ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
“Out of All Them Bright Stars,” by Nancy Kress, originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1985. Copyright © 1985 by Nancy Kress. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Hanging Stranger,” by Philip K. Dick, originally appeared in Science Fiction Adventures Magazine, December 1953.
“Walking John and Bird,” by Neal Asher, originally appeared in Runcible Tales (1999). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Nine Billion Names of God,” by Arthur C. Clarke, originally appeared in Star Science Fiction Stories, February 1953. Copyright © 1953 by Arthur C. Clarke. Reprinted by permission of the author’s literary agent, Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency. (Winner of the 2004 Retro Hugo Award, short story category, awarded for best science fiction story of 1953.)
“Hillary Orbits Venus,” by Pamela Sargent, originally appeared in Amazing Stories, Spring 1999. Copyright © 1999 by Pamela Sargent. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Maybe Just a Little One,” by Reginald Bretnor, originally appeared in Harper’s Magazine, August 1947. Copyright © 1947 by Reginald Bretnor, copyright renewed © 1975. Reprinted be permission of the copyright owner, Wildside Press LLC.
“Remembrance of Things to Come,” by Lawrence Watt-Evans, originally appeared in Analog, April 1999.
“The Astronaut from Wyoming,” by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion, originally appeared in Analog, July/August 1999. Copyright 1999 by by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion. Reprinted by permission of the authors.
“Pride,” by Mary A. Turzillo, originally appeared in Fast Forward 1. Copyright © 1997 by Mary A Turzillo. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Cat and Mouse,” by Ralph Williams, originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1959.
“The Record,” by Forrest J Ackerman and Ray Bradbury, originally appeared in Futuria Fantasia #1, Summer 1939.
“The New Reality,” by Reginald Bretnor, originally appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September 1984. Copyright © 1984 by Reginald Bretnor. Reprinted be permission of the copyright owner, Wildside Press LLC.
“What Hath Me?” by Henry Kuttner, originally appeared in Planet Stories, Spring 1946. No record of copyright renewal.
“Bridge of Silence, by George Zebrowski, is copyright © 1986 George Zebrowski. First published in Aboriginal Science Fiction, December 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Sun’s Up,” by A.A. Jackson IV and Howard Waldrop, originally appeared in Faster Than Light. Copyright © 1976 by A.A. Jackson IV and Howard Waldrop. Reprinted by permission of the authors.
Consignment, by Alan E. Nourse, originally appeared in Science Fiction Adventures, December 1953.
“The Syndic,” by C.M. Kornbluth, originally appeared in Science Fiction Adventures, December 1953 and March 1954 issues.
“The Jewels of Aptor,” by Samuel R. Delany, originally appeared in 1962.
“The Mississippi Saucer,” by Frank Belknap Long, originally appeared in Weird Tales, March 1951.
“Membership Drive,” by Murray F. Yaco, originally appeared in Amazing Stories, July 1960.
“Cancer World,” by Harry Warner, Jr. originally appeared in Imagination, May 1954.