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|image= Burning Optimism's Flames.jpg | |image = Burning Optimism's Flames.jpg | ||
|series=''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' anthologies | |series = ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' anthologies | ||
|number= 2 | |number = 2 | ||
|editor= [[Jay Eales]] | |editor = [[Jay Eales]] | ||
|cover=[[Paul McCaffrey]] | |cover = [[Paul McCaffrey]] | ||
|publisher= Obverse Books | |publisher = Obverse Books | ||
|release date= [[31 January (releases)|31 January]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] | |release date = [[31 January (releases)|31 January]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] | ||
|format= {{il|Hardcover book|E-book}} | |format = {{il|Hardcover book|E-book}} | ||
|isbn= {{il|1570329052|1570329079}} | |isbn = {{il|1570329052|1570329079}} | ||
|prev=A Romance in Twelve Parts (anthology) | |prev = A Romance in Twelve Parts (anthology) | ||
|next=Liberating Earth (anthology) | |next = Liberating Earth (anthology) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Burning with Optimism's Flames''''' was the second ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' anthology. | '''''Burning with Optimism's Flames''''' was the second ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' anthology. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
I can remember asking him, ‘What are the stars? Where do they come from?’ | I can remember asking him, ‘What are the stars? Where do they come from?’ | ||
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== Individual stories == | == Individual stories == | ||
{| {{prettytable}} | {| {{prettytable}} | ||
! Title || Author | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Raleigh Dreaming (short story)|Raleigh Dreaming]]'' | |''[[Raleigh Dreaming (short story)|Raleigh Dreaming]]'' | ||
|[[Elizabeth Evershed]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Office Politics (short story)|Office Politics]]'' | |''[[Office Politics (short story)|Office Politics]]'' | ||
|[[Alan Taylor]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[...and from the Tower She Did Fall (short story)|...and from the Tower She Did Fall]]'' | |''[[...and from the Tower She Did Fall (short story)|...and from the Tower She Did Fall]]'' | ||
|[[Cate Gardner]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[La Santa Muerte (short story)|La Santa Muerte]]'' | |''[[La Santa Muerte (short story)|La Santa Muerte]]'' | ||
|[[Daniel Ribot]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Dos Hombres - A Fable (short story)|Dos Hombres - A Fable]]'' | |''[[Dos Hombres - A Fable (short story)|Dos Hombres - A Fable]]'' | ||
|[[Kelly Hale]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[All the Fun of the Fear (short story)|All the Fun of the Fear]]'' | |''[[All the Fun of the Fear (short story)|All the Fun of the Fear]]'' | ||
|[[Stephen Marley]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Wing Finger (short story)|Wing Finger]]'' | |''[[Wing Finger (short story)|Wing Finger]]'' | ||
|[[Helen Angove]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[The Strings (short story)|The Strings]]'' | |''[[The Strings (short story)|The Strings]]'' | ||
|[[Jason Worrad]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Squatters Rights (short story)|Squatters Rights]]'' | |''[[Squatters Rights (short story)|Squatters Rights]]'' | ||
|[[Juliet Kemp]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[After the Velvet Eon (short story)|After the Velvet Eon]]'' | |''[[After the Velvet Eon (short story)|After the Velvet Eon]]'' | ||
|[[Simon Bucher-Jones]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Remake/Remodel (short story)|Remake/Remodel]]'' | |''[[Remake/Remodel (short story)|Remake/Remodel]]'' | ||
|[[Jonathan Dennis]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Dharmayuddha (short story)|Dharmayuddha]]'' | |''[[Dharmayuddha (short story)|Dharmayuddha]]'' | ||
|[[Aditya Bidikar]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[A Star's View of Caroline (short story)|A Star’s View of Caroline]]'' | |''[[A Star's View of Caroline (short story)|A Star’s View of Caroline]]'' | ||
|[[Sarah Hadley]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[De Umbris Idearum (short story)|De Umbris Idearum]]'' | |''[[De Umbris Idearum (short story)|De Umbris Idearum]]'' | ||
|[[Philip Purser-Hallard]] | |||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 23:49, 17 March 2018
Burning with Optimism's Flames was the second Faction Paradox anthology.
Publisher's summary
I can remember asking him, ‘What are the stars? Where do they come from?’
He would tell me that the stars are burning worlds, caught forever in their unending flames, raging, roaring against the night. They look out beyond their fragile spheres for places of calm and serenity to shine their brightness and bring life.
He would clasp me around the shoulder and say that we were like stars. We had to use the energy within us to defeat the cold spaces, to turn away the dark things that dared to destroy life. We had to find our own calmness and serenity even when it was denied us.
I don’t think I understood him then. I was too small, and my brother never spoke in the concrete terms that my brain could comprehend.
Looking back on it, though, I think that’s when P.J. began to burn.
- Intermediant Izzy Ring, The Heaven Facility
Individual stories
Notes
- Of the several writers in this anthology who were new to Obverse Books, Alan Taylor and Sarah Hadley had previously worked with editor Jay Eales on the charity anthologies Perfect Timing 2 and Walking in Eternity; Dan Ribot and Jim Worrad were members of Eales' local writing group, the Speculators; Eales was introduced to Cate Gardner through the British Fantasy Society; and Aditya Bidikar secured his place through an unsolicited submission,[1] having discovered the Faction Paradox series through Andrew Hickey's blog.[2]
- An ebook-only companion piece to this anthology called Wallowing in Pessimism's Mire was quietly published by Obverse Books in May 2015,[3] but it was retracted from their website in June due to the lack of response from fans.[4]
External links
- Burning with Optimism's Flames on the Obverse Books website
- Burning with Optimism's Flames at the Faction Paradox wiki
Footnotes
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