Publisher's Synopsis
A mermaid delves into the dark underpinnings
of her Utopian society; a dying boy
finds himself trapped in a virtual world
beyond his wildest imagining; Friedrich
Nietzsche meets Wyatt Earp on the dusty
streets of Tombstone, Arizona; a gorilla
strives to remain relevant among the
info-streams and easily distracted eyeballs
of a shallow, media-addled culture;
a civilization raises its young as computer
programs, deleting problematic children
at will...
Few authors have matched the versatility
and stylishness of Walter Jon Williams.
His genre-defining novels have received
wide critical acclaim and captured the rapt
attention of fans worldwide. He has been
nominated for every major SF award. The
Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories
contains nine bleeding-edge tales showcasing
Williams' flexibility, power-chord
storytelling, and engagingly human and
post-human characters.
From Walter Jon Williams, author of more
than twenty novels, including This Is Not a
Game, Implied Spaces, and the definitive
cyberpunk novel Hardwired, comes The
Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories,
a stunning collection of short fiction including
the Nebula Award-winning stories
"Daddy's World" and "The Green Leopard
Plague," and featuring an introduction
by Charles Stross, plus in-depth story
notes.
