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''Impossible Things'' is a collection of short stories by Connie Willis, first published in 1993, that includes tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror. Three of the stories are Nebula Award winners,〔(SFWA Nebula Awards )〕 and two of these also won Hugo Awards. Like her novel ''Bellwether'', the stories ''In the Late Cretaceous'' and ''At the Rialto'' explore aspects of scientific research. Like ''All Seated on the Ground'', the story ''Spice Pogrom'' involves first contact with an intelligent alien species. Like the two-part novel ''Blackout/All Clear'', the story ''Jack'' involves life during The Blitz. The stories ''Ado'' and ''Winter's Tale'' both refer to William Shakespeare, while ''Time Out'', like her time travel novels, explores the nature of time. ==Contents== * "The Last of the Winnebagos" (1988) (Hugo and Nebula Award winner) * "Even the Queen" (1992) (Hugo and Nebula Award winner) * "Schwarzschild Radius" (1987) * "Ado" (1988) * "Spice Pogrom" (1986) * "Winter's Tale" (1988) * "Chance" (1986) * "In the Late Cretaceous" (1991) * "Time Out" (1989) * "Jack" (1991) * "At the Rialto" (1989) (Nebula Award winner) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Impossible Things」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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