Synopses & Reviews
In these stories from the pages of "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine", acclaimed science-fiction writers such as Urusla K. Le Guin, Bruce Sterling, and Mike Resnick present their own provocative visions of what an ideal world is really like...
Ursula K. Le Guin explores the marriage customs on a distant planet and reveals the price you must pay when you give up on all you are supposed to believe in...
Bruce Sterling chronicles a young bicycle repairman's struggle to remain independent in a dangerous and uncertain future...
In a prequel to his acclaimed Kirinyaga series, Mike Resnick introduces a man who is fleeing his ravaged country for a more prefect and peaceful place...
Also includes stories by science fiction masters Kage Baker, Stephen Dedman, Ian R. MacLeod, David Marusek, Tom Purdom, and Brian Stableford.