A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2021.Includes stories by:'Pemi AgudaG. V. AndersonElizabeth BearKate ElliottAliza GreenblattGlen HirshbergElsie Kathleen JenningsCheri KameiJasmin KirkbrideMatthew KresselUsman T. MalikSam J. MillerAnnalee NewitznocSarah PinskerDaniel Polansky

A space opera short story from sci-fi author noc, "The Far Side of the Universe," a Tor.com Original.When young Ira arrives for her appointment, she is prepared to be transported to The Gateway to Heaven, 6,070 light years away. But the technicians shepherding her through the process fear there’s more to it than what’s advertised.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The revised and extended BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents nearly 300 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the public—featuring large and small, famous and the relatively unknown. Succinct portraits of the collections with countless color illustrations take the reader to more than 40 countries, often to regions or urban districts that are off the beaten path. This practical guide is a collaborative publication stemming from the partnership between BMW and In...

100 years after Karel Capek coined the word, “robots” are an everyday idea, and the inspiration for countless stories in books, film, TV and games.They are often among the least privileged, most unfairly used of us, and the more robots are like humans, the more interesting they become. This collection of stories is where robots stand in for us, where both we and they are disadvantaged, and where hope and optimism shines through.Including stories by: B...

The final completed novel by Ben BovaIntergalactic explorer, venture capitalist, and Casanova Sam Gunn may be gone, but his legacy lives on in his son, Sam Gunn Jr.In his first-ever adventure, Sam Gunn Jr. sets off to fulfill his father’s left-behind mission of interplanetary enterprising. He soon learns his father’s shoes are tough to fill, but he is up for the task. Junior takes a journey through the stars, falling in love with beautiful ...

This is the sixth annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to get them to more readersThe Long List Anthology Volume 5 collects 20 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling over 450 p...

Do multiple versions of ourselves exist in parallel universes living out their lives in different timelines? In this follow up to his bestseller, The Simulation Hypothesis, MIT Computer Scientist and Silicon Valley Game Pioneer Rizwan Virk explores these topics from a new lens: that of simulation theory.If we are living in a simulated universe, composed of information that is rendered around us, then many of the complexities and baffling characteristics of our reality start to make...

World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Story CollectionLocus Award finalist for Best Story Collection"Welcome to a Gilded Era like you've never before known and will never be able to forget … If Titania herself were to commission a book, it would be this one."—Fran Wilde, two-time Nebula Award-winning author of Updraft and Riverland"Cooney's lush follow-up to Desdemona and the Deep offers five stories...

Isle of the Dead: Centuries in the future, Francis Sandow is the only man alive who was born as long ago as the 20th century. His body is kept young and in perfect health by advanced scientific methods; he has amassed such a fortune that he can own entire planets; and he has become a god. No, not a god of Earth, but one of the panetheon of the alien Pei'ans: he is Shimbo of Darktree, Shrugger of Thunders. Yet he doesn't believe that his personality has merged with the ancient consciousness...

“A voraciously readable page-turner of a novel.”—Cory Doctorow“A razor-smart sci-fi corporate noir nightmare. Dare to Know is what happens when Willy Loman sees through the Matrix.”—Daniel Kraus, co-author of The Shape of WaterThis mind-bending and emotional speculative thriller is set in a world where the exact moment of your death can be predicted—for a price.

Aliens have landed in New York City—and they're here to contact Earth's most intelligent life forms: house cats.Welcome to the East Village, where a cosmic visitor throws one peculiar neighborhood into chaos. There's Ollie, a struggling musician with a missing cat and a crumbling bookstore job. Zara, his sharp-tongued bandmate. A rabbit-obsessed neighbor. A ghost-chasing widow. A cursed super. And a rooftop-dwelling creature that definitely wasn't invited to the pa...

**"It's precisely Soto's refusal to be 'weighted' down by decades of genre tradition, to instead turn the trope on its head and in doing so remind us that no-one but ourselves is coming to save us, that makes This Weightless World such an exciting and radical novel." —Ian Monde, Locus"Set in Silicon Valley and Chicago, This Weightless World considers questions of morality in a world where people feel powerless in the face of formidable systemic forces." —...