The latest in this seminal anthology of science fiction short works (published by White Wolf). Each story is accompanied by excellent essays about the evolution of the SF genre written by James Gunn.

Contents:
• Preface by James Gunn
• Introduction by James Gunn
FRANCE
• Exploring Worlds Known and Unknown by James Gunn
• from Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
• Visualizing the Future by James Gunn
• The War of the Twentieth Century by Albert Robida
• Quest for the Right Stuff by James Gunn
• Another World J.-H. Rosny-Aîné
• The Short, Happy Life of a Surreal ’Pataphyscian by James Gunn
• The Dead Fish by Boris Vian
• An Alian Behind the Wine Bottle by James Gunn
• Heavier Than Sleep Philippe Curval
• The Temptations of the SF Polymath by James Gunn
• The Valley of Echoes by Gérard Klein
• The French Voice in North America by James Gunn
• The Knot by Élisabeth Vonarburg
GERMANY
• Creating a Genre by James Gunn
• The Sandman by E. T. A. Hoffmann
• The Father of German Science Fiction by James Gunn
• The Universal Library by Kurd Lasswitz
• The Influence of Literature by James Gunn
• The Hunter Gracchus Franz Kafka
• The Austrian Connection by James Gunn
• The Building by Herbert W. Franke
• The Power of the Press by James Gunn
• Loitering at Death’s Door by Wolfgang Jeschke
• The Meaning of Walls by James Gunn
• Ikaros by Erik Simon
SCANDINAVIA AND FINLAND
• Experiment in Denmark by James Gunn
• Mnemosyne’s Children by Svend Åge Madsen
• Fantastic Sweden by James Gunn
• Time Everlasting by Sam J. Lundwall
EASTERN EUROPE
• The Man Who Invented the "Robot" by James Gunn
• R.U.R. by Karel Capek
• The Polish Master by James Gunn
• The Hunt by Stanislaw Lem
• Medical Report by James Gunn
• The Divided Carla by Josef Nesvadba
• Political Writing by James Gunn
• That Invincible Human Spirit, or, The Golden Ships by Alexandr Kramer
• The Romanian Exception by James Gunn
• The Neuhof Treaty by Ovid S. Crohmalniceanu
RUSSIA
• The Brothers Strugatski by James Gunn
• The Strangers by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
• Adventure and Science Fiction by James Gunn
• Share It With Me by Kirill Bulychev
ITALY
• The Everyday and the Fantastic by James Gunn
• The Time Machine by Dino Buzzati
• Surprising Realms and Forbidden Kingdoms by James Gunn
• Cancerqueen by Tommaso Landolfi
• Fables for Our Time by James Gunn
• The Spiral (from Cosmicomics) by Italo Calvino
SPAIN AND LATIN AMERICA
• Here There Be Tygers by James Gunn
• The Alabaster Garden by Teresa Inglés
• The Magician of Magic Realism by James Gunn
• The Babylon Lottery by Jorge Luís Borges
• Miracles in Colombia by James Gunn
• Blacamán the Good, Vendor of Miracles by Gabriel García Márquez
• The Past, the Present, and the Future by James Gunn
• Chac-Mool by Carlos Fuentes
INDIA
• The Marathi Experience by James Gunn
• Einstein the Second by Laxman Londhe
CHINA
• The Chinese Pioneer by James Gunn
• The Mirror Image of the Earth by Zheng Wenguang
• The Professional Writer in China by James Gunn
• Corrosion by Ye Yonglie
JAPAN
• Author in the Dunes by James Gunn
• Beyond the Curve by Kobo Abe
• The Japanese Robert Heinlein by James Gunn
• Take Your Choice by Sakyo Komatsu
• From Western Trash to Japanese Origami by James Gunn
• The Legend of the Paper Spaceship by Tetsu Yano