Cosmic Tales Adventures in Far Futures Author:T. K. F. Weisskopf (Editor) The early days of space travel -- the tragic deaths, the explorers who disappeared without a trace, the many heroisms- were now relegated to a few pages in history textbooks. The Solar System, from Mercury out to the cometary Oort cloud, was as thoroughly domesticated and familiar as anyone's back yard. But other frontiers still beckoned, as... more » distant as the farthest stars themselves, and humankind swarmed out across the galaxy at speeds many times that of light, but still only an amoeboid crawl in comparison to the vast breadth of the galaxy. And once again the statement by a largely-forgotten 20th century scientist was proven true: the universe is not only stranger than we imagine -- it is stranger than we can imagine. Stories of interstellar voyagers confronting the infinite by: Gregory Benford, Eric Flint & Dave Freer, James P. Hogan, Debra Doyle and James MacDonald... and more.
The tree of dreams / James P. Hogan --
Bring out the ugly / Mark L. Van Name --
On Suivi Point / Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald --
Genie out of the bottle / Dave Freer & Eric Flint --
Botany Bay / Paul Chafe --
The science in the story : "Botany Bay" / Paul Chafe --