The Paul Di Filippo Megapack
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Contents
COPYRIGHT INFO
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
The MEGAPACK™ Ebook Series
AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL DI FILIPPO
LIFE IN THE CARBYNE AGE
GALAXY OF MIRRORS
SPECTER-BOMBING THE BEER GOGGLES
LIFE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
LITTLE WORKER
FRACTAL PAISLEYS
THE MILL
THE GRANGE
PHYLOGENESIS
GRAVITONS
REDSKINS OF THE BADLANDS
FarmEarth
ANGELMAKERS
THE JONES CONTINUUM
ADVENTURES IN COGNITIVE HOMOGAMY: A LOVE STORY
KAREN COXSWAIN
A NIGHT IN THE THIRTEENTH AVENUE MISSION
I KANT CUZ I’M TOO JUNG
THE NEW CYBERIAD
YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS
FEMAVILLE 29
SHUTEYE FOR THE TIMEBROKER
COPYRIGHT INFO
The Paul Di Filippo MEGAPACK™ is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press, LLC. All rights reserved.
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The stories in this MINIPACK™ originally appeared as follows:
“Interview” is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press LLC. It first appeared in The Paul Di Filippo MINIPACK™, a free giveaway from Wildside Press for social media subscribers.
“Life In The Carbyne Age” originally appeared on OMNIreboot.com. Copyright © 2014 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Galaxy Of Mirrors” originally appeared in Is Anybody Out There. Copyright © 2010 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Specter-Bombing The Beer Goggles” originally appeared in TRSF: The Best New Science Fiction. Copyright © 2011 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Life In The Anthropocene” originally appeared in The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF. Copyright © 2010 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Little Worker” originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1989. Copyright © 1989 by Mercury Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Fractal Paisleys” originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1992. Copyright © 1992 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Mill” originally appeared in Amazing Stories, October 1991. Copyright © 1989 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Grange” originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1991. Copyright © 2011 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Phylogenesis” originally appeared in Synergy: New Science Fiction, Number 3. Copyright © 1989 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Gravitons” originally appeared in Hardware #2. Copyright © 1990 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Redskins of the Badlands” originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2013. Copyright © 2013 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“FarmEarth” originally appeared in Welcome to the Greenhouse. Copyright © 2011 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Angelmakers” originally appeared in Interzone #141, March 1999. Copyright © 1999 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Jones Continuum” originally appeared in Science Fiction Eye, March 1988. Copyright © 1988 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Adventures In Cognitive Homogamy: A Love Story” originally appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October-November 2013. Copyright © 2013 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Karen Coxswain” originally appeared in Rip-Off! Copyright © 2012 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“A Night In The Thirteenth Avenue Mission” originally appeared in After Hours #17, Winter 1993. Copyright © 1993 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“I Kant Cuz I’m Too Jung” originally appeared in New Pathways into Science Fiction and Fantasy, September 1989. Copyright © 1989 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The New Cyberiad” originally appeared in We Think, Therefore We Are. Copyright © 2009 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Yes We Have No Bananas” originally appeared in Eclipse Three: New Science Fiction and Fantasy. Copyright © 2009 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Femaville 29” originally appeared in Salon Fantastique: Fifteen Original Tales of Fantasy. Copyright © 2006 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Shuteye For The Timebroker ” originally appeared in Futureshocks. Copyright © 2006 by Paul Di Filippo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
If you haven’t (yet) heard of Paul Di Filippo—well, you’ve been missing a lot. His tales are wild (some might say “gonzo”) and push a lot of boundaries. You never know what to expect, except it’s going to be one great ride.
Paul was born in 1954 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He has been publishing fiction professionally since the 1970s, releasing a steady stream of great short fiction and novels. (Wildside Press has released several, including A Mouthful of Tongues, an erotic SF novel; Cosmocopia, an ingenious tale of a drug that can restore creative powers...at a price; and the fantasy Harp, Pipe, and Symphony—plus the collection The Great Jones Coop Ten Gigasoul Party (And Other Lost Celebrations).
Paul has personally chosen these stories as a sampler. If you like them—well, for 99 cents you can have these 3 plus a whole lot more in The Paul Di Filippo MEGAPACK™.
I’ll let you get on with it. (Suggestion: start with the interview.)
Enjoy!
—John Betancourt
Publisher, Wildside Press LLC
www.wildsidepress.com
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