The book itself, as well as each of the stories, has a short introduction by the editors. •
Vandana Singh: "Infinities" (Originally in
The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories, 2008) •
Robert Charles Wilson: "This Peaceable Land; or, The Unbearable Vision of Harriet Beecher Stowe" (Originally in
Other Rifts, 2009) •
Yoon Ha Lee: "The Unstrung Zither" (Originally in
F&SF, 2009) •
Bruce Sterling: "Black Swan" (Originally in
Interzone, 2009) •
Nancy Kress: "Exegesis" (Originally in ''
Asimov's'', 2009) •
Ian Creasey: "Erosion" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2009) •
Gwyneth Jones: "Collision" (Originally in
When It Changed, 2009) •
Gene Wolfe: "Donovan Sent Us" (Originally published online by
Other Earths, 2009) •
Marissa K. Lingen: "The Calculus Plague" (Originally in
Analog, 2009) •
Peter Watts: "The Island" (Originally in
The New Space Opera 2, 2009) •
Paul Cornell: "One of Our Bastards Is Missing" (Originally in
The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three, 2009) •
Sarah L. Edwards: "Lady of the White-Spired City" (Originally in
Interzone, 2009) •
Brian Stableford: "The Highway Code" (Originally in
We Think, Therefore We Are, 2009) •
Peter M. Ball: "On the Destruction of Copenhagen by the War-Machines of the Merfolk" (Originally in
Strange Horizons, 2009) •
Alastair Reynolds: "The Fixation" (Originally in
The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three, 2009) •
Brenda Cooper: "In Their Garden" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2009) •
Geoff Ryman: "Blocked" (Originally in
F&SF, 2009) •
Michael Cassutt: "The Last Apostle" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2009) •
Charles Oberndorf: "Another Life" (Originally in
F&SF, 2009) •
Mary Robinette Kowal: "The Consciousness Problem" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2009) •
Stephen Baxter: "Tempest 43" (Originally in
We Think, Therefore We Are, 2009) •
Genevieve Valentine: "Bespoke" (Originally in
Strange Horizons, 2009) •
Eric James Stone: "Attitude Adjustment" (Originally in
Analog, 2009) •
Chris Roberson: "Edison's Frankenstein" (Originally in ''Edison's Frankenstein'', 2009) ==External links==