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Dark Orbit

By: Carolyn Ives Gilman

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‘‘Intellectually daring, brilliantly imagined, strongly felt,” this novel of alien contact, mystery and murder is “a winner” (Ursula K. Le Guin). Reports of a strange, new habitable planet have reached the Twenty Planets of human civilization. When a team of scientists is assembled to investigate this world, exoethnologist Sara Callicot is recruited to keep an eye on an unstable crewmate. Thora was once a member of the interplanetary elite, but since her prophetic delusions helped mobilize a revolt on Orem, she’s been banished to the farthest reaches of space, because of the risk that her very presence could revive unrest. Upon arrival, the team finds an extraordinary crystalline planet, laden with dark matter. Then a crew member is murdered and Thora mysteriously disappears. Thought to be uninhabited, the planet is in fact home to a blind, sentient species whose members navigate their world with a bizarre vocabulary and extrasensory perceptions. Lost in the deep crevasses of the planet among these people, Thora must battle her demons and learn to comprehend the native inhabitants in order to find her crewmates and warn them of an impending danger. But her most difficult task may lie in persuading the crew that some powers lie beyond the boundaries of science. ‘‘Gripping . . . Gilman has created a breathtakingly strange new world, and she’s populated it with vivid, compelling characters . . . [T]his book is science fiction at its very best.’’—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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1466827696

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Exile's End

A Tor.com Original

By: Carolyn Ives Gilman

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Exile's End

A Tor.com Original

By: Carolyn Ives Gilman

Carolyn Ives Gilman's Exile's End is a complex, sometimes uncomfortable examination of artifact repatriation and cultural appropriation. An artifact of indescribable and irreplaceable beauty created by an "extinct" culture has been the basis of another culture's origin stories. The race who created the artifact has survived on a distant world and has sent a representative to reclaim it, throwing everything into question. Inspired by the SF camp in Danzhai, China, which is co-hosted by the Future Administration Authority (FAA) and Wanda Group. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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1250765722

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Isles of the Forsaken

By: Carolyn Ives Gilman

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Isles of the Forsaken

By: Carolyn Ives Gilman

The Forsaken Isles are on the brink of revolution. Three individuals are about to push it over the edge—in this novel by a three-time Nebula Award nominee. Spaeth Dobrin is destined to life as a ritual healer—but as the dhotamar of the tiny, isolated island of Yora, she will be caught in a perpetual bond between herself and the people she has cured. Is it slavery, or is it love? Meanwhile, Harg, the troubled and rebellious veteran, returns to find his home transformed by conquest. And Nathaway, the well-intentioned imperialist, arrives to teach Spaeth’s people “civilization,” only to become an explorer in the strange realm of the Forsakens. As a final showdown looms between ancient forces and the new overlords of the land, Spaeth is about to be propelled into a vortex of war, temptation, and—just possibly—freedom.

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ChiZine

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1926851986

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9781926851983

Ison of the Isles

By: Carolyn Ives Gilman

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Ison of the Isles

By: Carolyn Ives Gilman

The Nebula nominated author of Isles of the Forsaken returns with another novel of magic and rebellion . . . Revolution has broken out in the Forsaken Isles. The islanders have risen up to drive out the Inning Empire, but still they have no one to unite them. Only an Ison can do that—a leader whose heart has been cleansed by the curing of dhota-nur. The power to create an Ison lies in the hands of three people, and none of them are heroes. Spaeth has the ancient Lashnura heritage, but does she have the stature? Harg has the military genius, but he utterly rejects the price of dhota-nur. And Nathaway, the Inning outsider, finds himself unexpectedly holding the key to the future of the Isles. Perilously poised between Inning conquest and the savage powers of ancient forces, the Forsakens need them to decide. But for an Ison to rise, each of them must betray one of the others.

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1927469074

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Ison of the Isles

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Dark Orbit

A Novel

By: Carolyn Gilman

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Dark Orbit

A Novel

By: Carolyn Gilman

From Nebula and Hugo Award–nominated Carolyn Ives Gilman comes Dark Orbit, a compelling novel featuring alien contact, mystery, and murder. Reports of a strange, new habitable planet have reached the Twenty Planets of human civilization. When a team of scientists is assembled to investigate this world, exoethnologist Sara Callicot is recruited to keep an eye on an unstable crewmate. Thora was once a member of the interplanetary elite, but since her prophetic delusions helped mobilize a revolt on Orem, she's been banished to the farthest reaches of space, because of the risk that her very presence could revive unrest. Upon arrival, the team finds an extraordinary crystalline planet, laden with dark matter. Then a crew member is murdered and Thora mysteriously disappears. Thought to be uninhabited, the planet is in fact home to a blind, sentient species whose members navigate their world with a bizarre vocabulary and extrasensory perceptions. Lost in the deep crevasses of the planet among these people, Thora must battle her demons and learn to comprehend the native inhabitants in order to find her crewmates and warn them of an impending danger. But her most difficult task may lie in persuading the crew that some powers lie beyond the boundaries of science.

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0765336294

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Isles of the Forsaken

By: Carolyn Ives Gilman

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Exile's End

A Tor.com Original

By: Carolyn Ives Gilman

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A Tor.com Original

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The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time

By: Andy Dudak,Sheila Finch,Carolyn Ives Gilman

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The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time

By: Andy Dudak,Sheila Finch,Carolyn Ives Gilman

An unabridged collection spotlighting the best space operas, alternate histories, and time travel stories published in 2020 by current and emerging masters of the science fiction genre, edited by Allan Kaster. "Midstrathe Exploding" by Andy Dudak-A city that had been struck with a time bomb two hundred years ago has become a popular destination for tourists. "Not This Tide" by Shiela Finch-Time travelers visit England in 1944, while it sustains V1 and V2 rocket attacks, to pass on important information. "Exile's End" by Carolyn Ives Gilman-A museum curator finds herself at odds with a representative of a long-persecuted culture from another planet wanting to repatriate a painting. "Words We Say Instead" by Brit E. B. Hvide-An old military smartship pilot searches for the decommissioned ship with which she had once bonded. "Beyond the Dragon's Gate" by Yoon Ha Lee-The military enlists the expertise of a former academician to prevent the annihilation of their AI-controlled starship fleet. "Pax Mongolica" by Evan Marcroft-In a world where the Mongol Empire reigns, an Egyptian boy meets a Polish girl at a zoo where the old gods are kept. "Knock, Knock Said the Ship" by Rati Mehrotra-An indentured refugee from war-ravaged Luna, working off her debt on a spaceship, collaborates with the ship's AI to fight off pirates. "Father" by Ray Nayler-In an alternate 1950s, the VA sends a robot to be a surrogate father to the son of a dead soldier. "Laws of Impermanence" by Kenneth Schneyer-the text of a long lost will continually changes over time. "Come the Revolution" by Ian Tregillis-In an alternate 18th Century Holland, a robot whose obedience is enforced through pain is determined to escape her makers' constraints. "Sinew and Steel and What They Told" by Carrie Vaughn-A pilot, injured in an accident that should have killed him, is forced to reveal a long-held secret he's been keeping from the captain and crew of a pirate-hunting starship.

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Dark Orbit

Dark Orbit

Exile's End

Exile's End

Isles of the Forsaken

Isles of the Forsaken

Ison of the Isles

Ison of the Isles

Ison of the Isles

Ison of the Isles

Dark Orbit

Dark Orbit

Isles of the Forsaken

Isles of the Forsaken

Exile's End

Exile's End

The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time

The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time

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