Hyperpowers - Third Flatiron Anthologies, #6 - E-book - ePub

Fictional military superpowers have captured our imaginations sincePlato invented Atlantis, and superpowers are all too real in today'stechnological world. How would our stories evolve if they took placeon other worlds?"Hyperpowers" from Third Flatiron Anthologies, guest-edited by BascombJames, takes on the challenge of telling short speculative fictionstories that explore space opera and military fiction themes.
Thesetales raise potent issues such as:o Empires may grow and dominate, but civilizations can also losemomentum and dissipate into lawlessnesso Great distances may put an end to warfare and environmentaldegradation, but expansionist tendencies could cause it to spreadinsteado Our silicon-based creations or other life forms may compete with usfor galactic domination, ultimately outshining usThe international group of contributors includes William Huggins, Jonathan Shipley, Dan Koboldt, John M.
Campbell, Mark Rookyard, SamBellotto Jr., Erik B. Scott, E. J. Shumak, Brandon L. Summers, NeilJames Hudson, Robert Walton, K. S. Dearsley, Noel Ayers, ElliotteRusty Harold, Martin Clark, and Art Lasky. And as usual, our "Grinsand Gurgles" humor section allows a light-hearted take on the subject.