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Edited by John Joseph Adams, editor of Wastelands and The Living Dead. From Star Trek to Star Wars, from Dune to Foundation, science fiction has a rich history of exploring the idea of vast intergalactic societies, and the challenges facing those living in or trying to manage such societies.... read more

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Table of Contents

Introduction, John Joseph Adams
1. Mazer in Prison, Orson Scott Card
2. Carthago Delenda Est, Genevieve Valentine
3. Life-Suspension, L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
4. Terra-Exulta, S. L. Gilbow
5. Aftermaths, Lois McMaster Bujold
6. Someone is Stealing the Great Throne Rooms of the Galaxy, Harry Turtledove
7. Prisons, Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason
8. Different Day, K. Tempest Bradford
9. Twilight of the Gods, John C. Wright
10. Warship, George R. R. Martin and George Guthridge
11. Swanwatch, Yoon Ha Lee
12. Spirey and the Queen, Alastair Reynolds
13. Pardon Our Conquest, Alan Dean Foster
14. Symbiont, Robert Silverberg
15. The Ship Who Returned, Anne McCaffrey
16. My She, Mary Rosenblum
17. The Shoulders of Giants, Robert J. Sawyer
18. The Culture Archivist, Jeremiah Tolbert
19. The Other Side of Jordan, Allen Steele
20. Like They Always Been Free, Georgina Li
21. Eskhara, Trent Hergenrader
22. The One with the Interstellar Group Consciousness, James Alan Gardner
23. Golubash, or Wine-Blood-War-Elegy, Catherynne M. Valente
Acknowledgments
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Authors & Contributors

  1. John Joseph Adams (Editor)

Other Contributors:

  1. Anne McCaffrey (Author)
  2. Robert Silverberg (Author)
  3. George R. R. Martin (Author)
  4. Lois McMaster Bujold (Author)
  5. Orson Scott Card (Author)
 

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