...and other master storytellers explore the farthest reaches of science fiction's most classic theme -- the bold frontiers of humankind's future, from life in a Dyson sphere, to cities built on the ocean floor, to colonies in far-flung galaxies, and the unchartered territory of inner space.
Contents: Introduction / [by Larry Segriff] -- Traces / by Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch -- Star light, star bright / by Robert J. Sawyer -- Chauna / by Alan Dean Foster -- Out of the cradle / by Terry D. England -- The cutting edge / by Janet Pack -- Home world / by Marc Bilgrey -- Dreamlike states / by Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- The last bastion / by Lawrence Watt-Evans -- Forgotten / by Peter Schweighofer -- Down on the farm / by Julie E. Czerneda -- Set in stone / by Andre Norton -- Ruins of the past / by Jane Lindskold -- Angel on the outward side / by Robin Wayne Bailey.
Martin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. In addition, he was a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel.
For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.
As usual, a very mixed bag. At least one story so bad, I wondered why I was even reading this. Really bad, one star or less. Even the author description sucked. A couple below average. Several so good, I couldn't believe I hadn't read them in several anthologies. And the rest pretty good.