDevitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDevitt, Jack.

Contributor:

Class of 1953 Fund.

Language:

English

Genre:

Science fiction.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

590 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Best short fiction of Jack McDevitt

Place of Publication:

Burton, MI : Subterranean Press, 2009.

Summary:

A 200,000 word gathering of the best short fiction by Jack McDevitt.

Contents:

Unlikely connections. Cryptic ; Fort Moxie branch ; Nothing ever happens in Rock City ; Tweak ; Melville on Iapetus ; Lighthouse / with Mike Shara ; Cool neighbor / with Mike Shara ; Whistle ; In the tower

Lost treasures. Ignition ; Indomitable ; Last contact ; Never despair ; Windows ; Dutchman ; Tomb ; Promises to keep ; To hell with the stars ; Mission

Out there. Report from the rear ; Black to move ; Far shore ; Sunrise ; Kaminsky at war

Touching the infinite. Fifth day ; Deus tex ; Gus ; Welcome to Valhalla / with Kathryn Lance ; Tyger ; Auld lang boom

Inventions and fallout. Cruising through Deuteronomy ; Candidate ; Act of God ; Ellie ; Time's arrow ; Dead in the water ; Henry James, this one's for you ; Time travellers never die.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

9781596061958

1596061952

OCLC:

223903148