historical fiction with the alternate history subgenre of science fiction. There is no mention of nanotech in the book, though it does deal with other technology both real and theoretical throughout the novel. In War Times is centered on secret technologies used during the war and extrapolates on what might have happened if some of those had surpassed atomic tech and created a lasting peace instead of a Cold War. Without ever using the specific term, Goonan clearly considers the concept of the multiverse first postulated by American philosopher and psychologist William James in 1895 and now a serious theory within physics. This novel was chosen by the American Library Association as Best Science Fiction Novel for their 2008 reading list. It also was the winner of the 2008 John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Goonan's novelette "Creatures with Wings" appeared in the 2010 anthology Engineering Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan. Her novelette "Wilder Still, the Stars" was published in Strahan's 2014 anthology Reach for Infinity. Goonan's newest novel, This Shared Dream, published in 2011, continues the story from In War Times. The three Dance children are now adults and coping with being seemingly abandoned by their parents. All three are disturbed by memories of a reality that existed in place of their world. Jill, the eldest daughter, even remembers the disappearance of their mother while preventing the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Key characters from In War Times make appearances in This Shared Dream while trying to thwart the machinations of an unseen enemy bent on using the Hadntz Device to alter history for their ends. This Shared Dream received a glowing review by Michael Dirda of The Washington Post. Novels Nanotech Quartet Queen City Jazz Mississippi Blues Crescent City Rhapsody Light Music Other novels The Bones of Time In War Times This Shared Dream Essays Science Fiction and All That Jazz The Biological Century and the Future of Science Fiction Consciousness and Literature: A writer's view See also Nanopunk Posthuman Notes External links Kathleen Ann Goonan's web site Links to her stories available online Locus Interview, 2001 A World Altered by Nanotechnology, on Amazon Interview with Kathleen A. Goonan, on Transhumanity Interview for the Frankenstein project Consciousness, Literature, & Science Fiction by Kathleen Ann Goonan (pdf) 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American science fiction writers American women short story writers American women novelists Montessori teachers Cyberpunk writers 1952