Развитие искусственных интеллектов привело к открытию Сферы — базиса нашей реальности. Живущим там созданиям это не понравилось и теперь землянам надо вести борьбу за выживание. Для этого «оперативная мощность» Земли должна быть снижена и большинство землян погружено в вечную спячку. А горстке неспящих надо бороться и жить дальше.

Человечество давно исчезло, но брошенные роботы продолжают обслуживать огромный радиотелескоп. Коротенький, но по космически масштабный рассказ.

В альтернативной ветви реальности монгольская цивилизация, подчинившая себе землю и начавшая космическую экспансию, находит следы пришельцев из других измерений.

В альтернативной ветви реальности монгольская цивилизация, подчинившая себе землю и начавшая космическую экспансию, находит следы пришельцев из других измерений.

We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets…

A string of murders on Venus. Saturn’s impossible forest.

Voyager I’s message to the stars◦– returned in kind.

Edible sunlight.

The Lowest Heaven collects seventeen astonishing, never-before-published stories from award-winning authors and provocative new literary voices, each inspired by a body in the solar system, and features extraordinary images drawn from the archives of the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

Contributors include Sophia McDougall, Alastair Reynolds, Archie Black, Maria Dahvana Headley, Adam Roberts, Simon Morden, E. J. Swift, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Mark Charan Newton, Kaaron Warren, Lavie Tidhar, Esther Saxey, David Bryher, S. L. Grey, Kameron Hurley, Matt Jones and James Smythe. The Lowest Heaven is introduced by Dr. Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory, with a cover designed by award-winning artist Joey Hi-Fi.

Contains Sophia McDougall’s “Golden Apple”, a finalist for the British Fantasy Awards, E. J. Swift’s “Saga’s Children”, a finalist for the BSFA and Kaaron Warren’s “Air, Water and the Grove”, finalist for the Ditmar and winner of the Aurealis Awards.

This is the solar system as you’ve never seen it before.

For the first time in a decade, a compilation of the very best in science fiction, from a world authority on the genre.

For decades, the Year’s Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after thirty-five annual collections, comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies. In The Very Best of the Best, legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the finest short stories for this landmark collection.

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world through their short stories. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

The multiple Locus Award-winning annual compilation of the year’s best science fiction stories.

The multiple Locus Award-winning annual collection of the year’s best science fiction stories.

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self-evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. With an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.