Future Games Author:Paula Gruan (Editor) Human competition is eternal. We thrill to victory, we suffer the agony of defeat. No matter what the future brings, sports will be a part of it. But what forms will these games take? Who will be the spectator, who will play? Will aliens be our opponents or machines? Will physical competition even exist? What rules will we play by? What will be ... more »at stake? What rewards will be reaped by the victors? What fates await the defeated? Will the entire universe be our arena or will our world be smaller than today? Visionary authors speculate on what swifter, higher, stronger, and winning will mean in the near and distant future.
Contents:
Preface (Future Games) • essay by Paula Guran;
Will the Chill (1979) / John Shirley;
Run to Starlight (1974) / George R. R. Martin;
Man-Mountain Gentian (1983) / Howard Waldrop;
Ender's Game [Ender Wiggin] (1977) / Orson Scott Card;
The Fate of Nations (2003) / James Morrow;
Unsportsmanlike Conduct (2003) / Scott Westerfeld;
Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is Your Crisis! (1976) / Kate Wilhelm;
Breakaway (1981) / George Alec Effinger;
Kip, Running (2008) / Genevieve Williams;
Diamond Girls (2005) / Louise Marley;
Anda's Game (2004) / Cory Doctorow;
Listen (1995) / Joel Richards;
Name That Planet! (2005) / Elizabeth Ann Scarborough;