2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers
222 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 1990
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ISBN: 9780440218982
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Publication date: 1 February 1994
Description
Where will you be in the year 2041?The Drapery Defense League objects to Hamlet because Polonius is stabbed while he's hiding behind a curtain, rock'n'roll gangs roam the streets, a scrumptious free confection called swoodies has been devised to make people gain weight, then pay to lose it, and people attach an extra ear to their own to amplify noise....Leading science fiction writer Jane Yolen presents twelve humorous to horrific, entertaining and intriguing stories about the future by top writers, including Bruce Coville, Joe Haldeman, Anne McCaffrey, Patricia A. McKillip and Connie Willis.Much Ado about (Censored) - Connie WillisWho's Gonna Rock Us Home? - Nancy SpringerLose Now, Pay Later - Carol Farley A Quiet One - Anne McCaffreyMoby James - Patricia A. McKillip If I Had the Wings of an Angel - Joe Haldeman You Want it When? - Kara Dalkey Ear - Jane Yolen The Last Out - Resa Nelson and David Alexander Smith Free Day - Peg KerrBeggarman - Susan ShwartzOld Glory - Bruce Coville