Flux Tales of Human Futures

Orson Scott Card, Gabrielle de Cuir, Paul Boehmer, Arte Johnson, Stefan Rudnicki, others, Don Leslie, Scott Brick, Kirk Miller, Judy Young

eAudio - 2009

This second volume of Orson Scott Card's five-book anthology of short stories features seven tales exploring possible future scenarios for the human race.A Thousand Deaths In Soviet-occupied America, Jerry Crove is found guilty and convicted of knowing about the planned assassination of a Russian high official and not reporting it to the authorities. Instead of a forced confession and apology on television, he gives a speech on American freedom. His sentence is to be repeatedly put to death and brought back to life until he apologizes convincingly.Clap Hands and Sing An old man travels back in time to fall in love with a women he let get away.Dogwalker A man hacks into a government database using a system administrator's password.... But getting the code right turns out to be very wrong.But We Try Not to Act like It A man complains to the television office that he cannot turn off his TV and that... more