John Kessel

90 books

Another Orphan by John Kessel

Another Orphan

John Kessel

fiction science fiction short stories challenging funny hopeful fast-paced

50 pages | first published 2003

Best New SF 3 by Bruce McAllister, Lucius Shepard, Nancy Kress, Connie Willis, James Lawson, Lewis Shiner, George Alec Effinger, Steven Gould, Bruce Sterling, Judith Moffett, Eileen Gunn, Michael Swanwick, Kathe Koja, Kim Newman, Harry Turtledove, Stephen Kraus, Howard Waldrop, Mike Resnick, D. Alexander Smith, Pat Cadigan, Robert Silverberg, Gardner Dozois, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kim Stanley Robinson, Walter Jon Williams

Best New SF 3

Bruce McAllister, Lucius Shepard, Nancy Kress, Connie Willis, James Lawson, Lewis Shiner, George Alec Effinger, Steven Gould, Bruce Sterling, Judith Moffett, Eileen Gunn, Michael Swanwick, Kathe Koja, Kim Newman, Harry Turtledove, Stephen Kraus, Howard Waldrop, Mike Resnick, D. Alexander Smith, Pat Cadigan, Robert Silverberg, Gardner Dozois, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kim Stanley Robinson, Walter Jon Williams

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous challenging slow-paced

590 pages | first published 1989

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 124 by Lettie Prell, Benjamin C. Kinney, Neil Clarke, Lorenzo Crescentini, Aliette de Bodard, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Kelly Robson, John Kessel, Gary Kloster, Chris Urie, Rich Larson, Emanuela Valentini

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 124

Clarkesworld Magazine #124

Lettie Prell, Benjamin C. Kinney, Neil Clarke, Lorenzo Crescentini, Aliette de Bodard, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Kelly Robson, John Kessel, Gary Kloster, Chris Urie, Rich Larson, Emanuela Valentini

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous challenging fast-paced

150 pages | first published 2017

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 87 (Clarkesworld Magazine, #87) by E. Lily Yu, Neil Clarke, Lee Beavington, Jeremy L.C. Jones, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Daniel Abraham

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 87 (Clarkesworld Magazine, #87)

E. Lily Yu, Neil Clarke, Lee Beavington, Jeremy L.C. Jones, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Daniel Abraham

nonfiction fantasy short stories challenging slow-paced

102 pages | first published 2013

Corrupting Dr. Nice by John Kessel

Corrupting Dr. Nice

John Kessel

fiction science fiction adventurous funny fast-paced

320 pages | first published 1997

Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology by Frederik Pohl, Greg Egan, Benjamin Rosenbaum, David D. Levine, Elizabeth Bear, Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, Bruce Sterling, Eileen Gunn, Olaf Stapledon, Justina Robson, Robert Reed, Isaac Asimov, J.D. Bernal, Hannu Rajaniemi, Ray Kurzweil, Vernor Vinge, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Rudy Rucker

Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology

Frederik Pohl, Greg Egan, Benjamin Rosenbaum, David D. Levine, Elizabeth Bear, Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, Bruce Sterling, Eileen Gunn, Olaf Stapledon, Justina Robson, Robert Reed, Isaac Asimov, J.D. Bernal, Hannu Rajaniemi, Ray Kurzweil, Vernor Vinge, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Rudy Rucker

fiction science fiction short stories challenging informative slow-paced

431 pages | first published 2012

Enemy Mine / Another Orphan by Barry B. Longyear, John Kessel

Enemy Mine / Another Orphan

Barry B. Longyear, John Kessel

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced

192 pages | first published 1989

Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology by James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel

Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology

James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel

fiction science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced

320 pages | first published 2006

Future On Ice by Octavia E. Butler, C.J. Cherryh, Greg Bear, Nancy Kress, Karen Joy Fowler, Lewis Shiner, Andrew Weiner, Gregory Benford, John Varley, David Zindell, Isaac Asimov, George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, John Crowley, Lisa Goldstein, John Kessel, S.C. Sykes, Walter Jon Williams

Future On Ice

Octavia E. Butler, C.J. Cherryh, Greg Bear, Nancy Kress, Karen Joy Fowler, Lewis Shiner, Andrew Weiner, Gregory Benford, John Varley, David Zindell, Isaac Asimov, George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, John Crowley, Lisa Goldstein, John Kessel, S.C. Sykes, Walter Jon Williams

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous slow-paced

432 pages | first published 1998

Geek Theater: 15 Plays by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers by Chie-Hoon Lee, Cecil Castellucci, James K. Morrow, Erin Underwood, August Schulenberg, Andrea Hairston, Liz Duffy Adams, Jeanne Beckwith, F. Brett Cox, Crystal Skillman, Carlos Hernandez, James Patrick Kelly, Jen Gunnels, John Kessel, Mac Rogers, Adam Szymkowicz

Geek Theater: 15 Plays by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers

Chie-Hoon Lee, Cecil Castellucci, James K. Morrow, Erin Underwood, August Schulenberg, Andrea Hairston, Liz Duffy Adams, Jeanne Beckwith, F. Brett Cox, Crystal Skillman, Carlos Hernandez, James Patrick Kelly, Jen Gunnels, John Kessel, Mac Rogers, Adam Szymkowicz

fiction fantasy play science fiction adventurous challenging medium-paced

470 pages | first published 2014