Almost All the Way Home From the Stars: Seven Science Fiction Stories

"Almost All the Way Home From the Stars" contains seven science fiction short stories by award winning writers Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold. The settings range from distant worlds, to the near future, to an alternate US where slavery was never abolished. Here a sampling: "Rivers of Eden": In a world transformed by a virus affecting faith, one lone scientist wants to set loose a cure for fanaticism. "The Big Ice": On Hutchinson’s World, Vega and Mox are trying to unravel the mystery of the Big Ice -- until the family responsibilities Vega has been trying to escape come back to haunt her. "The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Home From the Stars": An NSA agent is assigned to look after a Canadian scientist whose husband has left Earth to visit the stars -- and the strange dimple in the lake that she is watching, while waiting for his return. Five of the stories have been previously published elsewhere, in various online and print markets, including Gardner Dozois' Year's Best Science Fiction. Two stories are new with this collection.