Most of Neal Asher's stories are set in a galactic future-scape called 'The Polity', and with this collection of marvellously inventive and action-packed short stories, he takes us further into the manifold diversities of that amazing universe. No one does monsters better than Neal Asher, so be prepared to revisit the lives and lifestyles of such favourites as the gabbleduck and the hooder, to savour alien poisons, the walking dead, the Sea of Death, and the putrefactor symbiont. Through these stories, welcome to a universe of unbridled imagination, each one of them a delight in itself.
Contents:
Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck [Polity Universe] (2005) / novelette by Neal Asher
Putrefactors [Polity Universe] (1999) / novelette by Neal Asher
Garp and Geronamid [Polity Universe] (2005) / novelette by Neal Asher (variant of Garp & Geronamid)
The Sea of Death [Polity Universe] (2001) / short story by Neal Asher
Alien Archaeology [Polity Universe] (2007) / novella by Neal Asher
Acephalous Dreams [Polity Universe] (2005) / novelette by Neal Asher
Snow in the Desert [Polity Universe] (2002) / novelette by Neal Asher
Choudapt [Polity Universe] (2000) / novelette by Neal Asher
Adaptogenic [Polity Universe] (1994) / short story by Neal Asher
The Gabble [Polity Universe] (2006) / novelette by Neal Asher
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