Distant planets, galaxies, alien races -- the universe is vast and filled with an almost unimaginable range of possibilities. But imagine it we can. Here are twenty-three stories from the most inventive writers in the field, including: Poul Anderson · Stephen Baxter · Gregory Benford · Arthur C. Clarke · Hal Clement · Greg Egan · H.B. Fyfe · R. A. Lafferty · Geoffrey A. Landis · Ursula K. Le Guin · Jack McDevitt · Larry Niven · G. David Nordley · Edgar Pangborn · Kim Stanley Robinson · James H.Schmitz · Cordwainer Smith · Michael Swanwick · James Tiptree, Jr. · John Varley · Vernor Vinge · Roger Zelazny
These are the stories of discovering those possibilities -- the stories of the explorers and pioneers who push the envelope further out -- exciting tales of alien landscapes and adventures on far-distant shores that are the heart and soul of science fiction.
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Cover design by Jerry Todd
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