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With the Craigslist of the future, apply for a job on Mars. In the maps of the past, learn the secrets of using dessicated penguin feet as an explorer of the Antarctic. These are just two of the voyages you will take in these pages, just a pair of the places you have been online. Featuring stories by legends such as Peter S. Beagle and Nancy Kress, speculative fiction stars Cory Doctorow and Catherynne M. Valente, newcomers Merrie Haskell and Beth Bernobich, plus many more, Unplugged surfs the Web so you don't have to.
Contents:
- "Air and Angels" by Beth Bernobich
- "Snatch Me Another" by Mercurio D. Rivera
- "First Rites" by Nancy Kress
- "The Bitrunners" by Tina Connolly
- "When We Were Stardust" by Rebecca Epstein
- "Willpower" by Jason Stoddard
- "The Tale of Junko and Sayiri" by Peter S. Beagle
- "Little Moon, Too, Goes Round" by David Dumitru
- "The Behold of the Eye" by Hal Duncan
- "Linkworlds" by Will McIntosh
- "The Girl-Prince" by Merrie Haskell
- "Not Enough Stars in the Night" by Brendan DuBois
- "A Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica" by Catherynne M. Valente
- "The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away" by Cory Doctorow
Reviews:
"A short but superlative substantiation of the quality of speculative fiction being published on the Internet, this exceptional anthology of the best science fiction and fantasy put online in 2008 includes gems by genre luminaries as well as rising stars like Tina Connolly and Beth Bernobich. Peter S. Beagle's fairy tale–like "The Tale of Junko and Sayuri" explores the love of a huntsman for a beautiful shape-shifter in feudal Japan. "First Rites" by Nancy Kress is a poignant examination of a genetically modified boy's connection with a cosmic consciousness. Cory Doctorow's "The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away" follows a monk/computer geek as he leaves his cubicle after 16 years in seclusion. After reading this 14-story compilation, online publishing naysayers may rethink their position." —Publishers Weekly, 11/16/09 (starred review)
"Unplugged aims to showcase the online fiction often neglected in standard best-of-the-year anthologies, and a rousing success it is ... a shining example of the good general anthology. Clearly, selecting only online stories imposed no limit on scope, variety, and high quality."—Booklist, 12/15/09
