When the Great Days Come

Millions of tiny robots dismantle Atlantic City. A Luddite encounters time travelers near the moment of Singularity. A young boy may have just destroyed the entire Eastern Seaboard. By turns haunting and humorous, Gardner Dozois's acclaimed short fiction is finally collected in a definitive edition of his work. Including Nebula Award winners such as "Morning Child" and nominees "Disciples" and "A Dream at Noonday," When the Great Days Come is a must for any science fiction reader. When the Great Days Come proves that Dozois is not just one of science fiction's best editors of short fiction, but one of its best writers as well.

Contents

15 • Introduction (When the Great Days Come) • (2011) • essay by Robert Silverberg

21 • Counterfactual • (2006) • novelette by Gardner Dozois

38 • The Hanging Curve • (2002) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois

48 • Recidivist • (2010) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois

63 • When the Great Days Came • (2005) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois

68 • The Peacemaker • (1983) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois

83 • Fairy Tale • (2003) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois

97 • Chains of the Sea • (1973) • novella by Gardner Dozois

148 • Solace • (1989) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois

157 • A Cat Horror Story • (1994) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois

164 • Disciples • (1981) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois

173 • Ancestral Voices • (1998) • novella by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick

226 • Dinner Party • (1984) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois

240 • A Dream at Noonday • (1970) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois

251 • A Special Kind of Morning • (1971) • novelette by Gardner Dozois

287 • Morning Child • (1984) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois

294 • A Kingdom by the Sea • (1972) • novelette by Gardner Dozois

315 • Community • (1996) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois

323 • A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows • (1999) • novelette by Gardner Dozois