Fantastic Books has recently published Damien Broderick‘s first US collection, The Qualia Engine.
As Mary Robinette Kowal says in her introduction to the book, “Tactile details are integral to Broderick’s work. They offer a window into the minds of his characters. But he won’t spoon-feed you. This is fiction that is smart and takes an engaged reader to get all the layers.
“As you read this book, you’ll find that every story is an exploration of a different facet of that most important element of being human. Not just emotions, or pain or even love, but consciousness.
“Together, this collection creates its own Qualia Engine.”
Contents of the book:
“Infinite Monkey”
“Schrödinger’s Dog”
“A Tooth for Every Child”
“The Qualia Engine”
“Thy Sting”
“The Meek”
“Requiem in Heaven”
“This Wind Blowing and This Tide”
“Flowers of Asphodel”
“A Passage in Earth”
“The Ruined Queen of Harvest World”
“Billennium”
Australian-born Broderick now splits his time between the US and Australia. He’s won five Ditmars and four Aurealis Awards for his writing, and was the founding science fiction editor of Cosmos.
SFScope Editor Ian Randal Strock is the owner of Fantastic Books.