Standard Candles: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt
A collection of stories.
Contents:
- Standard Candles
- Tidal Effects
- Translations from the Colosian
- Black to Move
- The Fort Moxie Branch
- Promises to Keep
- Gus
- To Hell with the Stars
- Ellie
- The Jersey Rifle
- Cruising Through Deuteronomy
- Tyger
- Auld Lang Boom
- Dutchman
- Cryptic
- Time Travelers Never Die
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Category: Science Fiction, Short stories
Release date: 1996
Jack McDevitt
Jack McDevitt (born 1935) is an award-winning American science fiction author.
He is a former English teacher, naval officer, Philadelphia taxi driver, customs officer and motivational trainer. His work has been on the final ballot for the Nebula Awards for 12 of the past 13 years. His first novel, The Hercules Text, was published in the celebrated Ace Specials series and won the Philip K. Dick Special Award. In 1991, McDevitt won the first $10,000 UPC International Prize for his novella, "Ships in the Night." The Engines of God was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and his novella, "Time Travelers Never Die," was nominated for both the Hugo and the Nebula awards.
Photo: Maureen McDevitt
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