The New Voices of Science Fiction

Copyright

The New Voices of Science Fiction

Copyright © 2019 by Hannu Rajaniemi and Jacob Weisman

This is a collected work of fiction. All events portrayed in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form without the express permission of the publisher.

Introduction copyright © 2019 by Jacob Weisman

Foreword copyright © 2019 by Hannu Rajaniemi

Interior and cover design by Elizabeth Story

Cover art “Interval” copyright © 2015 by Matt Dixon

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Series Editor: Jacob Weisman

Project Editor: Jaymee Goh

Print ISBN: 978-1-61696-291-3

Digital ISBN: 978-1-61696-341-5

First Edition: 2019

“The Shape of My Name” © 2015 by Nino Cipri. First appeared on Tor.com, March 4, 2015.

“Madeleine” © Amal El-Mohtar. First appeared in Lightspeed Magazine, June 2015.

“One Hour, Every Seven Years” © 2017 by Alice Sola Kim. First appeared in McSweeney’s #49: Cover Stories, July 2017.

“Ice” © 2015 by Rich Larson. First appeared on Clarkesworld, October 2015.

“Robo-Liopleurodon!” © 2018 by Darcie Little Badger. First appeared in Robot Dinosaur Fiction!, July 27, 2018.

“Mother Tongues” © 2018 by S. Qiouyi Lu. First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, January 2018.

“Calved” © 2015 by Sam J. Miller. First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 2015.

“Strange Waters” © 2018 by Samantha Mills. First appeared on Strange Horizons, April 2, 2018.

“In the Sharing Place” © 2018 by David Erik Nelson. First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 2018.

“The Secret Life of Bots” © 2017 by Suzanne Palmer. First appeared on Clarkesworld, September 2017.

“Our Lady of the Open Road” © 2015 by Sarah Pinsker. First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 2015.

“A Series of Steaks” © 2017 by Vina Jie-Min Prasad. First appeared on Clarkesworld, January 2017.

“The Need for Air” © 2018 by Prell Productions LLC. First appeared on Tor.com, June 27, 2018.

“Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™” © 2017 by Rebecca Roanhorse. First appeared in Apex Magazine, August 7, 2017.

“A Study in Oils” © 2018 by Kelly Robson. First appeared on Clarkesworld, September 2018.

“Tender Loving Plastics” © 2018 by Amman Sabet. First appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2018.

“Toppers” © 2016 by Jason Sanford. First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, August 2016.

“The Doing and Undoing of Jacob E. Mwangi” © 2019 by E. Lily Yu. First appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, May/June 2019.

“Openness” © 2016 by Alexander Weinstein. First appeared in Children of the New World: Stories, September 2016. Reprinted by permission of Picador.

“Utopia, LOL?” © by Jamie Wahls. First appeared on Strange Horizons, June 5, 2017.