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Nineteen-ninety-nine looms near and yet the stars are still far away... but this anthology brings them closer with more than a dozen of the best SF adventure stories ever written. Among the gems collected here are "The New Prime," by Jack Vance, " Fritz Leiber's "Moon Duel," and "The Sky People," by Poul Anderson, along with masterpieces by less-familiar names such as Murray Leinster and James H. Schmitz.

With more than a dozen stories (written between 1940 and 1970) from greats such as Brian W. Aldiss, Leigh Brackett, L. Sprague de Camp, and A. E. van Vogt, this anthology ranges throughout our galaxy and into the stars. Whether you're revisiting past adventures or discovering these stories for the first time, you're sure to thrill to these wonderful adventures across the vast expanse of space.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Rull - (1948) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• The Second Night of Summer - (1950) - novelette by James H. Schmitz
• The Galton Whistle - (1951) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• The New Prime - (1951) - novelette by Jack Vance
• That Share of Glory - (1952) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
• The Last Days of Shandakor - (1952) - novelette by Leigh Brackett
• Exploration Team - (1956) - novelette by Murray Leinster
• The Sky People - (1959) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• The Man in the Mailbag - (1959) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons - (1961) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• A Kind of Artistry - (1962) - novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
• Gunpowder God - (1964) - novella by H. Beam Piper
• Semley's Necklace - (1964) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Moon Duel - (1965) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth - (1965) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• Mother in the Sky With Diamonds - (1971) - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.

Once the mainstay of science fiction, adventure stories fell out of favor during the 1960s and early 1970s. But in recent years, science fiction writers have spun out galaxy-spanning adventures as imaginative and wonderful as any of yesteryear's tales. Renowned editor Gardner Dozois assembles seventeen such escapades here, with stories from today's and tomorrow's finest writers, including:

Stephen Baxter, Tony Daniel, R. Garcia y Robertson, Peter F. Hamilton, Janet Kagan, George R. R. Martin, Paul J. McAuley, Maureen F. McHugh. G. David Nordley, Robert Reed, Mary Rosenblum, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, George Turner, John Varley, Vernor Vinge, Walter Jon Williams

These stories brim with the exciting thrills our universe offers us-- alien landscapes, unimagined realms, life unlike any we have known before, and that mysterious realm known as the human soul. The Good New Stuff shows that they really do still write 'em like that!

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1999) - essay by Gardner DozoisGood-Bye, Robinson Crusoe - (1977) - novelette by John Varley
• The Way of Cross and Dragon - (1979) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• Swarm - (1982) - novelette by Bruce Sterling
• The Blind Minotaur - (1985) - short story by Michael Swanwick
• The Blabber - (1988) - novella by Vernor Vinge
• The Return of the Kangaroo Rex - (1989) - novelette by Janet Kagan
• Prayers on the Wind - (1991) - novella by Walter Jon Williams
• The Missionary's Child - (1992) - novelette by Maureen F. McHugh
• Poles Apart - (1992) - novella by G. David Nordley
• Guest of Honor - (1993) - novelette by Robert Reed
• Flowering Mandrake - (1994) - novelette by George Turner
• Cilia-of-Gold - (1994) - novelette by Stephen Baxter
• Gone to Glory - (1995) - novelette by R. Garcia y Robertson
• A Dry, Quiet War - (1996) - novelette by Tony Daniel
• All Tomorrow's Parties - (1997) - short story by Paul J. McAuley
• Escape Route - (1997) - novella by Peter F. Hamilton
• The Eye of God - (1998) - novelette by Mary Rosenblum