Fantastic Metropolis

Short Fiction

• “Ailoura,” Paul Di Filippo, Out of This World
• “A Study in Emerald,” Neil Gaiman, Shadows over Baker Street
• “Smoke and Mirrors, I–IV,” Michael Swanwick, Live Without a Net
• “The Martian Agent, a Planetary Romance,” Michael Chabon, McSweeney’s Issue No. 10
• “Mystery of the Texas Twister,” Michael Moorcock, Argosy #1

Comics

• Alias, Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Gaydos
• Jack Staff, Paul Grist
• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. II, Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill
• New X-Men, Grant Morrison

Novels

• Consider Phlebas, Iain M. Banks
• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Cory Doctorow
• Kim, Rudyard Kipling
• Singularity Sky, Charles Stross
• The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes, Jamyang Norbu
• The Trial of Elizabeth Cree, Peter Ackroyd

Nonfiction

• The Case for Mars, Robert Zubrin with Richard Wagner
• The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia, Peter Hopkirk
• The Physics of Immortality, Frank J. Tipler
• Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind, Hans Moravec
• When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433, Louise Levathes

Chris Roberson is the author of the novels Voices of Thunder, Cybermancy Incorporated, Set the Seas on Fire, and Any Time at All. His short stories have appeared on Revolution SF, Opi8, in the Roc anthology Live Without a Net (edited by Lou Anders), and in the forthcoming Ace anthology The Many Faces of Van Helsing (March, 2004). In addition to serving as associate editor for International Studio (Coppervale Press), he is the publisher of MonkeyBrain, Inc., an independent imprint whose upcoming titles include contributions from Michael Moorcock, Jess Nevins, Rick Klaw, Alan Moore, Paul Di Filippo, Jeff VanderMeer, and China Miéville.