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Novellas and short stories from some of the greatest science fictions 'worlds' of all time. Contents: The Ekumen: Old music and the slave women / Ursula K. Le Guin -- The Forever war: A separate war / Joe Haldeman -- The Ender series: Investment counselor / Orson Scott Card -- The Uplift universe: Temptation / David Brin -- Roma Eterna: Getting to know the dragon / Robert Silverberg -- The Hyperion cantos: Orphans of the helix / Dan Simmons -- The Sleepless: Sleeping dogs / Nancy Kress -- Tales of the Heechee: The boy who would live forever / Frederik Pohl -- The Galactic center series: A hunger for the infinite / Gregory Benford -- The ship who sang: The ship that returned / Anne McCaffrey -- The Way: The way of all ghosts / Greg Bear.