Audie Award Finalist, Original Work, 2013 In Rip-Off! , 13 of today's best and most honored writers of speculative fiction face a challenge even they would be hard-pressed to conceive: Pick your favorite opening line from a classic piece of fiction (or even non-fiction)--then use it as the first sentence of an entirely original short story. In the world of Rip-Off! , "Call me Ishmael" introduces a tough-as-nails private eye--who carries a harpoon; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz inspires the tale of an aging female ...
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Audie Award Finalist, Original Work, 2013 In Rip-Off! , 13 of today's best and most honored writers of speculative fiction face a challenge even they would be hard-pressed to conceive: Pick your favorite opening line from a classic piece of fiction (or even non-fiction)--then use it as the first sentence of an entirely original short story. In the world of Rip-Off! , "Call me Ishmael" introduces a tough-as-nails private eye--who carries a harpoon; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz inspires the tale of an aging female astronaut who's being treated by a doctor named Dorothy Gale; and Huckleberry Finn leads to a wild ride with a foul-mouthed riverboat captain who plies the waters of Hell. Once you listen to Rip-Off! you'll agree: If Shakespeare or Dickens were alive today, they'd be ripping off the authors in this great collection. The stories included in Rip-Off! are: - "Fireborn" by Robert Charles Wilson - "The Evening Line" by Mike Resnick - "No Decent Patrimony" by Elizabeth Bear - "The Big Whale" by Allen M. Steele - "Begone" by Daryl Gregory - "The Red Menace" by Lavie Tidhar - "Muse of Fire" by John Scalzi - "Writer's Block" by Nancy Kress - "Highland Reel" by Jack Campbell - "Karin Coxswain or Death as She Is Truly Lived" by Paul Di Filippo - "The Lady Astronaut of Mars" by Mary Robinette Kowal - "Every Fuzzy Beast of the Earth, Every Pink Fowl of the Air" by Tad Williams - "Declaration" by James Patrick Kelly As a bonus, the authors introduce their stories, explaining what they ripped-off--and why. Rip-Off! was produced in partnership with SFWA--Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. Gardner Dozois served as project editor.
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