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An original anthology about interstellar travel. Stories and articles by prominent scientific and science-fiction writers explore the possible developments leading to interstellar travel, the projected technological and human realities of such travel, and the consequences for human life Contents: Dreaming Again: Introduction essay by Jack Dann and George Zebrowski There Was a Young Lady Named Bright (1912) poem by A. H. Reginald Buller The Ultimate Speed Limit (1972) essay by Isaac Asimov Possible, That's All! (1968) essay by Arthur C. Clarke The Limiting Velocity of Orthodoxy (1970) essay by Keith Laumer But What If We Tried It? essay by Ben Bova Sun Up / short story by A. A. Jackson IV and Howard Waldrop Dialogue / novelette by Poul Anderson Longline / novelette by Hal Clement Phoenix Without Ashes / short fiction by Harlan Ellison interior artwork by Tim Kirk:... is a teleplay, with seven B&W full-page illustrations, with a two-page untitled author's afterword. The Event Horizon / novelette by Ian Watson Nor the Many-Colored Fires of a Star Ring / novelette by George R. R. Martin Dead in Irons / novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Seascape / novelette by Gregory Benford Fast-Friend / novelette by George R. R. Martin Hyperspace (1973) poem by Dick Allen Our Many Roads to the Stars (1975) essay by Poul Anderson The Contributors (Faster Than Light) essay by Jack Dann and George Zebrowski A Selected Bibliography: Interstellar Travel essay by Jack Dann and George Zebrowski.