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<\/a>The best thing about anthologies is that I’m constantly introduced to new authors, and want to track down their work. These sixteen stories\/novellas have me checking out my local indie and the library. <\/p>\nThe Starry Rift has some fresh new sci-fi tales all packaged in a thick, gorgeous hardback book, with nifty artwork<\/a>. From Gaiman’s “Orange,” which is a series of …answers about a peculiar<\/i> event in a family’s life, to Cory Doctorow’s “Anda’s Game,” which sticks out its tongue (in an articulate and intelligent Doctorow way) at people who say all video games do is make kids violent, to Alastair Reynolds’ creepy tale of ill-intentioned-cyborgs, there’s a wide array of writing styles and story types from which to choose. Whether you like “life out there” stories or tales that take place on Earth after mankind decides to live among the stars, there’s something here for you.<\/p>\n You can read interviews with all of the authors here<\/a>, and find out what they have to say about their work. Each story has a short author bio, and details about the how and why of their particular story. This is a good book to read when you just have time to snatch a mind-expanding story of “what if?”<\/p>\n