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Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons
| Author: | Gardner Dozois |
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St. Martin's Griffin, 2000 |
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Synopsis
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 more than twenty stories from the most inventive writers in the field, including:
Poul Anderson * Stephen Baxter * Greg Bear * 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
Table of Contents:
- Preface - essay by Gardner Dozois
- The Sentinel - (1951) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
- Moonwalk - (1952) - novelette by H. B. Fyfe
- Grandpa - (1955) - novelette by James H. Schmitz
- The Red Hills of Summer - (1959) - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
- The Longest Voyage - (1960) - novelette by Poul Anderson
- Hot Planet - (1963) - short story by Hal Clement
- Drunkboat - (1963) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
- Becalmed in Hell - (1965) - short story by Larry Niven
- Nine Hundred Grandmothers - (1966) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
- The Keys to December - (1966) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
- Vaster Than Empires and More Slow - (1971) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
- A Meeting With Medusa - (1971) - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Man Who Walked Home - (1972) - short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
- Long Shot - (1972) - short story by Vernor Vinge
- In the Hall of the Martian Kings - (1976) - novella by John Varley
- Ginungagap - (1980) - novelette by Michael Swanwick
- Exploring Fossil Canyon - (1982) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Promises to Keep - (1984) - novelette by Jack McDevitt
- Lieserl - (1993) - short story by Stephen Baxter
- Crossing Chao Meng Fu - (1997) - novelette by G. David Nordley
- Wang's Carpets - (1995) - novelette by Greg Egan
- A Dance to Strange Musics - (1998) - novelette by Gregory Benford
- Approaching Perimelasma - (1998) - novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis
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