First published 2012 by Solaris
an imprint of Rebellion Publishing Ltd,
Riverside House, Osney Mead,
Oxford, OX2 0ES, UK
ISBN (epub): 978-1-84997-460-8
ISBN (mobi): 978-1-84997-461-5
Cover by Adam Tredowski
Introduction and story notes and arrangement copyright © 2012 Jonathan Strahan.
“The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi” copyright © 2012 Pat Cadigan.
“The Deeps of the Sky” copyright © 2012 Elizabeth Bear.
“Drive” copyright © 2012 Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.
“The Road to NPS” copyright © 2012 Sandra McDonald and Stephen D. Covey.
“Swift as a Dream and Fleeting as a Sigh” copyright © 2012 John Barnes.
“Macy Minnot’s Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler’s Green, the Potter’s Garden” copyright © 2012 Paul McAuley.
“Safety Tests” copyright © 2012 Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
“Bricks, Sticks, Straw” copyright © 2012 Gwyneth Jones.
“Tyche and the Ants” copyright © 2012 Hannu Rajaniemi.
“Obelisk” copyright © 2012 Stephen Baxter.
“Vainglory” copyright © 2012 Alastair Reynolds.
“Water Rights” copyright © 2012 An Owomoyela.
“The Peak of Eternal Light” copyright © 2012 Bruce Sterling.
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.