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2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers

Where will you be in the year 2041?

The Drapery Defense League objects to Hamlet because Polonius is stabbed while he's hiding behind a curtain, rock'n'roll gangs roam the streets, a scrumptious free confection called swoodies has been devised to make people gain weight, then pay to lose it, and people attach an extra ear to their own to amplify noise....

Leading science fiction writer Jane Yolen presents twelve humorous to horrific, entertaining and intriguing stories about the future by top writers, including Bruce Coville, Joe Haldeman, Anne McCaffrey, Patricia A. McKillip and Connie Willis.

Much Ado about (Censored) — Connie Willis

Who's Gonna Rock Us Home? — Nancy Springer

Lose Now, Pay Later — Carol Farley

A Quiet One — Anne McCaffrey

Moby James — Patricia A. McKillip

If I Had the Wings of an Angel — Joe Haldeman

You Want it When? — Kara Dalkey

Ear — Jane Yolen

The Last Out — Resa Nelson and David Alexander Smith

Free Day — Peg Kerr

Beggarman — Susan Shwartz

Old Glory — Bruce Coville

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 222
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780440218982
  • Genres
  • fiction, anthologies, dystopia, childrens, fantasy
  • Release date
  • 1994