A superb collection of short, science fiction tales by this genre s contemporary, and emerging, masters. Unabridged readings by Vanessa Hart and Tom Dheere . Alien communications are deciphered as Earth is destroyed in Last Contact by Stephen Baxter. A girl auto-asphyxiates to communicate with another world in Elizabeth Bear s The Something-Dreaming Game. A girl lives in the shadow of her super-hero grandmother in Carol Emshwiller s Grandma. A sheepherder discovers a space ship wreck in Lambing Season by Molly Gloss. The bright and the blind intersect in Joe Haldeman s Hugo award winning story, None So Blind. A boy hires an assassin to save his sister in Kin by Bruce McAllister. Genetic engineering reaches its ultimate climax in Paul J. McAuley s Gene Wars. Future wars require great sacrifices in Bright Red Star by Bud Sparhawk. A robot aids a boy s search for a better life in Far as You Can Go by Greg van Eekhout.
A superb collection of short, science fiction tales by this genre s contemporary, and emerging, masters. Unabridged readings by Vanessa Hart and Tom Dheere . Alien communications are deciphered as Earth is destroyed in Last Contact by Stephen Baxter. A girl auto-asphyxiates to communicate with another world in Elizabeth Bear s The Something-Dreaming Game. A girl lives in the shadow of her super-hero grandmother in Carol Emshwiller s Grandma. A sheepherder discovers a space ship wreck in Lambing Season by Molly Gloss. The bright and the blind intersect in Joe Haldeman s Hugo award winning story, None So Blind. A boy hires an assassin to save his sister in Kin by Bruce McAllister. Genetic engineering reaches its ultimate climax in Paul J. McAuley s Gene Wars. Future wars require great sacrifices in Bright Red Star by Bud Sparhawk. A robot aids a boy s search for a better life in Far as You Can Go by Greg van Eekhout.