''The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination'' is a
short story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...
anthology edited by
John Joseph Adams
John Joseph Adams (born July 31, 1976) is an American science fiction and fantasy editor, critic, and publisher.
Career Editor
Adams worked as Assistant Editor at ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' from May 2001 to December 2009. In ...
and published by
Tor Books
Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles.
History
Tor was founded by Tom Doherty, ...
on February 19, 2013.
Contents
The collection contains the following stories:
# Foreword by
Chris Claremont
Christopher S. Claremont (; born November 25, 1950) is an English-born American comic book writer and novelist. Claremont is best known for his 16-year stint on ''Uncanny X-Men'' from 1975 to 1991, far longer than that of any other writer,Clarem ...
# "Professor Incognito Apologizes: An Itemized List" by
Austin Grossman
Austin Seth Grossman (born June 26, 1969) is an American author and video game designer. He has contributed to ''The New York Times'' and has written for a number of video games, most notably '' Deus Ex'' and '' Dishonored''.
Life
Grossman was ...
# "Father of the Groom" by
Harry Turtledove
Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction. He is a student of history and completed his ...
# "Laughter at the Academy" by
Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire (pronounced SHAWN-in; born January 5, 1978) is an American author and filker. McGuire is known for her urban fantasy novels. She uses the pseudonym Mira Grant to write science fiction/ horror and the pseudonym A. Deborah Baker to w ...
# "Letter to the Editor" by
David D. Levine
# "Instead of a Loving Heart" by Jeremiah Tolbert
# "The Executor" by
Daniel H. Wilson
# "The Angel of Death Has a Business Plan" by Heather Lindsley
# "Homo Perfectus" by
David Farland
John David Wolverton (May 28, 1957 – January 14, 2022), better known by his pen names Dave Wolverton and David Farland, was an American author, editor, and instructor of online writing workshops and groups. He wrote in several genres but was ...
# "Ancient Equations" by
L. A. Banks
# "Rural Singularity" by
Alan Dean Foster
Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction. He has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels, and many novelizations of film scripts.
Career ''Star Wars''
Foster was the ghost ...
# "Captain Justice Saves the Day" by
Genevieve Valentine
Genevieve Valentine (born 1981) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her first novel, ''Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti'', won the Crawford Award for a first fantasy novel, and was shortlisted for the Nebula.
Her short ...
# "The Mad Scientist’s Daughter" by
Theodora Goss
Theodora Goss (born September 30, 1968) is a Hungarian-American fiction writer and poet. Her writing has been nominated for major awards, including the Nebula, Locus, Mythopoeic, World Fantasy, and Seiun Awards. Her short fiction and poetry ...
# ''
The Space Between
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'' by
Diana Gabaldon
Diana J. Gabaldon (; born January 11, 1952) is an American author and television writer. She is best known for the book series ''Outlander''. Her books merge multiple genres, featuring elements of historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventu ...
# "Harry and Marlowe Meet the Founder of the Aetherian Revolution" by
Carrie Vaughn
Carrie Vaughn (born January 28, 1973) is an American writer, the author of the urban fantasy '' Kitty Norville'' series. She has published more than 60 short stories in science fiction and fantasy magazines as well as short story anthologies and ...
# "Blood & Stardust" by
Laird Barron
Laird Samuel Barron (born March 5, 1970) is an American author and poet, much of whose work falls within the horror, noir, or horror noir and dark fantasy genres. He has also been the managing editor of the online literary magazine ''Melic Re ...
# "A More Perfect Union" by
L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
# "Rocks Fall" by
Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik (born 1973) is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for the Temeraire (series), ''Temeraire'' series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her The Scholomance Trilogy, ''S ...
# "We Interrupt This Broadcast" by
Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal (; born February 8, 1969) is an American author, translator, art director, and puppeteer. She has worked on puppetry for shows including The Jim Henson Company, Jim Henson Productions and the children's show ''LazyTown''. As a ...
# "The Last Dignity of Man" by
Marjorie M. Liu
# "The Pittsburgh Technology" by
Jeffrey Ford
Jeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955) is an American writer in the Fantastique, fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including fantasy, science fiction and mystery. His work is characterized by a sweeping imaginati ...
# "Mofongo Knows" by Grady Hendrix
# "The Food Taster’s Boy" by Ben H. Winters
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