Elemental • The Tsunami Relief Anthology • Stories of Science Fiction & Fantasy
VA, Steven Savile, Alethea KontisIn the winter of 2005, after the horrifying natural disaster of the tsunami in Southeast Asia, Steve Savile & Alethea Kontis joined forces to raise money to help the distressed survivors & have created Elemental. They solicited SF & fantasy stories, all new & never published elsewhere, from many of the top writers in the genres today, & received immediate responses in the form of the 23 excellent stories in this book, including an introduction by Arthur C. Clarke.
Introduction: Once & Future Tsunamis - Arthur C. Clarke
Report from the Near Future: Crystallization - David Gerrold
And Tomorrow and - Adam Roberts
Abductio ad Absurdum - Esther M. Friesner
In the Matter of Fallen Angels - Jacqueline Carey
Tiger in the Night - Brian Aldiss
The Strange Case of Jared Spoon Who Went to Pieces for Love - Stel Pavlou
The Solipsist at Dinner - Larry Niven
The Wager: Lords of Avalon #2.5 - Sherrilyn Kenyon (Writing As Kinley MacGregor)
Expedition with Recipes - Joe Haldeman
Tough Love 3001 - Juliet Marillier
Chanting the Violet Dog Down: A Tale of Noreela - Tim Lebbon
Butterflies Like Jewels - Eric Nylund
Perfection - Lynn Flewelling
The Compound - Michael Marshall Smith
Sea Child: A Tale of Dune - Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Moebius Trip - Janny Wurts
The Run to Hardscrabble Station - William C. Dietz
The Last Mortal Man - Syne Mitchell
The Double-Edged Sword - Sharon Shinn
Night of the Dolls - Sean Williams & Shane Dix
The Potter's Daughter - Martha Wells
The Day of Glory - David Drake
Sea Air - Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Afterword: Why Elemental? - Steven Savile