The anthology includes 15 stories: • "Beyond the Gernsback Continuum ..." by Jonathan Strahan (Introduction) • "Malak" by
Peter Watts (short story) • "Watching the Music Dance" by
Kristine Kathryn Rusch (short story) • "
Laika's Ghost" (
Gennady Malianov series) by
Karl Schroeder (novelette) • "The Invasion of Venus" by
Stephen Baxter (short story) • "The Server and the Dragon" by
Hannu Rajaniemi (short story) • "
Bit Rot" (''
Saturn's Children'') by
Charles Stross (novelette) • "Creatures with Wings" by
Kathleen Ann Goonan (novelette) • "Walls of Flesh, Bars of Bone" by
Damien Broderick and Barbara Lamar (novelette) • "Mantis" by
Robert Reed (novelette) • "Judgement Eve" by
John C. Wright (novelette) • "A Soldier of the City" by
David Moles (novelette) • "Mercies" by
Gregory Benford (novelette) • "The Ki-anna" by
Gwyneth Jones (novelette) •
The Birds and the Bees and the Gasoline Trees by
John Barnes (novella) ==Critical reception==