It is the essence of science fiction to chart the possibilities of the future, but it takes the hand of a master to capture the farthest reaches of time - futures almost unimaginably distant. <i>The Furthest Horizon</i> collects seventeen of the most inventive and audacious visions of the future by many acclaimed writers, including:* Brian Aldiss * Paul Anderson * Avram Davidson * Joe Haldeman * Alexander Jablokov * Paul J. McAuley * Ian McDonald * Michael Moorcock * Frederik Pohl * Robert Reed * Keith Roberts * Robert Silverberg * Cordwainer Smith * James Tiptree, Jr. * Jack Vance * Walter Jon Williams * Gene Wolfe