Future Bristol

by Colin Harvey (Editor)

Other authors: Stephanie Burgis (Contributor), Joanne Hall (Contributor), Colin Harvey (Contributor), John Hawkes-Reed (Contributor), Christina Lake (Contributor) — 4 more, Jim Mortimore (Contributor), Gareth L. Powell (Contributor), Nick Walters (Contributor), Liz Williams (Contributor)

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This Is Future Bristol, where A young engineer must try to avert a nightmare future - Activists and hackers take nanotech and recycling slightly too far - The city fights back against a tidal wave of crime - A new drug and riots spark an unexpected renewal - Present meets future as urban explorers encounter unforeseen hazards - Pirates and ruthless executives battle for supremacy above the sunken streets - Humanity's heirs cling onto survival in a world of toxic waste - The last living human must make an agonizing choice - A broken child may change the world. Nine short stories by leading (local) British authors including BSFA and Philip K. Dick Award-nominee Liz Williams, Interzone Poll-winner Gareth L Powell, Stephanie Burgis, Jim Mortimore, Joanne Hall, Nick Walters and Christina Lake.… (more)

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I finally finally got around to ordering and reading the collection of stories that contains my friend's first commercially published short story, yay! I was a bit surprised to see that they used a more standard style than the way they post snippets to LJ/DW (which I love) but it was still good. :-) The collection was super interesting and gave a neat speculation on what Bristol England could become in the future. My aunt settled there decades ago and I've visited family and friends there before so I had some context, but it felt like all you needed to know what that there's a bridge over a chasm. :-) Seeded trolley tracks and temporal urban exploration were the centres of two stories (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Harvey, Colin	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Burgis, Stephanie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hall, Joanne	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Harvey, Colin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hawkes-Reed, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lake, Christina	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mortimore, Jim	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Powell, Gareth L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Walters, Nick	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Williams, Liz	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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This Is Future Bristol, where A young engineer must try to avert a nightmare future - Activists and hackers take nanotech and recycling slightly too far - The city fights back against a tidal wave of crime - A new drug and riots spark an unexpected renewal - Present meets future as urban explorers encounter unforeseen hazards - Pirates and ruthless executives battle for supremacy above the sunken streets - Humanity's heirs cling onto survival in a world of toxic waste - The last living human must make an agonizing choice - A broken child may change the world. Nine short stories by leading (local) British authors including BSFA and Philip K. Dick Award-nominee Liz Williams, Interzone Poll-winner Gareth L Powell, Stephanie Burgis, Jim Mortimore, Joanne Hall, Nick Walters and Christina Lake.

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