Extrasolar

Edited by Nick Gevers.

Among the brilliant visionary scenarios in Extrasolar: military antagonists meet in the atmosphere of a gas giant; gifted children hijack a starship to search out a new home; a superjovian world yields mysterious and much-coveted gemstones; aliens find our solar system disconcertingly paradoxical; a feminist SF writer of the Seventies crafts liberating exoplanetary dreams; the habitats aboard a gargantuan spaceship cater to the needs of truly exotic aliens; and scientists eagerly seeking exoplanets confront a devastating truth. And then there are songs of home and far away and bitter exile; intelligence calling to intelligence across light years and species barriers; utterly immersive dives into perilous planetary atmospheres; brave responses to enigmatic messages from the stars; a machine embracing a Gothic destiny; and a truly different kind of space opera.

Contents:

• Holdfast – Alastair Reynolds
• Shadows of Eternity – Gregory Benford
• A Game of Three Generals – Aliette de Bodard
• The Bartered Planet – Paul Di Filippo
• Come Home – Terry Dowling
• The Residue of Fire – Robert Reed
• Thunderstone – Matthew Hughes
• Journey to the Anomaly – Ian Watson
• Canoe -- Nancy Kress
• The Planet Woman By M.V. Crawford – Lavie Tidhar
• Arcturean Nocturne – Jack McDevitt
• Life Signs – Paul McAuley
• The Fall of the House of Kepler – Ian R. MacLeod
• The Tale of the Alcubierre Horse – Kathleen Ann Goonan