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short stories edited by

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and Arthur W. Saha, the eighteenth volume in a

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of nineteen. It was first published in paperback by

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in June 1989, followed by a hardcover edition issued in September of the same year by the same publisher as a selection of the

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. For the hardcover edition the original cover art by

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was replaced by a new cover painting by Richard M. Powers. The book collects eleven novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction by

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taking the place of the usual such effort by Wollheim. The stories were previously published in 1988 in the magazines '' Interzone'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Omni'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', the collection ''

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'', and the anthology '' Other Edens II''.

*"Introduction" (

) *"The Giving Plague" (

David Brin Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American science fiction author. He has won the Hugo Award, Hugo,

) *"Peaches for Mad Molly" (

Steven Gould Steven Charles Gould (born February 7, 1955) is an American science fiction writer. He has written ten novels. His 1992 novel '' Jumper'' was adapted into a film released in 2008. Biography Steven Charles Gould was born in Fort Huachuca, Arizo ...

) *"Shaman" (

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) *"Schrödinger's Kitten" (

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) *"The Flies of Memory" ( Ian Watson) *"Skin Deep" (

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) *"A Madonna of the Machine" (

Tanith Lee Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 – 24 May 2015) was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Society Derleth Awards, the World Fantasy Lifetime ...

) *"Waiting for the Olympians" (

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) *"Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog" ( B. W. Clough) *"Adrift Among the Ghosts" ( Jack L. Chalker) *"

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" (

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)

Awards

The anthology placed tenth in the 1990 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology. "The Giving Plague" was nominated for the 1989

Hugo Award for Best Short Story The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The short story award is available for works of fiction of ...

and placed fourth in the 1989 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "Peaches for Mad Molly" was nominated for the 1988

Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) to a science fiction or fantasy novelette. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novelette if it is between 7,5 ...

, the 1989 Analog Award for Best Novella/Novelette, and the 1989

Hugo Award for Best Novelette The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novelette award is available for works of fiction of ...

, and placed fourteenth in the 1989 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "Schrödinger's Kitten" won the 1988

, the 1989 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novelette, the 1989 Hugo Award for Best Best Novelette, and the 1989

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the Theodore Sturgeon Literary Trust and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to the author of the best short science fiction story ...

, and placed fifth in the 1989 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "The Flies of Memory" placed eighteenth in the 1989 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella. "Waiting for the Olympians" was nominated for the 1989 Asimov's Readers' Poll Award for Best Novella and placed thirteenth in the 1989 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella. "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" was nominated for the 1989

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, the 1989 Asimov's Readers' Poll Award for Best Short Story, the 1989

, and the 1989 SF Chronicle Award for Best Short Story, and placed eleventh in the 1989 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.

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