内容简介
ThisneweditionofBrianAldiss'sclassicanthologybringstogetheradiverseselectionofsciencefictionspanningoversixtyyears,fromIsaacAsimov's'Nightfall',firstpublishedin1941,tothe2006story'FriendsinNeed'byElizaBlair.IncludingauthorssuchasCliffordSimak,HarryHarrison,BruceSterling,A.E.VanVogtandBrianAldisshimself,thesestoriesportraystrugglesagainstmachines,epicjourneys,geneticexperiments,timetravellersandalienraces.FromstoriessetonEarth,touncannyfardistantworldsandancientburnt-outsuns,theoneconstantishumanityitself,compelledbyanoftenfatalcuriositytoexploretheboundlessfrontiersoftime,spaceandprobability.