Far Horizons:: All New Tales From The Greatest Worlds Of Science Fiction

The universe of the mind is a limitless expanse of wonders, filled with worlds and secrets that cannot be fully explored within the pages of a single novel. Here, science fiction's most beloved and highly honored writers revisit their best-known worlds in perhaps the greatest concentration of science fiction ever in one volume.CONTENTSIntroduction Robert Silverberg 1THE EKUMEN: Old Music and the Slave Women Ursula K. Le Guin 5THE FOREVER WAR: A Separate War Joe Haldeman 63THE ENDER SERIES: Investment Counselor Orson Scott Card 107THE UPLIFT UNIVERSE: Temptation David Brin 142ROMA ETERNA: Getting to Know the Dragon Robert Silverberg 210THE HYPERION CANTOS: Orphans of the Helix Dan Simmons 250THE SLEEPLESS: Sleeping Dogs Nancy Kress 312TALES OF THE HEECHEE: The Boy Who Would Live Forever Frederik Pohl 354THE GALACTIC CENTER SERIES: A Hunger for the Infinite Gregory Benford 411THE SHIP WHO SANG: The Ship Who Returned Anne McCaffrey 455THE WAY: The Way of All Ghosts Greg Bear 502 An Anthology Of Science Fiction, Updating Famous Stories. Included Are Updates Of Robert Silverberg's Alternate Roman Empire, Anne Mccaffrey's The Sentient Ship, Helva, And Nancy Kress' Conflict Between Genetically Engineered People. The Ekumen: Old Music And The Slave Women / Ursula K. Le Guin -- The Forever War: A Separate War / Joe Haldeman -- The Ender Series: Investment Counselor / Orson Scott Card -- The Uplift Universe: Temptation / David Brin -- Roma Eterna: Getting To Know The Dragon / Robert Silverberg -- The Hyperion Cantos: Orphans Of The Helix / Dan Simmons -- The Sleepless: Sleeping Dogs / Nancy Kress -- Tales Of The Heechee: The Boy Who Would Live Forever / Frederik Pohl -- The Galactic Center Series: A Hunger For The Infinite / Gregory Benford -- The Ship Who Sang: The Ship That Returned / Anne Mccaffrey -- The Way: The Way Of All Ghosts / Greg Bear. Edited By Robert Silverberg. In an anthology of original science fiction stories, outstanding writers of the genre revisit the extraordinary worlds that they created in previous works, in tales by David Brin, Orson Scott Card, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Anne McCaffrey Title from ebook title screen (viewed on Jan. 24, 2006).