Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Far Futures

The early days of space travel are now history. The tragic deaths, the explorers who disappeared without a trace, the many heroisms are now relegated to the pages of textbooks. The Solar System, from Mercury out to the cometary Oort Cloud, is as thorougly domesticated and familar as Arizona or California.

But other frontiers still beckoned to us, as distant, varied and infinte as the stars themselves. Humankind is poised to swarm out across the galaxy at speeds many times that of light, but still meager when set against the vast breadth of the galaxy. And once again we will relearn the ancient truth: The universe is not only stranger than we imagine — it is stranger than we can imagine.

Stories of interstellar voyagers confronting the infinite by: Gregory Benford, Eric Flint & Dave Freer, James P. Hogan, Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald ... and more.

Praise for the first volume of Cosmic Tales:

"Weisskopf picked a find bunch for [Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Sol System] ... a wonderful collection, custom made for a night of casual reading."

Introduction

by T.K.F. Weisskopf

The Tree of Dreams

by James P. Hogan

Bring Out the Ugly

by Mark L. Van Name

On Suivi Point

by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald

Genie Out of the Bottle

by Dave Freer & Eric Flint

Botany Bay

by Paul Chafe

The Science in the Story: "Botany Bay"

by Paul Chafe

Beyond Pluto

by Gregory Benford