A superb collection of short, science fiction tales by this genre's contemporary, and emerging, masters. Unabridged readings by Vanessa Hart and Tom Dheere (228 minutes on 3 audio CDs). Alien
communications are deciphered as the Earth is destroyed in ��ast Contact��by Stephen Baxter. A young girl auto-asphyxiates to communicate with another world in Elizabeth Bear's ��he
Something-Dreaming Game.��A robot aids a boy's search for a better life in ��ar as You Can Go��by Greg van Eekhout. A girl lives in the shadow of her super-hero grandmother in Carol
Emshwiller's ��randma.��A sheepherder discovers a space ship wreck in ��ambing Season��by Molly Gloss. The bright and the blind intersect in Joe Haldeman's Hugo Award winning story, ��one So
Blind.��A boy hires an assassin to save his sister in ��in��by Bruce McAllister. Genetic engineering reaches its ultimate climax in Paul J. McAuley's ��ene Wars.��Future wars require great
sacrifices in ��right Red Star��by Bud Sparhawk.
