Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Sol System

Strange Adventures on Other Worlds,
the Universe of the Future.

The first wave of space exploration in the 20th century all but ground to a halt, the victim of national and ideological rivalries which had spent themselves, and of politicians who gutted the funding for special interests and pork barrel spending. But the universe still beckoned, and a generation grew up knowing that there was nothing impossible about space travel, and wondering why we had gone to the Moonand then stopped cold. New propulsion systems and more efficient reaction drives were developed, making spaceflight less expensive, taking it away from the exclusive club of government-funded programs. Humanity moved out once again into the infinite ocean of space, this time to stay. All new stories of the conquest of the solar system by: Charles Sheffield, Gregory Benford, John Ringo, James P. Hogan, Wen Spencer, Margaret Ball, Jack McDevitt, Fact & fiction by space scientist Travis Taylor, and more!

Praise for the Anthologies of T.K.F. Weisskopf (with Greg Cox):

[Tomorrow Sucks is] an unusual theme anthology that should appeal to Sf and horror fans alike.
Science Fiction Chronicle

[Tomorrow Sucks has a] wide range of ideas and variety of styles presented. Well worth the money for any fans of vampire fiction or classic SF.
Dark Carnival

The stories in Tomorrow Bites are no mere literary snacks . . . this book gives you something to sink your teeth into!
Absolute Magnitude

[Tomorrow Bites is] a worthy addition to ones werewolf collection.
ConNotations

Cover art by Bob Eggleton

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First paperback printing, June 2004

Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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Printed in the United States of America

ISBN: 0-7434-8832-6

Copyright 2004 by T.K.F. Weisskopf

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

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For my husband,
Hank Reinhardt
And with thanks to Hank David,
comrade in arms

Strange adventures on other worlds, the universe of the future.
motto of Planet Comics

BAEN BOOKS edited by T.K.F. WEISSKOPF

Tomorrow Sucks (with Greg Cox)
Tomorrow Bites (with Greg Cox)
Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Sol System
Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Far Futures (forthcoming)