Space Pioneers

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Final Frontiers: an anthology of stories from classicand comtemporary masters that explores the wide-open frontier that may await humanity when we take to the stars.

DON'T YOU KNOW YOUR FUTURE IS IN SPACE

Since the dawn of time, humankind has felt the urge to explore the four corners of our globe. To push at the boundaries of our world and discover what lies over the horizon. And since the dawn of science fiction, writers have wondered about the next frontier: the one that lies Out There.

Here then, a generous collection of stories that reach out into the unknown void, finding awe, wonder, other mindseven terror. But always going beyond the world we know to explore a universe strange beyond the outermost limits of human imagination. Stories of brave men and women who risk all to explore, colonize, and settle the vast reaches of space.

As e. e. cummings put it, listen: theres a hell of a good universe next door; lets go. Well said, but theres a hell of a big, strange universe right here. And its waiting for us all!

Great tales of space exploration and pioneering by David Drake, Sarah A. Hoyt, Theodore Sturgeon, Edmond Hamilton, and more.

Praise for previous anthologies edited by Hank Davis

In Space No One Can Hear You Scream:

. . . the 13 tales in this collection blend sf with horror to demonstrate the resiliency of both genres. . . offers strong tales by the genres best storytellers. Library Journal

. . . first-rate science fiction, demonstrating how short stories can still entertain. Galveston County Daily News

A Cosmic Christmas 2 You:

This creative and sprightly Christmas science fiction anthology spins in some surprising directions. . . A satisfying read for cold winter evenings . . . a great stocking stuffer for SF fans. Publishers Weekly

As Time Goes By:

As Time Goes By . . . does an excellent job of exploring not only romance through time travelrelationships enabled or imperiled by voyaging through timebut the intrinsic romance of time travel itself. . . The range of styles and approaches is as wide as the authors' sensibilities and periods might suggest . . . full of entertaining and poignant stories . . . Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, IntergalacticMedicineShow.com

Author Bio

Hank Davisis Senior Editor at Baen Books. He served in the Army in Vietnam and has hadstories inAnalog Science Fiction,The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and anthologiesIfandOrbit.

Christopher Ruocchiois the author ofThe Sun Eater, a space opera fantasy series, as well as a formerassistant editor at Baen Books, where he has edited several anthologies. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University, where he studied English Rhetoric and the Classics. Christopher has been writing since he was eight and sold his first novel,Empire of Silence,at twenty-two. To date, his books have been published in five languages.

Christopher lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife, Jenna.