# The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction

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- Authors: [Mike Ashley](https://www.bookquiver.com/mike-ashley)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2006-05-25

## Description

Here are 25 stories of science fiction that push the envelope, by the biggest names in an emerging new crop of high-tech futuristic SF - including Charles Stross, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Peter Hamilton and Neal Asher. High-tech SF has made a significant comeback in the last decade, as bestselling authors successfully blend the super-science of 'hard science fiction' with real characters in an understandable scenario. It is perhaps a reflection of how technologically controlled our world is that readers increasingly look for science fiction that considers the fates of mankind as a result of increasing scientific domination. This anthology brings together the most extreme examples of the new high-tech, far-future science fiction, pushing the limits way beyond normal boundaries. The stories include: " A Perpetual War Fought Within a Cosmic String", " A Weapon That Could Destroy the Universe", " A Machine That Detects Alternate Worlds and Creates a Choice of Christs", " An Immortal Dead Man Sent To The End of the Universe", " Murder in Virtual Reality", " A Spaceship So Large That There is An Entire Planetary System Within It", and " An Analytical Engine At The End of Time", and " Encountering the Untouchable."

## Editions

### The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction

- Publisher: robinson
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-4901-535-6
- Published: 2010-07-31
- Language: en_GB

### The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction

- Publisher: robinson
- ISBN: 978-18-4529-307-9
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2006-05-25
- Language: en_GB