The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories
A mermaid delves into the dark underpinnings of her utopian society; a
dying boy finds himself trapped in a virtual world beyond his wildest
imagining; Friedrich Nietzsche meets Wyatt Earp on the dusty streets of
tombstone, Arizona; a gorilla strives to remain relevant among the
info-streams and easily distracted eyeballs of a shallow, media-addled
culture; a civilization raises its young as computer
programs, deleting problematic children at will...
Few authors have matched the versatility and stylishness of Walter Jon
Williams. His genre-defining novels have received wide critical acclaim
and captured the rapt attention of fans worldwide. He has been nominated for every major SF award. The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories contains nine bleeding-edge tales showcasing Williams' flexibility,
power-chord storytelling, and engagingly human and post-human
characters.
From Walter Jon Williams, author of more than twenty novels, including This Is Not a
Game, Implied Spaces, and the definitive cyberpunk novel Hardwired, comes The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories, a stunning
collection of short fiction including the nebula award-winning stories
"Daddy's World" and "The Green Leopard Plague," and featuring an
introduction by Charles Stross, plus in-depth story notes.
Contents:
- Introduction by Charles Stross
- Daddy's World
- Lethe
- The Last Ride of German Freddie
- Millennium Party
- The Green Leopard Plague
- The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid
- Incarnation Day
- Send Them Flowers
- Pinocchio
