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“Mazer in Prison” by Orson Scott Card. © 2005 Orson Scott Card. Originally published in Intergalactic Medicine Show, October 2005. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Carthago Delenda Est” by Genevieve Valentine. © 2009 Genevieve Valentine.

“Life‑Suspension” by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. © 2009 L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

“Terra‑Exulta” by S. L. Gilbow. © 2009 S. L. Gilbow.

“Aftermaths” by Lois McMaster Bujold. © 1986 Lois McMaster Bujold. Originally published in Far Frontiers, Volume V, Spring 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Someone is Stealing the Great Throne Rooms of the Galaxy” by Harry Turtledove. © 2006 Harry Turtledove. Originally published in Space Cadets. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Prisons” by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason. © 1992 Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason. Originally published in Amazing Stories. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

“Different Day” by K. Tempest Bradford. © 2009 K. Tempest Bradford.

“Twilight of the Gods” by John C. Wright. © 2009 John C. Wright.

“Warship” by George R. R. Martin and George Guthridge. © 1979 George R. R. Martin and George Guthridge. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

“Swanwatch” by Yoon Ha Lee. ©2009 Yoon Ha Lee.

“Spirey and the Queen” by Alastair Reynolds. © 1996 Alastair Reynolds. Originally published in Interzone. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Pardon Our Conquest” by Alan Dean Foster. © 2009 Thranx, Inc.

“Symbiont” by Robert Silverberg. © 1985 Agberg, Ltd. Originally published in Playboy. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Ship Who Returned” by Anne McCaffrey. © 1999 Anne McCaffrey. First appeared in Far Horizons. Reprinted by permission of the author and the Virginia Kidd Agency, Inc.

“My She” by Mary Rosenblum. © 2009 Mary Rosenblum.

“The Shoulders of Giants” by Robert J. Sawyer. © 2000 Robert J. Sawyer. Originally published in Star Colonies. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Culture Archivist” by Jeremiah Tolbert. © 2009 Jeremiah Tolbert.

“The Other Side of Jordan” by Allen Steele. © 2009 Allen M. Steele.

“Like They Always Been Free” by Georgina Li. © 2009 Georgina Li.

“Eskhara” by Trent Hergenrader. © 2009 Trent Hergenrader.

“The One with the Interstellar Group Consciousnesses” by James Alan Gardner. © 2009 James Alan Gardner.

“Golubash, or Wine‑Blood‑War‑Elegy” by Catherynne M. Valente. © 2009 Catherynne M. Valente.