Hartwell, David G. (ed.) - Twenty-First Century Science Fiction / Хартвелл, Дэвид (ред.) - Лучшая фантастика XXI века [2013, EPUB, ENG]

Infinities / Бесконечности novelette by Vandana Singh Rogue Farm / Бродячая ферма short story by Charles Stross The Gambler / Игрок novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi Strood / Струд short story by Neal Asher Eros, Philia, Agape / Эрос, Филия, Агапе novelette by Rachel Swirsky The Tale of the Wicked / История «Злого» novelette by John Scalzi Bread and Bombs / Хлеб и бомбы short story by M. Rickert The Waters of Meribah / Воды Меривы short story by Tony Ballantyne Tk'tk'tk / Тк'Тк'Тк short story by David D. Levine The Nearest Thing / Наиболее близкое novelette by Genevieve Valentine Erosion / Эрозия short story by Ian Creasey The Calculus Plague / Вычислительная эпидемия short story by Marissa Lingen One of Our Bastards Is Missing / Исчезнувший пруссак novelette by Paul Cornell Tideline / Береговая линия short story by Elizabeth Bear Finisterra / Финистерра novelette by David Moles Evil Robot Monkey / Злобный робошимпанзе short story by Mary Robinette Kowal The Education of Junior Number 12 / Обучение Младшего № 12 novelette by Madeline Ashby Toy Planes / Игрушечные самолётики short story by Tobias S. Buckell The Algorithms for Love / Алгоритмы любви short story by Ken Liu The Albian Message / Послание Альбиан short story by Oliver Morton To Hie from Far Cilenia / В далёкой Силении novella by Karl Schroeder Savant Songs / Песни гениев short story by Brenda Cooper Ikiryoh / Икирио short story by Liz Williams The Prophet of Flores / Пророк с острова Флорес novelette by Ted Kosmatka How to Become a Mars Overlord / Как стать повелителем Марса short story by Catherynne M. Valente Second Person, Present Tense / Второе лицо, настоящее время novelette by Daryl Gregory Third Day Lights / Огни третьего дня novelette by Alaya Dawn Johnson Balancing Accounts / Свести баланс short story by James L. Cambias A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel / Векторный алфавит межзвёздных путешествий short story by Yoon Ha Lee His Master's Voice / Голос его хозяина short story by Hannu Rajaniemi Plotters and Shooters / Наводчики и снайперы novelette by Kage Baker The Island / Остров novelette by Peter Watts Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction / Бегство в другие миры с научной фантастикой short story by Jo Walton Chicken Little / Цыплёнок Цыпа novella by Cory Doctorow

It was a bright, cool March morning: mares’ tails trailed across the southeastern sky toward the rising sun. Joe shivered slightly in the driver’s seat as he twisted the starter handle on the old front loader he used to muck out the barn. Like its owner, the ancient Massey Ferguson had seen better days; but it had survived worse abuse than Joe routinely handed out. The diesel clattered, spat out a gobbet of thick blue smoke, and chattered to itself dyspeptically. His mind as blank as the sky above, Joe slid the tractor into gear, raised the front scoop, and began turning it toward the open doors of the barn—just in time to see an itinerant farm coming down the road. “Bugger,” swore Joe. The tractor engine made a hideous grinding noise and died. He took a second glance, eyes wide, then climbed down from the tractor and trotted over to the kitchen door at the side of the farmhouse. “Maddie!” he called, forgetting the two-way radio clipped to his sweater hem. “Maddie! There’s a farm coming!” “Joe? Is that you? Where are you?” Her voice wafted vaguely from the bowels of the house. . . .