Introduction / Ronald D. Ferguson. Cylinders / Mike Wood -- Letting go / David Walton -- Cathedral / Michael Barretta -- Space hero / Patrick Lundrigan -- That undiscovered country / Nancy Fulda -- Taking the high road / R.P.L. Johnson -- The lamplighter legacy / Patrick O'Sullivan -- Low arc / Sean Monaghan -- We fly / K.B. Rylander -- Dear Ammi / Aimee Ogden -- Citizen-astronaut / David D. Levine -- Gemini XVII / Brad R. Torgersen -- Scramble / Martin L. Shoemaker -- Balance / Marina J. Lostetter -- To lose the stars / Jennifer Brozek -- Cylinders / Ronald D. Ferguson.
Summary:
"Since 2007, Baen Books and The National Space Society have sponsored The Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award, to honor the legacy of Jim Baen and to promote the ideals of forward-thinking, positive science fiction. Here gathered together for the first time are the best of the best of the first decade of the Jim Baen Memorial Award. Winners and runners-up whose stories dared imagine a bright future in which humankind has shaken off the shackles of gravity and moved into that limitless realm known as "outer space." Each tale is set in a plausible, near-future setting, and yet the variations are as limitless as the imaginations of the array of authors represented. Stories that ask, "What if?" Stories that dare to say, "Why not?" Stories that continue the grand science fiction tradition, looking to the future with a positive outlook on humanity's place in the universe."--Amazon.com.
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