A million years from now... It's a span of time so staggeringly huge that it's hard for the human mind to grasp. Even within science fiction, to conjure up a convincing portrait of what humanity might be like in such a remote future calls for a breadth of vision and literary skill rare among writers.
Contents
ix • Introduction: Exploring the Far Future (One Million A.D.) • essay by Gardner Dozois
3 • Good Mountain • novella by Robert Reed
67 • A Piece of the Great World • novella by Robert Silverberg
143 • Mirror Image • novella by Nancy Kress
203 • Thousandth Night • novella by Alastair Reynolds
283 • Missile Gap • novella by Charles Stross
349 • Riding the Crocodile • novella by Greg Egan
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A million years from now... It's a span of time so staggeringly huge that it's hard for the human mind to grasp. Even within science fiction, to conjure up a convincing portrait of what humanity might be like in such a remote future calls for a breadth of vision and literary skill rare among writers. Contents ix • Introduction: Exploring the Far Future (One Million A.D.) • essay by Gardner Dozois 3 • Good Mountain • novella by Robert Reed 67 • A Piece of the Great World • novella by Robert Silverberg 143 • Mirror Image • novella by Nancy Kress 203 • Thousandth Night • novella by Alastair Reynolds 283 • Missile Gap • novella by Charles Stross 349 • Riding the Crocodile • novella by Greg Egan