The Furthest Horizon

An anthology of 37 of the world's best short science fiction stories, put together by an editor who has won the Hugo Award eleven times for similar efforts.

Contents

1 • Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons • (2000) • anthology by Gardner Dozois

5 • Preface (Explorers) • (2000) • essay by Gardner Dozois

9 • The Sentinel • [2001] • (1951) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke

16 • Moonwalk • (1952) • novelette by H. B. Fyfe

46 • Grandpa • (1955) • novelette by James H. Schmitz

63 • The Red Hills of Summer • (1959) • novelette by Edgar Pangborn

91 • The Longest Voyage • (1960) • novelette by Poul Anderson

114 • Hot Planet • (1963) • shortstory by Hal Clement

131 • Drunkboat • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith

154 • Becalmed in Hell • [Known Space] • (1965) • shortstory by Larry Niven

164 • Nine Hundred Grandmothers • (1966) • shortstory by R. A. Lafferty

173 • The Keys to December • (1966) • novelette by Roger Zelazny

192 • Vaster Than Empires and More Slow • (1971) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin

214 • A Meeting With Medusa • (1971) • novelette by Arthur C. Clarke

244 • The Man Who Walked Home • (1972) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.

256 • Long Shot • (1972) • shortstory by Vernor Vinge

266 • In the Hall of the Martian Kings • (1976) • novella by John Varley

297 • Ginungagap • (1980) • novelette by Michael Swanwick

322 • Exploring Fossil Canyon • (1982) • novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson

341 • Promises to Keep • (1984) • novelette by Jack McDevitt

355 • Lieserl • (1993) • shortstory by Stephen Baxter

369 • Crossing Chao Meng Fu • (1997) • novelette by G. David Nordley

395 • Wang's Carpets • (1995) • novelette by Greg Egan

420 • A Dance to Strange Musics • (1998) • novelette by Gregory Benford

438 • Approaching Perimelasma • (1998) • novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis

457 • The Furthest Horizon • (2000) • anthology by Gardner Dozois (aka The Furthest Horizon: SF Adventures to the Far Future)

463 • Preface (The Furthest Horizon) • (2000) • essay by Gardner Dozois

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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