Quantum Chronicles

This collection runs the sci-fi gamut, from space travel (“The Waves”, “When I Waked”) to time travel (“The Local Gods”, “Moonlight in Paris”) to robots (“Song of Aveyron”, “Peacekeeper”) to mind control (“Kenny Is the Boss of Me”) to post-apocalyptica (“The Magus”, “When She Woke at Dawn”). There are echoes of Asimov, Ellison, and Bradbury throughout – echoes of Robinson’s excursions to other worlds in seventh-grade study hall. Put another way, this is a collection for long-time readers of the genre.

Even so, the perturbations of the present ripple across their surface – the impact of the Internet, the toxicity of social media, and contemporary perspectives on the nature of human consciousness, among others. Horror and hope pervade, making Quantum Chronicles an ideal reflection, not only of a treasured past, but for the uncertain present.