Stable Strategies and Others by Eileen Gunn, Howard Waldrop (Afterword), William Gibson (Foreword by), William Gibson (Introduction)

From the Publisher

This collection of tightly crafted, highly imaginative short stories employs surrealist, satirical, and fantastical devices to explore politics, class, and gender. From a hilarious tale about bioengineering and the stresses of climbing the corporate ladder to an evocative story of a woman who loses a sock at the the laundromat and finds she's missing a bit of her soul, these science fiction stories showcase an award-winning writer's compelling vision of the universe. Computer pioneers, cross-country skiers, and aliens figure into these literary stories that challenge the boundaries of imagination with quirky, anti-establishment characters and visionary technological extrapolation.

Publishers Weekly

Hugo-nominee Eileen Gunn's collection, Stable Strategies and Others, showcases tales with fresh, unusual perspectives on ordinary life, including "Stable Strategies for Middle Management," based on the author's experiences as advertising director at Microsoft Corporation. William Gibson provides a foreword. Agent, Linn Prentiss. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

What People Are Saying

Connie Willis
Eileen Gunn has a barbed-wire-sharp mind. . .unsettling insight into the way the world works. . .a wicked sense of humor.

Stephen King
. . .perfectly realized horror. . .

Cory Doctorow
Gunn's stories are in another league entirely. . .

Karen Joy Fowler
Very few writers have the range or impact of Eileen Gunn.

James Patrick Kelly
Open it and be dazzled!

Kelly Link
When you read Gunn, you remember that short fiction can be spare, beautiful, and deadly.

Ursula K. Le Guin
Without Eileen Gunn, life as we know it would be so dull we wouldn't recognize it.

Robert Morales
. . .Eileen Gunn gives us a lucid field guide to a veritable Galapagos of droll arcane and deeply-felt anomalies.

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