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Extreme sports. Extreme future. Extreme collection. Science fiction's most expert dreamers envision the computerized, high-risk games of the future in this winning collection. Features Robert Sheckley, Cory Doctorow, Kate Wilhelm, Alastair Reynolds, Vernor Vinge, Jonathan Letham, Gwyneth Jones, William Browning Spencer, Allen Steele, Terry Dowling, and Jason Stoddard. Contents: The Prize of Peril - Robert Sheckley Anda's Game - Cory Doctorow Ladies and Gentlemen, This is Your Crises - Kate Wilhelm Stroboscopic - Alastair Reynolds Synthetic Serendipity - Vernor Vinge How We Got in Town and Out Again - Jonathan Lethem Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland - Gwyneth Jones The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness - William Browning Spencer Her Own Private Sitcom - Alan Steele The Ichneumon and the Dormeuse - Terry Dowling Winning Mars - Jason Stoddard