Future on Ice
 First edition | |
| Editor | Orson Scott Card |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | The Chopping Block, Inc. |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | 1998 |
| Publication place |  United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 432 |
| ISBN | 0-312-86694-1 |
| Preceded by | Future on Fire |
Future on Ice (1998) is a science fiction anthology edited by American writer Orson Scott Card, belated[1] companion to Future on Fire (1991). It contains eighteen stories written in the 1980s by different writers including "The Fringe" by Card himself.
A third volume, a collection of humorous or satirical sf called Future on Hold, was contemplated by Card.[2]
Contents
[edit]Unless noted specifically, the length is short story.
- "Robot Dreams" (1986) by Isaac Asimov
- "Portraits of His Children" (1985) novelette by George R. R. Martin
- "Tourists" (1985) Lisa Goldstein
- "Blood Music" (1983) novelette by Greg Bear – 1983 Nebula Award – 1984 Hugo Award
- "Time's Rub" (1984) Gregory Benford
- "Shanidar" (1985) novelette by David Zindell
- "Speech Sounds" (1983) Octavia E. Butler
- "Snow" (1985) by John Crowley
- "Klein's Machine" (1985) by Andrew Weiner
- "Pots" (1985) novelette by C. J. Cherryh
- "Press Enter []" (1984) novella by John Varley – 1984 Nebula Award
- "Dinosaurs" (1987) novelette by Walter Jon Williams
- "Face Value" (1986) by Karen Joy Fowler
- "Cabracan" (1986) Lewis Shiner
- "Rockabye Baby" (1985) novelette by S. C. Sykes
- "The Pure Product" (1986) novelette by John Kessel
- "Out of All Them Bright Stars" (1985) Nancy Kress – 1985 Nebula Award
- "The Fringe" (1985) novelette by Orson Scott Card – 1986 Hugo Award nomination
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Future on Ice title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database