From the furthest arid stars to the secret ways under the oceans, from intelligent termites to super-intelligent aliens, and from ruined empires to the rings of Saturn, these fictions range through time and space--and map our future.

Contents:

• The Road to the Sea
• Hate
• Publicity Campaign
• The Other Tiger
• The Deep Range
• "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..."
• The Cruel Sky
• The Parasite
• The Next Tenants
• Saturn Rising
• The Man Who Ploughed the Sea
• Wall of Darkness
• Death and the Senator
• Maelstrom II
• Second Dawn
• On Golden Seas