Far Horizons

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Far Horizons
The cover of the first printing, hard cover.
Author	ed. by Robert Silverberg; misc. authors
Translator	None
Illustrator	None
Cover artist	Amy Halperin
Country	USA
Language	English
Series	None
Subject(s)	Science fiction anthology
Genre(s)	Science fiction
Publisher	Avon Books, Avon Eos imprint
Publication date	May 1999
Media type	Book
Pages	482
ISBN	ISBN 0-380-97630-7 (1st edition, 1st printing)
Preceded by	None
Followed by	None

Far Horizons is an anthology of 11 science fiction short stories or novellas by major authors, who also provide introductions and sometimes afterwords for the stories; it is edited by Robert Silverberg. All of the stories make their first appearance in Far Horizons, but none are truly "original" in a sense, as they are all set in one of the particular author's most popular tried and true fictional universes. The idea was to perhaps cross introduce readers of one writer to the other authors and popular universes—in a word, marketing—grass roots style. It is the science fiction equivalent of Silverberg's (fantasy genre) Legends series.

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• Introduction, by Robert Silverberg
• "Old Music and the Slave Women", Ursula K. Le Guin (Ekumen)
• "A Separate War", by Joe Haldeman (The Forever War series)
• "Investment Counselor", Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game series)
• "Temptation", David Brin (Uplift universe)
• "Getting to Know the Dragon", Robert Silverberg (Roma Eterna)
• "Orphans of the Helix", Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos)
• "Sleeping Dogs", Nancy Kress (The Sleepless)
• "The Boy Who Would Live Forever", Frederik Pohl (Tales of the Heechee)
• "A Hunger for the Infinite", Gregory Benford (the Galactic Center series)
• "The Ship That Returned", Anne McCaffrey (The Ship Who Sang)
• "The Way of All Ghosts", Greg Bear (The Way)