Digital Domains
Edited by Ellen Datlow, Prime, $14.95 paper (312p) ISBN 978-1-60701-208-5
Datlow (The Best Horror of the Year) collects 15 compelling short works that first
appeared between 1996 and 2005 in three pioneering online magazines: OMNI Online,
Event Horizon, and SCIFICTION. The stories vary widely, but all shine with
intelligence, thoughtfulness, and sly humor. James Blaylock messes with time and
reality in "Thirteen Phantasms," the first online publication to win the World
Fantasy Award. In Paul Park's "Get a Grip," one man's reality is definitely not the
same as anyone else's. In "Harbingers," Severna Park brings aliens to war-torn
Tanzania. Kim Newman takes wicked, witty aim at the British civil service,
scientists, and professors in "Tomorrow Town." Datlow has compiled an eminently
readable group of first-rate short fiction by authors who dared to push forward into
the new, uncharted medium of the Internet. (July)