{"product_id":"the-universe-box","title":"The Universe Box","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Michael Swanwick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Tachyon Publications, 2026-02-03\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscover the vast worlds and pocket universes of Michael Swanwick\u003c\/i\u003e (Stations of the Tide)\u003ci\u003e, the only author to win science fiction's most prestigious award five times in six years. In his dazzling new collection, the master of speculative short stories returns with tales in which magic and science improbably coexist with myth and legend. With two stories original to this collection, Swanwick aptly demonstrates with poignant humor why he is widely respected as a master of imaginative storytelling.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Swanwick's wildly imaginative and beautifully written short stories have been, for several years, one of the primary joys of the field.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In engaging stories, Mischling the thief races through time to defeat three trolls before the sun rises for the first time and turns the inhabitants of her city into stone. A scientist is on the run from assassins, because her research in merging human intelligence with sentient AI is too dangerous. An aging veteran obtains a military weapon from his past: a VR robotic leopard in which he rediscovers the consequences of the hunt. In the biggest heist in the history of the universe, a loser Trickster (and the girlfriend who is better than he deserves) sets out to violate every trope and expectation of fiction possible.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Starlight Express\u003cbr\u003e The Last Days of Old Night\u003cbr\u003e The Year of the Three Monarchs\u003cbr\u003e Ghost Ships\u003cbr\u003e The White Leopard\u003cbr\u003e Dragon Slayer\u003cbr\u003e The Warm Equations\u003cbr\u003e Requiem for a White Rabbit\u003cbr\u003e Dreadnaught\u003cbr\u003e Grandmother Dimetrodon\u003cbr\u003e The Star-Bear\u003cbr\u003e Nirvana or Bust\u003cbr\u003e The Beast of Tara\u003cbr\u003e Reservoir Ice\u003cbr\u003e Artificial People\u003cbr\u003e Huginn and Muninn and What Came After\u003cbr\u003e Cloud\u003cbr\u003e The New Prometheus\u003cbr\u003e Timothy: An Oral History\u003cbr\u003e Annie Without Crow\u003cbr\u003e Universe Box\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137655455913,"sku":"PHBK-9781616964504","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/19407273482763.jpg?v=1780333043","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/the-universe-box","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}