Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons

Distant planets, galaxies, alien races–the universe is vast and filled with an almost unimaginable range of possibilities. But imagine it we can. Here are more than twenty stories from the most inventive writers in the field, including:Poul Anderson * Stephen Baxter * Greg Bear * Gregory Benford * Arthur C. Clarke * Hal Clement * Greg Egan * H. B. Fyfe * R. A. Lafferty * Geoffrey A. Landis * Ursula K. Le Guin * Jack McDevitt * Larry Niven * G. David Nordley * Edgar Pangborn * Kim Stanley Robinson * James H. Schmitz * Cordwainer Smith * Michael Swanwick * James Tiptree, Jr. * John Varley * Vernor VingeThese are the stories of discovering those possibilities-the stories of the explorers and pioneers who push the envelope further out–exciting tales of alien landscapes and adventures on far distant shores that are the heart and soul of science fiction.

Contents
ix • Preface (Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons) • essay by Gardner Dozois
1 • The Sentinel • [2001] • (1951) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
9 • Moonwalk • (1952) • novelette by H. B. Fyfe
41 • Grandpa • (1955) • novelette by James H. Schmitz
60 • The Red Hills of Summer • (1959) • novelette by Edgar Pangborn
90 • The Longest Voyage • (1960) • novelette by Poul Anderson
115 • Hot Planet • (1963) • shortstory by Hal Clement
133 • Drunkboat • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
158 • Becalmed in Hell • [Known Space] • (1965) • shortstory by Larry Niven
169 • Nine Hundred Grandmothers • (1966) • shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
178 • The Keys to December • (1966) • novelette by Roger Zelazny
198 • Vaster Than Empires and More Slow • (1971) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
222 • A Meeting With Medusa • (1971) • novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
255 • The Man Who Walked Home • (1972) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
268 • Long Shot • (1972) • shortstory by Vernor Vinge
279 • In the Hall of the Martian Kings • (1976) • novella by John Varley
313 • Ginungagap • (1980) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
339 • Exploring Fossil Canyon • (1982) • novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
359 • Promises to Keep • (1984) • novelette by Jack McDevitt
374 • Lieserl • (1993) • shortstory by Stephen Baxter
389 • Crossing Chao Meng Fu • (1997) • novelette by G. David Nordley
416 • Wang’s Carpets • (1995) • novelette by Greg Egan
443 • A Dance to Strange Musics • (1998) • novelette by Gregory Benford
462 • Approaching Perimelasma • (1998) • novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis