{"product_id":"9781911409182","title":"Don't Look Back","description":"Retrospective SF short story collection from the master science writer\u003cbr\u003e'A real scientist writing science-fiction with real science - what more could one ask? John Gribbin is a visionary, and one heck of a good storyteller.'\u003cbr\u003eRobert J. Sawyer\u003cbr\u003eHugo Award-winning author of QUANTUM NIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Gribbin, widely regarded as one of the best science writers of the 20th century, has also, unsurprisingly, been writing science fiction for many years. While his novels are well-known, his short stories are perhaps less so. He has also written under pseudonyms. Here, for the first time, is the definitive collection of John's short stories. Many were originally published in Analog and other magazines. Some were  precursors to John's classic novels Innervisions, Double Planet, The Alice Encounter and Father to the Man. As well as 23 Science Fiction short stories, three of which John wrote with his son Ben, this collection includes two Science Fact essays on subjects beloved of science fiction authors and readers. In one essay, John provides scientifically accurate DIY instructions for creating a time machine; and in the other, he argues that the Moon is, in fact, a Babel Fish!\u003cbr\u003e   The stories, many written at a time when issues such as climate change were taken less seriously, now seem very relevant again in an age of dubious politicians. What underpins all of them, of course, is a grounding in solid science. But they are also laced with a dry and subtle wit, which will not come as a surprise to anyone who has ever met John at a science fiction convention, or indeed elsewhere. He is, however, not averse to a good pun, as evidenced by a song he co-wrote for the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: The Holey Cheeses of Nazareth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite the exhortation of this collection's title, this is a perfect opportunity to look back at John's short stories. If you've never read any of his fiction before, now you have the chance to acquaint yourself with a body of work that, while being very much of its time, is certainly not in any way out of date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComplementing John's stories is a fantastic cover designed by legendary space artist David A. Hardy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVisit bit.ly\/DontLookBackJohnGribbin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCIENCE FICTION\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePerpendicular Worlds\u003cbr\u003eDouble Planet\u003cbr\u003eThe Doomsday Device\u003cbr\u003eProgrammed for destruction\u003cbr\u003eRandom Variable\u003cbr\u003eThe Royal Visit\u003cbr\u003eThe Sins of the Fathers\u003cbr\u003eSense of Direction\u003cbr\u003eThe Best is Yet to Be\u003cbr\u003eOther Edens\u003cbr\u003eThe Carbon Papers\u003cbr\u003eInsight\u003cbr\u003eDon't Look Back\u003cbr\u003eDefense Initiative\u003cbr\u003eHackers\u003cbr\u003eThe Words of If\u003cbr\u003eMother Love\u003cbr\u003eSomething to Beef About\u003cbr\u003eNature Trail\u003cbr\u003eThe Alice Encounter\u003cbr\u003eArtifact\u003cbr\u003eEasy as Pi\u003cbr\u003eUntanglement: The Leaving of the Quantum Cats\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCIENCE FACT\u003cbr\u003eA Do-It-Yourself Time Machine\u003cbr\u003eIs the Moon a Babel Fish?","brand":"Elsewhen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154242126064,"sku":"9781911409182","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911409182_p0.jpg?v=1763630414","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911409182","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}