Though Eighth Tower Publishing's William Gibson/cyberpunk anthology is still in the works (set for a possible February release), yet another, science-fiction volume has entered the queue: a tribute to Stanislaw Lem's novel, Solaris, and director Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972, movie adaptation of it.
My contribution is entitled "Safe Space." Though it's Solaris-derived, it's as much a homage to Ray Bradbury's Space Age fables, particularly The Illustrated Man's "The Rocket."
For the record, "Safe Space" is an alternate-reality sojourn, a category into which Solaris and "The Rocket" fall, even if they curl from different ends.
"Safe Space" also presses a political angle, just because I've never gotten over my Cold War apprehension. Anything Soviet-based, therefore, tends to make me defensive.
As with other Eighth Tower releases, I'm grateful to be involved in this ambitious project and will be certain to share updates on its progression.
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