The Furthest Horizon

It is the essence of science fiction to chart the possibilities of the future, but it takes the hand of a master to capture the farthest reaches of time--futures almost unimaginably distant. The Furthest Horizon collects seventeen of the most inventive and audacious visions of the future by many acclaimed writers, including:

Brian Aldiss * Paul Anderson * Avram Davidson * Joe Haldeman * Alexander Jablokov * Paul J. McAuley * Ian McDonald * Michael Moorcock * Frederik Pohl * Robert Reed * Keith Roberts * Robert Silverberg * Cordwainer Smith * James Tiptree, Jr. * Jack Vance * Walter Jon Williams * Gene Wolfe

Contents

ix • Preface (The Furthest Horizon: SF Adventures to the Far Future) • essay by Gardner Dozois

1 • Guyal of Sfere • [Dying Earth] • (1950) • novella by Jack Vance

33 • Old Hundredth • (1960) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss

43 • Alpha Ralpha Boulevard • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith

66 • Day Million • (1966) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl

72 • Bumberboom • (1966) • novelette by Avram Davidson

100 • Coranda • (1967) • novelette by Keith Roberts

116 • Nightwings • [Nightwings] • (1968) • novella by Robert Silverberg

156 • Pale Roses • [Tales from the End of Time • 1] • (1974) • novelette by Michael Moorcock

185 • Anniversary Project • (1975) • shortstory by Joe Haldeman

195 • Slow Music • (1980) • novella by James Tiptree, Jr.

231 • The Map • [Solar Cycle] • (1984) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe

242 • Dinosaurs • (1987) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams

263 • The Death Artist • (1990) • novelette by Alexander Jablokov

288 • Sister Alice • [Sister Alice] • (1993) • novella by Robert Reed

331 • Recording Angel • (1995) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley

354 • Genesis • (1995) • novella by Poul Anderson

435 • The Days of Solomon Gursky • (1998) • novella by Ian McDonald