This collection of 21 innovative and mind-blowing stories includes contributions from Sci-Fi pioneers such as Stephen Baxter, Robert Reed, J. G. Ballard, Arthur C. Clarke, Alastair Reynolds, and Geoffrey Landis.Contents:Out of the sun Arthur C. Clarke - The Pevatron rats Stephen Baxter - The edge of the map Ian Creasey - Cascade Point Timothy Zahn - A dance to strange musics Gregory Benford - Palindromic Peter Crowther - Castle in the sky Robert Reed - The hole in the hole Terry Bisson - Hotrider Keith Brooke - Mother grasshopper Michael Swanwick - Waves and smart magma Paul Di Filippo - The black hole passes John Varley - The peacock king Ted White, Larry McCombs - Bridge James Blish - Anhedonia Adam Roberts - Tiger burning Alastair Reynolds - The width of the world Ian Watson - Our lady of the sauropods Robert Silverberg - Into the Miranda Rift G. David Nordley - The rest is speculation Eric Brown - Vacuum states Geoffrey A. Landis