Space Pioneers

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Final Frontiers: an anthology of stories from classic and contemporary masters that explores the wide-open frontier that may await humanity when we take to the stars.

DON'T YOU KNOW YOUR FUTURE IS IN SPACE?

Since the dawn of time, humankind has felt the urge to explore the four corners of our globe. To push at the boundaries of our world and discover what lies over the horizon. And since the dawn of science fiction, writers have wondered about the next frontier: the one that lies Out There.

Here then, a generous collection of stories that reach out into the unknown void, finding awe, wonder, other minds—even terror. But always going beyond the world we know to explore a universe strange beyond the outermost limits of human imagination. Stories of brave men and women who risk all to explore, colonize, and settle the vast reaches of space.

As e. e. cummings put it, “listen: there’s a hell of a good universe next door; let’s go.” Well said, but there’s a hell of a big, strange universe right here. And it’s waiting for us all!

Great tales of space exploration and pioneering by David Drake, Sarah A. Hoyt & Jeff Greason, Theodore Sturgeon, Edmond Hamilton, and more.

Table of Contents
WILL THE SPACE OCEAN HAVE GEMS? by Hank Davis
THIRD STAGE by Poul Anderson
BECALMED IN HELL by Larry Niven
DELILAH AND THE SPACE-RIGGER by Robert A. Heinlein
EXPEDITION by Fredric Brown
NOT YET THE END by Fredric Brown
SUPERWEAPON by David Drake
IN FROM THE COMMONS by Tony Daniel
HOME FRONT by Sarah A. Hoyt & Jeff Greason
INCIDENT ON CALYPSO by Murray Leinster
ALL THE TRAPS OF EARTH by Clifford D. Simak
THE CAVE OF NIGHT by James E. Gunn
HE FELL INTO A DARK HOLE by Jerry E. Pournelle
WHAT’S IT LIKE OUT THERE? by Edmond Hamilton
THE MAN WHO LOST THE SEA by Theodore Sturgeon
THE PARLIAMENT OF OWLS by Christopher Ruocchio
QUIETUS by Ross Rocklynne
MEN AGAINST THE STARS by Manly Wade Wellman
OVER THE TOP by Lester del Rey
KYRIE by Poul Anderson
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