âA diverse and thoughtful array of 16 stories written around the theme of endangered speciesâbe they human or animal, mythical or alien.â âPublishers Weekly
In this poignant yet uplifting anthology about extinction, science fiction stories draw you into compelling, adventurous, and even humorous tales that will make you think about the future of animals, humanity, and the world around us. Youâll find bugs and buffalo, humans and aliens, creatures that have never existed in our universe and genetically-engineered ones that shouldnât.
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In âSeventy-Two Lettersâ by national bestselling author Ted Chiangâpraised by Strange Horizons as âone of the finest representations of the SF subgenre of steampunkââa discovery reveals that humanity has only a fixed number of generations to survive. A project is embarked upon that could save the speciesâor open it up to a most inhuman manipulation. A Joe Haldeman poem called âEndangered Speciesâ encapsulates his concerns about war and its effect on the human race. And in âListening to Brahmsâ by Suzy McKee Charnas, the last humans alive make first contact with an alien race of lizard-like creatures who appropriate Earth culture at their own peril. In Vanishing Acts, these tales and others âmake the reader stop and think about endangered speciesâincluding humanityâwhich is, after all, the pointâ (Rambles.NET).
â[A] splendid new original anthology.â âThe Washington Post
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