Table of Contents
THE EDITOR’S WORD by Mike Resnick 3
RELATIVE FORTUNE by Brian K. Lowe 4
THE CONVINCER by Eleanor R. Wood 7
THE MORE IT CHANGES by Harry Turtledove 16
THE RAT RACE OF TOMORROW by Larry Hodges 23
A MULTITUDE OF SPARKS DESCEND by Marc A. Criley 24
UNTO THE DAUGHTERS by Nancy Kress 26
LIVECASTING MY DESCENT INTO THE MARTIAN UNDERWORLD by Dantzel Cherry 30
THE RESURRECTION OF ABIGAIL by David L. Hebert 31
A BETTER MOUSETRAP by Mercedes Lackey 39
CAT LADY by Susan Taitel 47
A WALTZ IN ETERNITY by Gregory Benford 51
JENNIFER’S LOVER by Robert Silverberg 63
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS by Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett 72
GOD NEEDS COLLABORATORS (column) by Larry Niven 76
DECOHERENCE (column) by Robert J. Sawyer 77
THE GALAXY’S EDGE INTERVIEW: Joy Ward Interviews Michael Swanwick 79
SERIALIZATIONI: TOMORROW AND TOMORROW (part 2) by Charles Sheffield 83