The 16 stories in this collection run the gamut from cyber adventure and a ghostly haunting to chemically modified romance and a time travel mission to save the world.

The Hugo Award winner, 1016 to 1, tells the story of a boy in the 1960s who gets caught up in a spirited adventure that becomes a desperate attempt to prevent a nuclear holocaust.

In The Cruelest Month, a grieving mother is haunted both by the past and a ghost.

The Prisoner of Chillon presents a radioactive Lake Geneva overrun with cyberpunks seeking fame and fortune through software piracy.

By turns humorous and harrowing, this collection highlights the short fiction of a lauded author at his best.

Contents:

  • Introduction by Connie Willis
  • 1016 to 1
  • Lovestory
  • Feel the Zaz
  • Unique Visitors
  • The Prisoner of Chillon
  • Candy Art
  • The Propagation of Light in a Vacuum
  • Hubris
  • Glass Cloud
  • Proof of the Existence of God
  • The Cruelest Month
  • Chemistry
  • The Pyramid of Amirah
  • Fruitcake Theory
  • Undone
  • Afterword
Published
2002
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