From the pages of Asimov's Science Fiction today's most creative minds explore the fierce, fragile bond between fathers and their children…Harry Turtledove's "In the Presence of Mine Enemies" brings readers to an alternate future where a father's legacy could be a fatal secret…A daughter confronts her dead father—and her own life choices—in Pamela Sargent's "Amphibians"…In James Patrick Kelly's "Itsy Bitsy Spider," a woman visits her estranged father and rediscovers her childhood—in a chillingly altered form…Also includes stories by science fiction masters Ian R. MacLeod, Thomas M. Disch, Jonathan Lethem, Danith McPherson, Robert Reed, and Brian C. Coad.
Contents
1 • Papa • • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
45 • In the Presence of Mine Enemies • • novelette by Harry Turtledove
67 • Through the Wall to Eggshell Lake • • shortstory by Danith McPherson
84 • Itsy Bitsy Spider • • shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
99 • The Abduction of Bunny Steiner, or a Shameless Lie • • novelette by Thomas M. Disch
124 • Savior • • shortstory by Robert Reed
145 • Amphibians • • novelette by Pamela Sargent
170 • Taking Care of Daddy • • novelette by Brian C. Coad
195 • The Happy Man • • novelette by Jonathan Lethem
From the pages of Asimov's Science Fiction today's most creative minds explore the fierce, fragile bond between fathers and their children…Harry Turtledove's "In the Presence of Mine Enemies" brings readers to an alternate future where a father's legacy could be a fatal secret…A daughter confronts her dead father—and her own life choices—in Pamela Sargent's "Amphibians"…In James Patrick Kelly's "Itsy Bitsy Spider," a woman visits her estranged father and rediscovers her childhood—in a chillingly altered form…Also includes stories by science fiction masters Ian R. MacLeod, Thomas M. Disch, Jonathan Lethem, Danith McPherson, Robert Reed, and Brian C. Coad.
Contents
1 • Papa • • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
45 • In the Presence of Mine Enemies • • novelette by Harry Turtledove
67 • Through the Wall to Eggshell Lake • • shortstory by Danith McPherson
84 • Itsy Bitsy Spider • • shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
99 • The Abduction of Bunny Steiner, or a Shameless Lie • • novelette by Thomas M. Disch
124 • Savior • • shortstory by Robert Reed
145 • Amphibians • • novelette by Pamela Sargent
170 • Taking Care of Daddy • • novelette by Brian C. Coad
195 • The Happy Man • • novelette by Jonathan Lethem