Best Selling Books by Gwyneth Jones

A new collection of short stories from multiple award-winning author Gwyneth Jones; includes her finest work from the past decade and features a brand new story, "Stella and the Adventurous Roots," as well as tales that revisit the world of Bold as Love and also the Aleutian Universe (White Queen etc).

Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #5 is a curated selection of novellas by editor Jonathan Strahan This collection includes: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson Passing Strange by Ellen Klages Agents of Dreamland by Caitlin R. Kiernan Proof of Concept of Gwyneth Jones Time Was by Ian McDonald Professor Vellitt Boe teaches at the prestigious Ulthar Women’s College. When one of her most gifted students elopes with a dreamer from the waking world, Vellitt must retrieve her in Kij Johnson’s The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe Inspired by the pulps, film noir, and screwball comedy, Passing Strange is a story as unusual and complex as San Francisco itself from World Fantasy Award winning author Ellen Klages, Agents of Dreamland is a new Lovecraftian horror novella from award-winning author Caitlín R. Kiernan. Proof of Concept is an action-adventure science fiction novella from Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Gwyneth Jones. In a far future Earth, blind hope keeps the populace contented. Ian McDonald weaves a love story across an endless expanse with his science fiction novella Time Was At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Grasshopper''s Child is an old-fashioned futuristic thriller, set in the same Near Future Crisis England as the legendary Bold As Love series, about young people taking the law into their own hands, and the savagery that hides behind wealth and power: full of odd characters, atrocious secrets, lost illusions and true friends. And gardening tips. Gwyneth Jones has an impressive track record in award winning science fiction and fantasy, and also writes for teenagers as Ann Halam (Siberia, Dr Franklin''s Island, The Shadow On The Stairs) "Combines the satisfying unmasking closure of a good Scooby-Doo episode, with Gwyneth Jones'' fiery rage against the Establishment and its occult workings. But be prepared: like Heidi, you will want to go back and learn your history as well as explore this gorgeous secret garden of a book." Sophie Mayer, forbookssake

Experience five stunning science fiction visions of the future. From pay-to-play immortality to simulated reality, from crowdsourced AI to multiverse theory, these Tor.com novellas have everything you could ask for. Featuring: The Burning Light by Bradley P. Beaulieu and Rob Ziegler Disgraced government operative Colonel Chu is exiled to the flooded relic of New York City. Something called the Light has hit the streets like an epidemic, leavings its users strung out and disconnected from the mind-network humanity relies on. Chu has lost everything she cares about to the Light. She’ll end the threat or die trying. The Warren by Brian Evenson X doesn’t have a name. He thought he had one—or many—but that might be the result of the failing memories of the personalities imprinted within him. Or maybe he really is called X. Proof of Concept by Gwyneth Jones On a desperately overcrowded future Earth, crippled by climate change, the most unlikely hope is better than none. Governments turn to Big Science to provide them with the dreams that will keep the masses compliant. The Needle is one such dream, an installation where the most abstruse theoretical science is being tested. Everything Belongs to the Future by Laurie Penny A bloody-minded tale of time, betrayal, desperation, and hope that could only have been told by the inimitable Laurie Penny. Patchwerk by David Tallerman Fleeing the city of New York on the TransContinental atmospheric transport vehicle, Dran Florrian is traveling with Palimpsest-the ultimate proof of a lifetime of scientific theorizing. When a rogue organization attempts to steal the device, however, Dran takes drastic action. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Clarkesworld is a Hugo Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month they bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. The August issue contains: Original Fiction by Julie Novakova ("The Symphony of Ice and Dust"), Naomi Kritzer ("Bits") and Dale Bailey ("The Creature Recants"). Classic stories by Gwyneth Jones ("The Ki-anna") and George R.R. Martin ("A Night at the Tarn House"). Non-fiction by Karen Burnham ("Difficulties of an Asteroid Capture Mission"), an interview with Lavie Tidhar, an Another Word column by Daniel Abraham, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.

Following on from White Queen and North Wind, Phoenix Cafe is the concluding volume in Gwyneth Jones'' Aleutian sequence. It is now three hundred years since the Aleutians arrived on earth, and the days of their empire are nearly over."