Description:

The present anthology is intended to show reach and range as it is demonstrated nowadays in the shorter forms of fiction. There is very little that is formulaic here. Contents include "Undone" by James Patrick Kelly, "On K2 with Kanakaredes" by Dan Simmons, "Know How, Can Do" by Michael Blumlein, "From Here You Can See the Sunquists" by Richard Wadholm, "Keepers of the Earth" by Robin Bailey, "Anomalies" by Gregory Benford, "One of Her Paths" by Ian Watson, "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" by Michael Swanwick, "And No Such Things Grow Here" by Nancy Kress, "Suncloud" by Stephen Baxter, "Into Greenwood" by Jim Grimsley. **