"A feast of great new science fiction honoring grand master Frederik Pohl."--Dust cover
Contents:
A dream of Frederik Pohl / David Lunde Introduction / Elizabeth Anne Hull Shoresteading / David Brin Von Neumann's bug appreciation / Phyllis and Alex Eisenstein Sleeping dogs / Joe Haldeman Gates (variations) / Larry Niven Appreciation / Gardner Dozois Tales from the spaceship Geoffrey / James Gunn Shadows of the lost / Gregory Benford and Elisabeth Malartre Appreciation / Connie Willis A preliminary assessment of the Drake Equation, being an excerpt from the memoirs of Star Captain Y.-T. Lee / Vernor Vinge Warm sea / Greg Bear Appreciation / Robert J. Sawyer The errand boy / Frank M. Robinson King rat / Gene Wolfe Appreciation / Robert Silverberg The Stainless Steel Rat and the Pernicious Porcuswine / Harry Harrison Virtually, a cat / Jody Lynn Nye Appreciation / David Marusek The first-born / Brian W. Aldiss Scheherazade and the storytellers / Ben Bova Appreciation / Joan Slonczewski The flight of the Denartesestel Radichan / Sheri S. Tepper The [backspace] merchants / Neil Gaiman Appreciation / Emily Pohl-Weary On safari / Mike Resnick Chicken Little / Cory Doctorow Afterword / James Frenkel
