Chasing New Suns
Collected Stories
Seven tales of mind, heart, and spirit from award winning science fiction writer Lance Robinson.
From Apartheid era South Africa to humanity’s first foray beyond the solar system, from precarious ecosystems in northern Alberta to the shiny glam of time-adept neocolonialists between the stars, these are stories of possibility.
As the rifle evaporates into wisps of memory and the telescopic sight becomes a television on the other side of the evolving room… he begins to remember this new universe, how Tutu did not die in prison, nor Mandela, how Apartheid was brought down in ‘94…
“Lance Robinson is an exciting new voice in hard science fiction. Prepare to be amazed.”
winning author of The Downloaded
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“… as you will also see from my reviews of … the stories in the book, I’m very glad I said ‘YES!’ to the whole thing.
‘The Gig of the Magi’. This story is an homage to the O.Henry classic, ‘The Gift of the Magi’… Grade A- …
‘Money, Wealth, and Soil’. This is a terrific climate fiction story… my favorite in the collection… Grade A+ …
‘Chasing the Sun’… Grade A…
Escape Rating A: Overall, as should be obvious from my ratings of the individual stories, I really enjoyed this collection. I will be looking forward to whatever this author comes up with next.”
Contents
This thought-provoking collection includes:
- The Writers of the Future Award first place winning story “Five Days Until Sunset”
- “Communion”, a haunting story of guilt, empathy, and human connection
- “Money, Wealth, and Soil”, which explores the relationship between greed and nobler human motivations, as a collective humanity attempts to incentivize the restoration of the world’s ecosystems
- “Problem Solving”, a witty satire on neocolonialism and post-modern blahs
- “The Thursday Plan”, a story of an alternate history in which Apartheid never ended in South Africa
- “The Gig of the Magi”, a satirical take on finding love while grinding it out day to day in a world where the gig economy has run amok
- “Chasing the Sun”, which continues the spiritual quest begun in “Five Days Until Sunset”.
Chasing New Suns is science fiction with heart.
“I greatly enjoyed reading all of it. [The] scenarios are highly imaginative…. For me, ‘Money, Wealth, and Soil’ was the highlight: a terrific story on a deeply relevant theme that has a wry and totally credible take on irredeemable human nature. Bravo!”
Between the three ferries, three hundred fifteen had been brought down to the planet surface, and by the time the last hibetank had been opened, two hundred eighty-eight emerged alive. But this meant not only that twenty-seven people died coming out of hibernation, but also that one hundred fifty-four were unaccounted for.
Praise for the stories in this volume
“Anthropologically fascinating”
– TANGENT ONLINE
“Grade A”
– READING REALITY
“Unusually thoughtful”
– TANGENT ONLINE