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Far Horizons (1999) (edit title/settings)

All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction

by Robert Silverberg (Editor) (edit contributors)

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The universe of the mind is a limitless expanse of wonders, filled with worlds and secrets that cannot be fully explored within the pages of a single novel. Avid readers of science fiction have long appreciated the myriad joys of returning to fictional galaxies already experienced; delighting... read more

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Introduction (Robert Silverberg)

The Ekumen:
"Old Music and the Slave Women" (Ursula K. Le Guin)

The Forever War:
"A Separate War" (Joe Haldeman)

The Ender Series:
"Investment Counselor" (Orson Scott Card)

The Uplift Universe:
"Temptation" (David Brin)

Roma Eterna:
"Getting to Know the Dragon" (Robert Silverberg)

The Hyperion Cantos:
"Orphans of the Helix" (Dan Simmons)

The Sleepless:
"Sleeping Dogs" (Nancy Kress)

Tales of the Heechee:
"The Boy Who Would Live Forever" (Frederik Pohl)

The Galactic Center Series:
"A Hunger for the Infinite" (Gregory Benford)

The Ship Who Sang:
"The Ship Who Returned" (Anne McCaffrey)

The Way:
"The Way of All Ghosts" (Greg Bear)


•1 • Introduction (Far Horizons : All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction) • essay by Robert Silverberg
•5 • Old Music and the Slave Women • <Hainish> • novella by Ursula K. Le Guin
•53 • A Separate War • <Forever War> • novelette by Joe Haldeman
•89 • Investment Counselor • <Ender Wiggin> • novelette by Orson Scott Card
•119 • Temptation • <The Uplift Series> • novella by David Brin
•175 • Getting to Know the Dragon • <Roma Eterna> • novelette by Robert Silverberg
•207 • Orphans of the Helix • <Hyperion Cantos> • novelette by Dan Simmons
•259 • Sleeping Dogs • <Sleepless> • novelette by Nancy Kress
•295 • The Boy Who Would Live Forever • <Heechee> • novelette by Frederik Pohl
•343 • A Hunger for the Infinite • <Ocean/Galactic Center> • novelette by Gregory Benford
•379 • The Ship That Returned • <The Ship Who Sang> • novelette by Anne McCaffrey
•419 • The Way of All Ghosts • <Eon> • novelette by Greg Bear

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  1. Robert Silverberg (Editor)

Other Contributors:

  1. Ursula K. Le Guin (Contributor) - "Old Music and the Slave Women"
  2. Joe Haldeman (Contributor) - "A Separate War"
  3. Orson Scott Card (Contributor) - "Investment Counselor"
  4. David Brin (Contributor) - "Temptation"
  5. Robert Silverberg (Contributor) - "Getting to Know the Dragon"
  6. Dan Simmons (Contributor) - "Orphans of the Helix"
  7. Nancy Kress (Contributor) - "Sleeping Dogs"
  8. Frederik Pohl (Contributor) - "The Boy Who Would Live Forever"
  9. Gregory Benford (Contributor) - "A Hunger for the Infinite"
  10. Anne McCaffrey (Contributor) - "The Ship Who Returned"
  11. Greg Bear (Contributor) - "The Way of All Ghosts"

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