Act One

by Nancy Kress

Overview

"One of the best of the year...a compelling novella about a once-famous actress and her devoted manager who get much more publicity of an unfortunate sort when they inadvertently become embroiled with an act of biological terrorism with potentially world-changing results."--Gardner Dozois, Locus

Originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012107497
Publisher:	Phoenix Pick
Publication date:	02/07/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	104
File size:	118 KB

About the Author

Nancy Kress (1948) is an American science fiction author. She is known for writing hard science fiction often involving genetic engineering. Kress first gained attention after winning the Hugo and Nebula awards for the 1991 novella Beggars in Spain which was later expanded into a full length novel. She would go on to win Nebula Awards for Best Novella for Fountain of Age, After the Fall, and Yesterday’s Kin.