L. Ron Hubbard presents writers of the future. Volume XVI : the year's 13 best tales from the Writers of the future international writing program

Your ticket to genuinely exciting new universes! What would you do if . . . by traveling to Mars you could achieve immortality? Suppose . . . you have been hiding on a remote human colony on the rim of the solar system . . . and you were found? Imagine if you will . . . traveling in time and getting lost somewhere in the vast, open galaxy. From the far reaches of space and the limitless edges of the imagination come thirteen original stories, a wonderful mix of spellbinding tales by the best new writers of science fiction and fantasy - all winners of the internationally acclaimed L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. Here is a first-rate collection of works and illustrations providing great entertainment and a chance to escape - if only for a little while - to other distant and different worlds. "This has become a major tributary to the new blood in fantastic fiction." - Gregory Benford Selected by judges who rank among the most famous names in the field of Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Gregory Benford, Algis Budrys, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Andre Norton, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert Silverberg, Jack Williamson, and Dave Wolverton. Illustrations selected Edd Cartier, Leo and Diane Dillon, H.R. van Dongen, Bob Eggleton, Will Eisner, Vincent Di Fate, Frank Frazetta, Frank Kelly-Freas, Laura Brodian Kelly-Freas, Shun Kijima, Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn. For almost 15 years, this widely heralded, award-winning anthology series has been propelling readers into realms beyond time and space, parallel worlds and alternate realities and place at the infinite edges of the imagination. The impetus for these startling voyages has come from the best new writers of speculative fiction--the winners of the internationally acclaimed Writers of the Future Contest.