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Modern space adventures crafted by a new generation of Grand Tradition science fiction writers.
Edited by Bascomb James
Series: Far Orbit Anthology Series
Science Fiction Anthology / Space Opera
Release Date: October 13, 2015
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Anthology: Approx. 97,000 words / 320 pages
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Titles in the Far Orbit Anthology Series: Far Orbit, Far Orbit Apogee
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Edited by Bascomb James
Series: Far Orbit Anthology Series
Science Fiction Anthology / Space Opera
Release Date: October 13, 2015
eBook
Anthology: Approx. 97,000 words / 320 pages
Also available as a trade paperback
Find it Online:
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
Books-A-Million
Goodreads
Independent Bookstores
iTunes/ Apple iBooks
Kobo
Wholesale: Ingram or direct: publisher [at] WorldWeaverPress [dot] com
Titles in the Far Orbit Anthology Series: Far Orbit, Far Orbit Apogee
eBook purchases through World Weaver Press website include downloads of both Mobi (for Kindle) and ePub (for most other ereaders)
DescriptionLooking for science fiction stories like they used to write? Far Orbit Apogee takes all of the fun-to-read adventure, ingenuity, and heroism of mid-century pulp fiction and reshapes it into modern space adventures crafted by a new generation of writers. Follow the adventures of heroic scientists, lunar detectives, space dragons, robots, interstellar pirates, gun slingers, and other memorable and diverse characters as they wrestle with adversity beyond the borders of our small blue marble.
Featuring stories from Jennnifer Campbell-Hicks, Dave Creek, Eric Del Carlo, Dominic Dulley, Nestor Delfino, Milo James Fowler, Julie Frost, Sam S. Kepfield, Keven R. Pittsinger, Wendy Sparrow, Anna Salonen, James Van Pelt, and Jay Werkheiser. ContentsIntroduction by Bascomb James
To Defend and Keep from Harm by Anna Salonen This Story Will Win a Hugo by James Van Pelt Contamination by Jay Werkheiser A Most Exceptional Scholarship by Nestor Delfino Masks by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks Murder at Tranquility Base by Dave Creek The Affairs of Dragons by Julie Frost Culture Shock by Keven R. Pittsinger Lost in Transmutation by Wendy Sparrow N31ghb0rs by Eric Del Carlo Dainty Jane by Dominic Dulley Live by the Ten, Die by the Gun by Milo James Fowler By The Shores of a Martian Sea by Sam S. Kepfield AnthologistBascomb James is a clinical virologist, author, and editor who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His daytime persona has authored or edited four scientific textbooks and more than 60 scientific articles and chapters. His nighttime persona is an author, editor, and science fiction fan. Bascomb is the anthologist and editor of the Far Orbit anthologies published by World Weaver Press. The first Far Orbit volume,Far Orbit: Speculative Space Adventures was published in 2014 and has garnered many outstanding reviews. A science-fiction fan since childhood, Bascomb credits his interest in science, engineering, and invention to the science fiction stories he read as a child. Bascomb blogs about writing, editing, storytelling, and life in a Northern state (Up North Stories) at bascombjames.com. He also tweets occasionally @BascombJ.
ContributorsJennnifer Campbell-Hicks is a writer, journalist, wife, mother and lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy. Her first memory from a movie theater is of Darth Vader’s mask. She doesn’t remember anything else from that showing of the movie (probably The Empire Strikes Back), but Darth made an impression. She hopes that someday humanity will break free of Earth to visit other planets. Julie’s stories have appeared in Raygun Chronicles, Galaxy’s Edge, and Intergalactic Medicine Show, among other publications. She blogs at: jennifercampbellhicks.blogspot.com.
Dave Creek is a retired television news producer who lives in Louisville, Kentucky. His books include two short story collections--A Glimpse of Splendor and The Human Equation--and a novel, Some Distant Shore. His most recent book is a novella, The Silent Sentinels. Dave is a regular contributor to Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, where many of his short stories first appeared. Find out more about Dave’s work at davecreek.net, on Facebook at Fans of Dave Creek, and on Twitter, @DaveCreek. Eric Del Carlo’s short fiction has appeared in or is upcoming at Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog, and Strange Horizons. His stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. His novels include the Wartorn sword and sorcery books written with Robert Asprin. Most recently, White Cat Publishing published The Golden Gate Is Empty, an urban fantasy co-written with his father Vic Del Carlo. Eric lives in his native California. Dominic Dulley is a British science fiction writer and software engineer who lives and writes in the shadow of Warwick Castle, England. His short fiction has appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Stupefying Stories, The Novel Fox SF Anthology I, and Bastion Science Fiction Magazine among others. He tweets as @DBDulley. Nestor Delfino writes from his home in Mississauga, where he lives with his wife, and works in Toronto as a software developer. He loves science fiction with social commentary; tales that are entertaining and criticize our times. Before editing his first novel, he began writing short stories to improve his craft and fell in love with short stories. His work has been published by AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review, Saturday Night Reader, and is upcoming at Kzine and Aurora Wolf. Nestor’s website can be found at nestordelfino.com. Milo James Fowler is a teacher by day and a speculative fictioneer by night. When he’s not grading papers, he’s imagining what the world might be like in a dozen alternate realities. He is an active SFWA member, and in the past 5 years his short fiction has appeared in more than 100 publications, including AE SciFi, Cosmos,Daily Science Fiction, Nature, Shimmer, and the Wastelands 2 anthology. His debut novel Captain Bartholomew Quasar and the Space-Time Displacement Conundrumis now available from Every Day Publishing. Stop by anytime:milojamesfowler.com. Julie Frost lives in Utah with her family, which consists of more pets than people, along with a collection of anteaters and Oaxacan carvings, some of which intersect. Her fiction has appeared in Cosmos, Unlikely Story, Plasma Frequency, Stupefying Stories, and many other venues, and has been a Finalist at Writers of the Futureand the Hidden Prize for Prose. Her novel Pack Dynamics, was recently released by WordFire Press. She whines about writing, a lot at agilebrit.livejournal.com. Sam S. Kepfield is a writer who is forced to earn a living as a criminal defense attorney in Hutchinson, Kansas. His fiction has appeared in Science Fiction Trails,Electric Spec, Aoife’s Kiss, and in the first Far Orbit anthology. His short story, Not Because They Are Easy, was considered for Best Short Story of 2012 by the British Science Fiction Association. His first novel, Magic Man, Gold Dust Woman, and the Dream Machine was released by Musa Publishing in March 2013. Keven Pittsinger is from Colorado, studied at Utah Tech and the University of Utah. He has been a machinist, computer tech, telemarketer, bill collector, bus driver and soldier, now doing customer service and writing as therapy since his 20s. He is an activist for renewable energy, hydroponics, and tech solutions to common problems. A crusty old liberal in his 60s, he now lives in northwest Arizona, where he misses his grandchildren. This is his first published short story. Wendy Sparrow, after a childhood spent wandering as a military brat, found her home in Washington State. A voracious reader, she’ll read anything under the sun and hasn’t limited herself to a genre when writing either; she’s had short stories and longer works published in young adult, romance, memoir, and science-fiction. Her two kids keep her busy and her husband keeps her sane enough to write. If she’s not writing or wrangling kids, she’s on Twitter goofing off as @WendySparrow. Anna Salonen has been exploring imaginary worlds ever since she could pick up a book, and she loves speculative fiction in all its forms. Having studied medicine at the University of Turku, she currently works as a GP. When she’s not writing, she enjoys graphic novels, console games, and playing robot ninja pirates with her niece and nephew. She lives in Turku, Finland, with her husband. You can read more of her ramblings at strangeandcuriousthings.blogspot.fi. This is her first English-language science fiction sale. James Van Pelt is a full-time writer in western Colorado. He has been a Nebula Award finalist and his fiction has appeared in most of the major science fiction and fantasy magazines and many “year’s best” anthologies. His third collection of stories, The Radio Magician and Other Stories, received the Colorado Book Award in 2010. His first novel, Summer of the Apocalypse was published in 2006 and his first Young Adult novel, Pandora’s Gun will be released in August 2015 from Fairwood Press. James blogs at jimvanpelt.livejournal.com. Jay Werkheiser teaches chemistry and physics to high school students. He often finds inspiration for stories in classroom discussions. Not surprisingly, his stories often deal with alien biochemistries, weird physics, and their effects on the people who interact with them. Many of his stories have appeared in Analog, with others scattered among several other science fiction magazines and anthologies. You can follow him on twitter @JayWerkheiser or read his (much neglected) blog atjaywerkheiser.blogspot.com. |
Praise“An attempt to harness the magic of mid-century science fiction is mostly fun, with a few exceptions, in Bascomb’s second Far Orbit collection. There are a few gems among the 13 stories, including Julie Frost’s “The Affairs of Dragons,” which is an utterly charming Firefly-esque tale about a space captain and his crew that take on very unusual cargo: a clutch of dragon eggs that must be kept safe at all costs, but when they hatch, the crew find themselves in the middle of a dragon clan war and a wily bunch of tiny, hungry fire-breathers. Another standout is Keven R. Pittsinger’s “Culture Shock” in which an attempted sabotage of a mining rig lands the saboteur in the brig and to an unlikely friendship with his diametrically opposed jailer, and Dominic Dulley’s “Dainty Jane,” about the 17 year old daughter of a bulk hauler that will do anything not to continue her father’s business, but when raiders board their ship, realizes there are much worse fates.”
— Publisher’s Weekly “Apogee is indeed the logical successor to the original Far Orbit anthology.” — Eric Choi, co-editor of Carbide Tipped Pens "A truly exceptional anthology of deftly crafted science fiction short stories by an assembly of writers who are masters of the genre, "Far Orbit Apogee" is very highly recommended and certain to be an enduringly popular addition to community library Science Fiction & Fantasy collections." —Midwest Book Review Praise for the Series“Daring adventure, protagonists who think on their feet, and out of this world excitement! Welcome to FAR ORBIT, a fine collection of stories in the best SF tradition. Strap in and enjoy!”
— Julie E. Czerneda, author of Species Imperative “Successfully captures the kinds of stories that were the gateway drugs for many of us who have been reading science fiction for a long time. Well done!” — Tangent “FAR ORBIT is definitely a spectacular sci-fi anthology that is sure to entertain readers and keep them coming back for more. This is definitely one anthology that no sci-fi library should be without!” — Night Owl Reviews (Five Stars) “Need a quick fix of good old-fashioned science fiction? Far Orbit is it!” — Sporadic Reviews “Put aside all of your preconceived notions of what ‘sci-fi’ is—whether you think you love it or hate, it doesn’t matter—pick up this book and get to reading!” — Good Choice Reading |