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{{Short description|2008 anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan}}
{{Confused|The Starry Rift (Tiptree book)}}
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| name              = The Starry Rift
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| image             = The Starry Rift.jpg
| image_caption     = First edition
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| cover_artist      = [[Stephan Martiniere]]
| country           = United States
| language          = English
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| genre             = [[Science fiction]]
| publisher         = [[Viking Press]]
| release_date      = April 17, 2008
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| media_type        = Print (hardcover)
| pages             = 560
| isbn              = 978-0-670-06059-7
| congress          = PZ5 .S7965 2008
| oclc              = 170202353
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| editor            = [[Jonathan Strahan]]
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'''''The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows''''' is a [[science fiction]] anthology of short stories edited by [[Jonathan Strahan]], published in April 2008 by [[Viking Press]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Strahan |first=Jonathan |title=The Starry Rift |date=2008-04-17 |publisher=Viking Juvenile |isbn=978-0-670-06059-7 |edition=First |location=New York |language=English}}</ref>
== Contents ==
The stories in the book are listed below.
*[[Stephen Baxter (author)|Stephen Baxter]]: "Repair Kit"
*[[Cory Doctorow]]: "Anda's Game"
*[[Greg Egan]]: "[[Lost Continent (short story)|Lost Continent]]"
*[[Jeffrey Ford]]: "The Dismantled Invention of Fate"
*[[Neil Gaiman]]: "Orange"
*[[Kathleen Ann Goonan]]: "Sundiver Day"
*[[Gwyneth Jones (novelist)|Gwyneth Jones]]: "Cheats"
*[[Margo Lanagan]]: "An Honest Day's Work"
*[[Kelly Link]]: "The Surfer"
*[[Paul McAuley]]: "Incomers"
*[[Ian McDonald (author)|Ian McDonald]]: "The Dust Assassin"
*[[Garth Nix]]: "Infestation"
*[[Alastair Reynolds]]: "The Star Surgeon's Apprentice"
*[[Tricia Sullivan]]: "Post-Ironic Stress Syndrome"
*[[Scott Westerfeld]]: "Ass-Hat Magic Spider"
*[[Walter Jon Williams]]: "Pinocchio"
== Inspiration ==
Strahan asked each of the authors to write a science fiction story aimed at young people, reminiscent of the type of 1950s science fiction stories that are considered to be classic SF juveniles, but that would resonate better with young people of today. {{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
Strahan gave the example of [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[The Door into Summer]]'' as the type of 1950s SF juvenile he was thinking of, although that novel is not normally classified as one of [[Heinlein juveniles|Heinlein's juveniles]], though it was written during the same period.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
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