An anthology featuring some of the biggest names in British genre fiction, including rare, previously uncollected stories by Iain M. Banks, Stephen Baxter, Peter F. Hamilton, Justina Robson, Paul McAuley, Juliet E McKenna,Anne Nicholls, and** Geoff Ryman,alongside original stories byEric Brown**,Ian...

An anthology featuring some of the biggest names in British genre fiction, including rare, previously uncollected stories by Iain M. Banks, Stephen Baxter, Peter F. Hamilton, Justina Robson, Paul McAuley, Juliet E McKenna,Anne Nicholls, and** Geoff Ryman,alongside original stories byEric Brown**,Ian R. MacLeod, Martin Sketchley,** Kari Sperring,andAdrian Tchaikovsky**.

The rare reprints all appeared originally in souvenir booklets given to attendees of the Novacon convention and featuring original work by that year's Guest of Honour.

The very best of British Science Fiction.

Table of Contents:

Burning Brightly:* Introduction by Rog Peyton *Chiron - Stephen Baxter

The Spheres - Iain M. Banks

Acts of Defiance - Eric Brown

Heatwave - Anne Nicholls

Alien TV - Paul McAuley

Canary Girls - Kari Sperring

Softlight Sins - Peter F. Hamilton

Erie Lackawana Song - Justina Robson

Through the Veil - Juliet E. McKenna

The Coming of Enkidu - Geoff Ryman

Red Sky in the Morning - Adrian Tchaikovsky

The God of Nothing - Ian R. MacLeod

The Ships of Aleph - Jaine Fenn

Bloodbirds - Martin Sketchley* About the Authors*