FIFTEEN-TIME WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR YEAR'S BEST ANTHOLOGY
The twenty-nine stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Eleanor Arnason, Chrisopher Barzak, Elizabeth Bear, Michael Bishop, Pat Cadigan, Indrapreamit Das, Aliette de Bodard, Andy Duncan, William Gleason, Jay Lake, Megan Lindholm, Richard A. Lovett, Brit Madelo, Paul McAuley, Sean McMullen, David Moles, Sarah Monette, Linda Nagata, Steven Popkes, hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Adam Roberts, Vandana Singh, Lavie Tidhar, Carrie Vaughn, and Robert Charles Wilson.
Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation fo the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart.
Cover illustration Michael Whelan
Author photograph by M.C. Valada
