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Title Page
Acknowledgments
New Light on the Drake Equation - IAN R. MACLEOD
More Adventures on Other Planets - MICHAEL CASSUTT
On K2 with Kanakaredes - DAN SIMMONS
THE SOUTH COL OF EVEREST, 26,200 FEET
HILLARY ROOM, TOP OF THE WORLD, 29,035 FEET
K2 BASE CAMP, 16,500 FEET
CAMP ONE, NORTH-EAST RIDGE, ABOUT 18,300 FEET
CAMP TWO, BETWEEN A CORNICE AND AN AVALANCHE SLOPE, ABOUT 20,000 FEET
CAMP THREE—UNDER A SERAC ON THE CREST OF THE RIDGE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE KNIFE-EDGE TRAVERSE, 23,200 FEET
KNIFE-EDGE RIDGE BEYOND CAMP THREE—ABOUT 23,700 FEET
CAMP SIX—NARROW BENCH ON SNOW DOME BELOW SUMMIT PYRAMID, 26,200 FEET
SUMMIT PYRAMID SNOWFIELD ABOVE THE COLOIR, SOMEWHERE AROUND 27,800 FEET
SUMMIT OF K2, 28,250 FEET
GODWIN-AUSTIN GLACIER, ABOUT 17,300 FEET
WASHINGTON, D.C.
When This World Is All on Fire - WILLIAM SLANDERS
Computer Virus - NANCY KRESS
Have Not Have
Lobsters
The Dog said BOW-WOW
The Chief Designer
I. KOLYMA LABOR CAMP, SOMETIME DURING WORLD WAR II
II. BAIKONUR COSMODROME, SEPTEMBER 1957
III. BAIKONUR COSMODROME, 4 OCTOBER 1957
IV. STEPPES NORTH OF BAIKONUR, FEBRUARY 1961
V. BAIKONUR COSMODROME, 12 APRIL 1961
VI. SUNRISE ONE, 12 OCTOBER 1964
VII. SUNRISE TWO, 18 MARCH 1965
VIII. BAIKONUR COSMODROME, 12 JANUARY 1966
IX. MOSCOW, 14 JANUARY 1966
X. BAIKONUR COSMODROME, FEBRUARY 1966
XI. BAIKONUR COSMODROME, 24 APRIL 1967
XII. BAIKONUR COSMODROME, 22 AUGUST 1997