Table of Contents

• Introduction, George Mann
• In His Sights, Jeffrey Thomas
• Bioship, Neal Asher
• C-Rock City, Jay Lake & Greg van Eekhout
• The Bowdler Strain, James Lovegrove
• Personal Jesus, Paul Di Filippo
• If at First…, Peter F. Hamilton
• A Distillation of Grace, Adam Roberts
• Last Contact, Stephen Baxter
• Cages, Ian Watson
• Jellyfish, Mike Resnick & David Gerrold
• Zora and the Land Ethic Nomads, Mary A. Turzillo
• Four Ladies of the Apocalypse, Brian Aldiss
• The Accord, Keith Brooke
• The Wedding Party, Simon Ings
• Third Person, Tony Ballantyne
• The Farewell Party, Eric Brown

About the Author

George Mann is the editor of The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and the author of two SF/Fantasy novels. He lives and works in Nottinghamshire, England.

Reviews

"A collection of which anyone would be proud to have written just one tale." - Michael Marshall Smith on Jeffrey Thomas "Such realistic brilliance, you can see a whole civilization in it." - The Times on Stephen Baxter "Good, old-fashioned, seat-of-the-pants storytelling." - The Third Alternative on Neal Asher"