Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories

Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories is Tobias S. Buckell's seventh short fiction collection and is comprised of 15 stories, several of which are original to the collection or were previously only available through his Patreon.

Reviews

"Funny, serious, charge, and innovative, the short stories of Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories take prophetic glimpses into future possibilities."
—Foreword Magazine

Description

This collection ranges from galactic adventures to intimate explorations of humanity—sometimes in the same story—rich with a sense of wonder and deft storytelling.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Io, Robot
A Jar of Goodwill
Pale Blue Memories
Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance
The Might Slinger
Sunset
Chi's Cargo
Destination Day Blues
The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex
Five Point Three Milligrams
By the Warmth of Their Calculus
DW
The Very Last Curator of What Little Remains of the Western World
A Girl and Her Rover
The Longest Distance

About the Author

Tobias S. Buckell is a New York Times Bestselling author and World Fantasy Award winner born in the Caribbean. He grew up in Grenada and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands, which influence much of his work.

His novels and almost one hundred stories have been translated into twenty different languages. His work has been nominated for awards like the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and the Astounding Award for Best New Science Fiction Author.

He currently lives in Bluffton, Ohio with his wife and two daughters, where he teaches Creative Writing at Bluffton University. He’s online at http://www.TobiasBuckell.com and is also an instructor at the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing program.