''Constellations'' (2005) is a science fiction anthology of all-new short stories edited by British writer and journalist

Peter Crowther Peter Crowther (born 4 July 1949) is a British journalist, short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher and anthologist. He is a founder (with Simon Conway) of PS Publishing. He edits a series of themed anthologies of science fiction shor ...

, the fourth in his themed science fiction anthology series for DAW Books. The stories are all intended to be inspired by the theme of constellations. The book was published in 2005. The title page carries a subtitle, "The Best of New British SF". The book includes a three-page introduction by Crowther entitled, "Britain Swings!", fifteen short stories, and a six-page set of author biographies at the end. The stories are as follows: * Eric Brown: "A Heritage of Stars" * Paul McAuley: "Rats of the System" * Brian W. Aldiss: "Ten Billion Of Them" * Tony Ballantyne: "Star!" * Stephen Baxter: "Lakes of Light" * Roger Levy: "No Cure For Love" * Ian Watson: "The Navigator's Children" *

Keith Brooke Keith Brooke is a science fiction author, editor, web publisher and anthologist from Essex, England. He is the founder and editor of the infinity plus webzine. He also writes children's fiction under the name Nick Gifford. Biography and publishing ...

: "A Different Sky" * Gwyneth Jones: "The Fulcrum" *

James Lovegrove James M. H. Lovegrove (born 1965) is a British writer of speculative fiction. Early life Lovegrove was educated at Radley College, Oxfordshire, and was one of the subjects of a 1979 BBC television series, ''Public School''. A follow-up progr ...

: "The Meteor Party" * Ian McDonald: "Written In the Stars" * Adam Roberts: "The Order of Things" *

Justina Robson Justina Robson (born 11 June 1968 in Leeds, England) is a science fiction author from Leeds, England. Biography and publishing history Justina Robson was born in Leeds on 11 June 1968, and studied philosophy and linguistics at the University o ...

: "The Little Bear" *

Colin Greenland Colin Greenland (born 17 May 1954 in Dover, Kent, England) is a British science fiction writer, whose first story won the second prize in a 1982 Faber & Faber competition. His best-known novel is ''Take Back Plenty'' (1990), winner of both majo ...

: "Kings" *

Alastair Reynolds Alastair Preston Reynolds (born 13 March 1966) is a Welsh science fiction author. He specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. He spent his early years in Cornwall, moved back to Wales before going to Newcastle University, where he s ...

: "Beyond the Aquila Rift"

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