PUBLICATION HISTORY

“Alien Archeology” by Neal Asher. Copyright © 2007 by Neal Asher. First Published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, May 2007.

“The Lost Princess Man” by John Barnes. Copyright © 2009 by John Barnes. First Published in The New Space Opera 2 edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan. “The Muse of Empires Lost” by Paul Berger. Copyright © 2006 by Paul

Berger. First Published in Twenty Epics edited by Susan Marie Groppi and David Moles.

“A Cold Heart” by Tobias S. Buckell. Copyright © 2014 by Tobias S. Buckell. First Published in Upgraded edited by Neil Clarke.

“All the Painted Stars” by Gwendolyn Clare. Copyright © 2012 by Gwendolyn Clare. First Published in Clarkesworld Magazine, #64 January 2012.

“The Waiting Stars” by Aliette de Bodard. Copyright © 2013 by Aliette de Bodard. First Published in The Other Half of the Sky edited by Athena Andreadis and Kay Holt.

“Riding the Crocodile” by Greg Egan. Copyright © 2005 by Greg Egan. First Published in One Million A.D. edited by Gardner Dozois.

“Section Seven” by John G. Hemry. Copyright © 2003 by John G. Hemry. First Published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2003.

“Night’s Slow Poison” by Ann Leckie. Copyright © 2012 by Ann Leckie. First Published in Electric Velocipede, Issue #24, Summer 2012.

“Ghostweight” by Yoon Ha Lee. Copyright © 2011 by Yoon Ha Lee. First Published in Clarkesworld Magazine, #52 January 2011.

“Winning Peace” by Paul J. McAuley. Copyright © 2007 by Paul J. McAuley. First Published in The New Space Opera edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan.

“Verthandi’s Ring” by Ian McDonald. Copyright © 2007 by Ian McDonald. First Published in The New Space Opera edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan.

“Looking Through Lace” by Ruth Nestvold. Copyright © 2003 by Ruth Nestvold. First Published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 2003.

“Seven Years from Home” by Naomi Novik. Copyright © 2010 by Naomi Novik. First Published in Warriors edited by Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin.

“The Man with the Golden Balloon” by Robert Reed. Copyright © 2008 by Robert Reed. First Published in Galactic Empires edited by Gardner Dozois, Updated for publication in The Greatship, by Robert Reed (2013).

“The Impossibles” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Copyright © 2011 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. First Published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2011.

“Firstborn” by Brandon Sanderson. Copyright © 2008 Dragonsteel Entertainment, L.L.C. First Published in Tor.com, Dec 17, 2008.

“Invisible Empire of Ascending Light” by Ken Scholes. Copyright © 2008 by Ken Scholes. First Published in Eclipse edited by Jonathan Strahan.

“The Colonel Returns to the Stars” by Robert Silverberg. Copyright © 2004 by Robert Silverberg. First Published in Between Worlds edited by Robert Silverberg.

“The Wayfarer’s Advice” by Melinda M. Snodgrass. Copyright © 2010 by Melinda M. Snodgrass. First Published in Songs of Love and Death, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.

“A Letter from the Emperor” by Steve Rasnic Tem. Copyright © 2010 by Steve Rasnic Tem. First Published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, January 2010.

“Utriusque Cosmi” by Robert Charles Wilson. Copyright © 2009 by Robert Charles Wilson. First Published in The New Space Opera 2 edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan.