Enter a world of weird sportsmanship in this unique sci-fi anthology of stories by such great visionaries as: Arthur C. Clarke, Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Swanwick, Howard Waldrop, Jonathan Lethem, Alastair Reynolds, Ian McDonald, Robert ReedContentsix o Preface (Future Sports) o essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois1 o The Wind from the Sun o (1964) o novelette by Arthur C. Clarke26 o Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars o (1999) o shortstory by Kim Stanley Robinson40 o Man-Mountain Gentian o (1983) o shortstory by Howard Waldrop62 o Winning o (1990) o novelette by Ian McDonald91 o The Dead o (1996) o shortstory by Michael Swanwick107 o Game of the Century o (1999) o novelette by Robert Reed148 o Streak o (1992) o shortstory by Andrew Weiner168 o The Holy Stomper vs. the Alien Barrel of Death o (1997) o shortstory by R. Neube189 o Stroboscopic o (1998) o shortstory by Alastair Reynolds215 o Vanilla Dunk o (1992) o novelette by Jonathan Lethem