{"product_id":"2940044544802","title":"Next","description":"\u003cp\u003eNext suggests ‘change’, perhaps, but it doesn’t have to invoke change, it can simply be an account of cause-and-effect. Soemtimes it’s the absence of change, the sense of inevitability, that gives the story its terrible power and its resonance. Or it might be a rite-of-passage; of invention and exploration; of the testing and transgression of boundaries; or a story laden with doom or hope or just the inevitability of inescapable repetition. Yup, this theme is a theme for all seasons; it’s a cut and come again theme that can mean pretty much whatever people want it to mean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe selected stories range far and wide across all aspects of the speculative genres, from gentle fantasy to full-blooded dystopian SF to hackle-bristling psychological horror, while also canvassing in its sweep whimsy, adventure, romance, parody, and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are names among the authors that will be familiar to many, as well as some nuggets of newly-emerging talent. It will be an absolutely ripping read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNext will be launched at the Australian national science fiction convention, Conflux 9, in April 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents (in alphabetical order):\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKris Ashton: ‘The Midway Hotel’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Baker: ‘Stories in the Square’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Baxter: ‘Quantum Echoes’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Browne: ‘Animal the Colour of Waiting’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Coleman: ‘Gambler’s Blues’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCraig Cormick: ‘Ned Kelly and the Zombies’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Fitzgerald: ‘Phoenix Down’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoss Hamilton: ‘When Money Talks’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Harland: ‘Here’s Glory For You’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwina Harvey: ‘Next, cried the Faun’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRik Lagarto: ‘The Wild Hunt’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Large: ‘Girl Finds Key’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Livings: ‘Cause and Effect’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracie McBride: ‘Wooden Heart’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris McGrane: ‘The Cat and his Zombies’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan McHugh: ‘Vandiemensland’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire McKenna: ‘The Ninety Two’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShauna O’Meara: ‘The Dream Tracker’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Phillips: ‘A Dream of Something More’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGillian Polack: ‘Someone’s Daughter’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngela Rega: ‘Almost Beautiful’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicky Rowlands: ‘On the Wall’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeife Shallcross: ‘A Little Warning’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Simpson: ‘Those Days’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Simpson: ‘The Electrician and the Circus’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelen Stubbs: ‘Casino Five’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Versace: ‘Imported Goods—Aisle Nine’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJaneen Webb: ‘Hell is Where the Heart Is’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Whittle: ‘The Room’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuzanne Willis: ‘Of Starfish Tides’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditors: Simon Petrie \u0026amp; Rob Porteous\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CSFG Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107819700464,"sku":"2940044544802","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044544802_p0.jpg?v=1763664310","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044544802","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}