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“Diving into the Wreck” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. © 2005 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction , December 2005. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Gypsy” by Carter Scholz. © 2015 by Carter Scholz. Originally published by PM Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Sailing the Antarsa” by Vandana Singh. © 2013 by Vandana Singh. Originally published in The Other Half of the Sky , edited by Athena Andreadis and Kay Holt. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Rescue Mission” by Jack Skillingstead. © 2009 by Jack Skillingstead. Originally published in The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 3 , edited by George Mann. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Slow Life” by Michael Swanwick. © 2002 by Michael Swanwick. Originally published in Analog , December 2002. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Seeing” by Genevieve Valentine. © 2010 by Genevieve Valentine. Originally published in Clarkesworld , November 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Mind is Its Own Place” by Carrie Vaughn. © 2016 by Carrie Vaughn, LLC. Originally published in Asimov’s Science Fiction , September 2016. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Island” by Peter Watts. © 2009 by Peter Watts. Originally published in New Space Opera 2 , edited by Jonathan Strahan and Gardner Dozois. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Neil Clarke is the editor of Clarkesworld and Forever Magazine; owner of Wyrm Publishing; and a six-time Hugo Award Nominee for Best Editor (short form). He currently lives in NJ with his wife and two children. You can find him online at neil-clarke.com.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Clarke, Neil, 1966- editor. Title:

The final frontier : stories of exploring space, colonizing the universe, and first contact / edited by Neil Clarke.

Description: New York : Night Shade Books, [2018]

Identifiers: LCCN 2018003101 | ISBN 9781597809399 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Science fiction. | Outer space--Exploration--Fiction. | Human-alien encounters--Fiction.

Classification: LCC PN6071.S33 F56 2018 | DDC 808.83/8762--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018003101

eISBN: 978-1-59780-650-3

Cover illustration by Fred Gambino

Cover design by Jason Snair

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