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Science Fiction: The Best of the Year 2007

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards

Science Fiction: The Best of the Year 2007

Robert Charles Wilson

A science-fiction short story that treats consciousness and the perception of reality as a narrative thought experiment. As its philosophical title suggests, it uses the metaphor of a theater in the mind to question the relation between perception and the world.

consciousnessphilosophical science fictionperception and reality

Work Information

The theater inside consciousness quietly illuminates the question of what reality is.

First published as a short story, it is found in annual science-fiction anthology form. The ISBN used here belongs to a book that contains the work.

Review Summaries

  • Readers value the conceptual device and controlled narration. Rather than relying on spectacle, the story is appreciated for the question it leaves behind.

Book Information

Publisher
Cosmos
Published
2007-05-29
Pages
476 pages
Language
英語
Size
10.16 x 2.54 x 16.51 cm
ISBN-13
9780843959048
ISBN-10
0843959045
Price
2799 JPY
Category
洋書/Science Fiction & Fantasy/Science Fiction/Anthologies

Collects the best science fiction stories written in 2006 by some of the genre's greatest authors, including Joe Haldeman, Alastair Reynolds, and Michael Swanwick. Original.

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