Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories

Name: Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Tobias S. Buckell
ISBN: 9781705067093

Author: Tobias S. Buckell

Narrator: William DeMeritt

Unabridged: 8 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/18/2023

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Short Stories

Synopsis

Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories is Tobias S. Buckell's seventh short fiction collection and is comprised of 15 stories, several of which are original to the collection or were previously only available through his Patreon.

This collection ranges from galactic adventures to intimate explorations of humanity—sometimes in the same story—rich with a sense of wonder and deft storytelling.

About Tobias S. Buckell

Called “violent, poetic, and compulsively readable” by Maclean’s, science fiction author Tobias S. Buckell is a New York Times bestselling writer born in the Caribbean. He grew up in Grenada and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands, and these places influence much of his work. His Xenowealth series begins with Crystal Rain. Along with other stand-alone novels and his more than fifty stories, Tobias’s works have been translated into eighteen different languages. He has been nominated for such awards as the Hugo, Nebula, Prometheus, and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Author. His latest original novels are Hurricane Fever, a follow-up to the successful Arctic Rising, which NPR says will “give you the shivers,” and the acclaimed Halo: Envoy. He currently lives in Ohio, with his wife, twin daughters, and a pair of dogs. He can be found online at TobiasBuckell.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike on April 08, 2023

My main takeaway from this anthology was that I need to read more stuff from Tobias S. Buckell. My only prior experience with his stuff was a short story he’d written in the Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction anthology, which was one of my favorites from that collection. This is a selecti......more

Goodreads review by Manon on April 09, 2023

This was an excellent read. A collection of 15 stories with a variety of different concepts: robots, clones, space colonization, sentient ship... even a cat in space. It was interesting to see the different possible futurs and different ways towards which the human race can evolve at political and cu......more

Goodreads review by Evan Ladouceur on April 07, 2023

A fine selection of largely space-themed short fiction from Buckell, ranging from the well-known title story to several that have appeared exclusively on his Patreon. Buckell is comfortable writing at different lengths - from short-shorts to his excellent novels - and space stories are a sweet spot.......more

Goodreads review by Jelena on April 18, 2023

I received an ARC of this book through Net Galley, courtesy of Apex Book Company. Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories by Tobias S. Buckell is his 7th short fiction collection. It consists of 15 science fiction stories, some previously published in various anthologies, while othe......more

Goodreads review by Dawn on June 19, 2023

(This review originally appeared at HistoryThatNeverWas.com) Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories is the latest collection from author Tobias S. Buckell, and it’s filled with a wonderful collection of previously published sci-fi stories. Several of the stories in this collection s......more