Georgia on My Mind and Other Places

Ever since he began writing science fiction in 1977, physicist Charles Sheffield has been recognized as one of the most accomplished writers in the field of science fiction. He has garnered much praise for his thought-provoking novels and short stories, most recently winning the Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "Georgia on My Mind", the last and title story of this newest collection of his best short work from the past few years. This volume gathers fourteen pieces of classic Charles Sheffield: clear, crisp, highly plausible science fiction spanning a variety of subjects and settings. From the Arabian Nights to tennis on the moon, from Babbage's Difference Machine to the "lost" years of Jesus of Nazareth, Sheffield takes us on a nonstop journey through those worlds where speculation and science overlap. Every story is followed by an afterword that allows the reader a peek behind the curtain; telling the story behind the story. Powerful and compelling, this is a collection no science fiction enthusiast should be without. CONTENTS Introduction / [Charles Sheffield] 1. The Feynman Saltation (1992) 2. The Bee's Kiss (1994) 3. Millennium (1994) 4. Fifteen-Love on the Dead Man's Chest (1993) 5. Deep Safari (1991) 6. Beyond the Golden Road (1989) 7. Health Care System (1990) 8. Humanity Test (1990) 9. That Strain Again... (1988) 10. Destroyer of Worlds (1989) 11. The Fifteenth Station of the Cross (1993) 12. Trapalanda (1987) 13. Obsolete Skill (1987) 14. Giorgia on My Mind (1993) * Giorgia on My Mind (Analog, January 1993) Hugo Award, Nebula Award Two old mathematician friends are presented with a 140-year-old mystery when three chests found beneath a farmhouse in New Zealand contain journals and equipment associated with the first computer... the infamous Analytical Engine of Charles Babbage. * Jacket design by Michael Graziolo