Other Worlds Than These

—The Walls of the Universe (et seq.)

Mieville, China

—Un Lun Dun

Miles, Lawrence

—Dead Romance

Mirrlees, Hope

—Lud-in-the-Mist *

Moorcock, Michael

—Eternal Champion (series)

—The Cornelius Quartet (series)

—Warlord of the Air

Murakami, Haruki

—Hard Boiled Wonderland and the

End of the World *

Myers, John Myers

—Silverlock

Nichols, Ruth

—A Walk Out of the World

Norman, Jon

—Gor (series)

Norton, Andre

—Star Gate

Parkin, Lance

—Warlords of Utopia (et seq.)

Piper, H. Beam

—Paratime (series)

Pohl, Frederik

—The Coming of the Quantum Cats

Pullman, Philip

—His Dark Materials (series)

Reynolds, Alastair

—Absolution Gap

Robinett, Stephen

—Stargate

Rucker, Rudy

—Jim and the Flims

Ruff, Matt

—The Mirage

Russ, Joanna

—The Female Man *

Sawyer, Robert J.

—Hominids (et seq.)

Shan, Darren

—Lord Loss (et seq.)

Sherman, Josepha

—The Shattered Oath (et seq.)

Smith, L. Neil

—The Probability Broach (et seq.)

Stephenson, Neal

—Anathem *

Stirling, S. M.

—Conquistador

Stross, Charles

—The Merchant Princes (series)

Turtledove, Harry

—Crosstime Traffic (series)

—After the Downfall

Valente, Catherynne M.

—Palimpsest *

Webb, Catherine

—Mirror Dreams (et seq.)

Wells, H. G.

—Men Like Gods

—The Time Machine

Zelazny, Roger

—The Chronicles of Amber (series)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many thanks to the following:

Jeremy Lassen and Jason Williams at Night Shade Books, for letting me edit all these anthologies and for doing such a kick-ass job publishing them. Also, to Ross Lockhart and the rest of the team at Night Shade for all they do behind-the-scenes.

Marty Halpern, for his copyediting prowess.

Cody Tilson: Thank you for another fantastic cover.

My agent, Joe Monti, for finding a good home for this project, and for the incredible amount of support he’s provided since taking me on as a client—he’s gone above and beyond the call of duty. To any writers reading this: you’d be lucky to have Joe in your corner.

Robyn Lupo, Patrick Stephens, and Kevin McNeil for providing feedback on the stories during the editorial process. And also to David Carani and again to Robyn for some other anthologizing assistance.

Gordon Van Gelder, my friend and mentor. Without him, this anthology would definitely not exist.

Thanks to Seanan McGuire, for the catch.

My amazing wife, Christie, and my mom, Marianne, for all their love and support, and their endless enthusiasm for all my new projects.

My dear friends Robert Bland, Desirina Boskovich, Christopher M. Cevasco, Douglas E. Cohen, Jordan Hamessley, Andrea Kail, David Barr Kirtley, and Matt London.

The readers and reviewers who loved my other anthologies, making it possible for me to do more.

And last, but certainly not least: a big thanks to all of the authors who appear in this anthology.

Acknowledgment is made for permission to print the following material:

“Ana’s Tag” by William Alexander. © 2008 by William Alexander. Originally published in Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Moon Six” by Stephen Baxter. © 1997 by Stephen Baxter. Originally published in Science Fiction Age. Reprinted by permission by the author.

“Twenty-Two Centimeters” by Gregory Benford. © 2004 by Gregory Benford. Originally published in Oceans of the Mind. Reprinted by permission by the author.

“Nothing Personal” by Pat Cadigan. © 2007 by Pat Cadigan. Originally published in Alien Crimes. Reprinted by permission of the author.