Imagine a world where interplanetary travel isnt just possibleits commonplace Human beings have terraformed Mars You can reach into another dimension through a wormhole The virtual world can be the only place where you exist because you dont have a body The possibilities are endless Escape from Earth inspired by Robert Heinleins juveniles featuring stories by Orson Scott Card Enders Game Elizabeth Moon the Vatta books and Joe Haldeman The Forever War among others will take you places beyond your imaginationvii Introduction Escaping from Earth essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois1 Escape from Earth juvenile novella by Allen Steele as by Allen M Steele69 Where the Golden Apples Grow Mars Kage Baker novella by Kage Baker135 Derelict juvenile novella by Geoffrey A Landis187 Space Boy juvenile novella by Orson Scott Card239 Incarnation Day juvenile novella by Walter Jon Williams285 Combat Shopping juvenile novella by Elizabeth Moon347 The Mars Girl juvenile novella by Joe Haldeman