Far Futures

by Gregory Benford (Editor)

Other authors: Poul Anderson (Contributor), Greg Bear (Contributor), Joe Haldeman (Contributor), Donald Kingsbury (Contributor), Charles Sheffield (Contributor)

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Five novellas of hard science fiction by five modern masters of the form. From Nebula Award winner Gregory Benford comes this ambitious hard SF anthology that collects five original novellas. Each one takes the very long view: all are set at least ten thousand years in the future. The authors take a rigorously scientific view of such grand panoramas, confronting the largest issues of cosmology, astronomy, evolution, and biology.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Benford, Gregory	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Anderson, Poul	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bear, Greg	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Haldeman, Joe	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kingsbury, Donald	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sheffield, Charles	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Eggleton, Bob	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Graziolo, Michael	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Hartwell, David G.	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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For White Hill {novella} by Joe Haldeman

Genesis {novella} by Poul Anderson

Judgment Engine by Greg Bear

Historical Crisis [novella] by Donald Kingsbury

At the Eschaton {novella} by Charles Sheffield

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Far Futures

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Far Futures

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1995-12

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Little science fiction deals with truly grand perspectives in time. (Introduction)

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Five novellas of hard science fiction by five modern masters of the form. From Nebula Award winner Gregory Benford comes this ambitious hard SF anthology that collects five original novellas. Each one takes the very long view: all are set at least ten thousand years in the future. The authors take a rigorously scientific view of such grand panoramas, confronting the largest issues of cosmology, astronomy, evolution, and biology.

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