Just Over the Horizon

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TheNew York Times Book Reviewhails this collection of thirteen dazzling stories and a rare screenplay by Hugo and Nebula Awardwinning author Greg Bear as a "solid introduction to the oeuvre of a classic writer."

Greg Bearauthor ofQueen of Angels,Eon, andHull Zero Three, among many other hugely popular novelshas an ability to transform challenging scientific concepts into gripping fiction that has won him numerous awards and an avid following. He has written novels about interstellar war, human evolution, intelligent bacteria, international terrorism, and the exploration of deep spacebut he doesn't stop there. This brilliant collection of Bear's stories, each newly revised by the author, proves he is a master of the short form as well.Just Over the Horizonoffers thirteen mind-bending explorations of the near future . . . or just beyond the border of conventional reality. The volume includes:

• "Blood Music," a Hugo and Nebula awardwinning classic and the basis for the novel of the same nameand the first science-fictional exploration of nanotechnology;
  
• "Sisters," in which high school students find maturity and family by confronting a tragic genetic destiny;
  
• "Tangents," winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, about a persecuted scientist who seeks refuge in a better world;
  
• "Dead Run," a tale of union truck drivers ferrying souls through Death Valley into Hell, adapted for an episode of the television seriesThe Twilight Zone;
  
• "Sleepside Story," which Bear calls one of his favorite pieces, an urban fantasy tale that takes a music student by Night Metro to the Sleepside mansion of a magical woman of the night, inverting "Beauty and the Beast" in a very modern mirror;
  
• "Genius," the screenplay written for the television seriesOuter Limits, but never produced.
  

Just Over the Horizoncombines Bear's intense concern with the human condition with a deep understanding of science, resulting in a collection long to be remembered.

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Bears deftness of phrase and metaphor is simply lovely.... A solid introduction to the oeuvre of a classic writer. The New York Times Book Review

This collection of 13 tales, the first of three volumes by the multiple Nebula and Hugo Awardwinning author, displays his versatility and talent.... The three together showcase the short fiction oeuvre of an SF genius. Library Journal

Praise for Greg Bear
Bear takes a profound and unusual approach to hard SF. Los Angeles Times

Bear is one of our very best. New York Daily News

[Bear] is a great writer. Doris Lessing

Author Bio

Greg Bear is the author of over twenty-five books, which have been translated into seventeen languages. He has won science fictions highest honors and is considered the natural heir to Arthur C. Clarke. The recipient of two Hugo Awards and four Nebula Awards, Bear has been called the best working writer of hard science fiction bythe Science Fiction Encyclopedia. Many of his novels, such asDarwins Radio, are considered to be classics of his generation. Bear is married to Astrid Andersonwho is the daughter of science fiction great Poul Andersonand they are the parents of two children, Erik and Alexandria. Bears recent publications include the thrillerQuantico and its sequel, Mariposa; the epic science fiction novel City at the End of Time;and the generation starship novelHull Zero Three.