num_pages: 450
description: Mind-expanding explorations of the future of the human formOur bodies and minds are malleable, and only the imagination is the limit to the possible improvements. From genetics to artificial enhancements, humanity will alter the course of its own evolution. Included here are more than twenty stories from the most imaginative writers in the field, including:Poul Anderson * James Blish * Eric Brown * Ted Chiang * Tony Daniel * Samuel R. Delany * Greg Egan * Joe Haldeman * Geoffrey A. Landis * Paul McAuley * Ian MacLeod * David Marusek * Tom Purdom * Robert Reed * Joanna Russ * Robert Silverberg * Brian Stableford * Bruce Sterling * Charles Stross * Michael Swanwick * Liz Williams * Gene Wolfe * Roger ZelaznyContents ix • Preface (Supermen) • essay by uncredited1 • The Chapter Ends • [Psychotechnic League] • (1954) • novelette by Poul Anderson18 • Watershed • [Pantropy] • (1955) • shortstory by James Blish26 • Slow Tuesday Night • (1965) • shortstory by R. A. Lafferty32 • Aye, and Gomorrah • (1967) • shortstory by Samuel R. Delany (aka Aye, and Gomorrah . . .)41 • Nobody's Home • (1972) • shortstory by Joanna Russ54 • The Hero as Werwolf • (1975) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe66 • Halfjack • (1979) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny71 • Dancer's in the Time-Flux • shortstory by Robert Silverberg (aka Dancers in the Time-Flux 1983 )85 • Spook • (1983) • shortstory by Bruce Sterling97 • Understand • (1991) • novelette by Ted Chiang125 • None So Blind • (1994) • shortstory by Joe Haldeman133 • Mortimer Gray's History of Death • (1995) • novella by Brian Stableford (aka Mortimer Gray's "History of Death")181 • Brother Perfect • [Sister Alice] • (1995) • novella by Robert Reed223 • A Child of the Dead • (1997) • shortstory by Liz Williams229 • Nevermore • (1997) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod247 • The Wisdom of Old Earth • (1997) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick255 • TOAST: A Con Report • (1998) • shortstory by Charles Stross267 • The Gardens of Saturn • (1998) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley296 • Grist • (1998) • novella by Tony Daniel342 • Fossil Games • (1999) • novelette by Tom Purdom373 • The Wedding Album • [Cathy] • (1999) • novella by David Marusek413 • Steps Along the Way • (1999) • shortstory by Eric Brown421 • Border Guards • (1999) • novelette by Greg Egan442 • Epilogue (Supermen) • essay by uncredited444 • Homo Sapiens Declared Extinct • (1999) • shortstory by Bruce Sterling (aka A.D. 2380: Homo Sapiens Declared Extinct 2001 )446 • A History of the Human and Post-Human Species • (2000) • shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis449 • The Great Goodbye • (2000) • shortstory by Robert Charles Wilson
language: English
title: Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future
titlecomplete: Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future
genres: Anthologies, Science Fiction Fantasy, Short Stories, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 80
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin