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A HISTORY OF TERRAFORMING • Robert Reed
THE SPONTANEOUS KNOTTING OF AN AGITATED STRING • Lavie Tidhar
THE EMPEROR OF MARS • Allen M. Steele
THE THINGS • Peter Watts
THE SULTAN OF THE CLOUDS • Geoffrey A. Landis
THE BOOKS • Kage Baker
RE-CROSSING THE STYX • Ian R. MacLeod
AND MINISTERS OF GRACE • Tad Williams
MAMMOTHS OF THE GREAT PLAINS • Eleanor Arnason
SLEEPING DOGS • Joe Haldeman
JACKIE’S BOY • Steven Popkes
FLYING IN THE FACE OF GOD • Nina Allan
CHICKEN LITTLE • Cory Doctorow
FLOWER, MERCY, NEEDLE, CHAIN • Yoon Ha Lee
RETURN TO TITAN • Stephen Baxter
UNDER THE MOONS OF VENUS • Damien Broderick
SEVEN YEARS FROM HOME • Naomi Novik
THE PEACOCK CLOAK • Chris Beckett
AMARYLLIS • Carrie Vaughn
SEVEN CITIES OF GOLD • David Moles
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN • Rachel Swirsky
ELEGY FOR A YOUNG ELK • Hannu Rajaniemi
LIBERTARIAN RUSSIA • Michael Swanwick
THE NIGHT TRAIN • Lavie Tidhar
MY FATHER’S SINGULARITY • Brenda Cooper
THE STARSHIP MECHANIC • Jay Lake and Ken Scholes
SLEEPOVER • Alastair Reynolds
THE TASTE OF NIGHT • Pat Cadigan
BLIND CAT DANCE • Alexander Jablokov
THE SHIPMAKER • Aliette de Bodard
IN-FALL • Ted Kosmatka
CHIMBWI • Jim Hawkins
DEAD MAN’S RUN • Robert Reed