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Its the end of the world¾but not as we know it... As the new millennium approaches, speculations about Earth's destruction abound. This collection presents twelve world-ending scenarios that are all too frightening -- and all too real. _Fermi and FrostÓ by Frederik Pohl _A Desperate CalculusÓ by Gregory Benford _EvolutionÓ by Nancy Kress _A Message to the King of BrobdingnagÓ by Richard Cowper _... The World, As We KnowtÓ by Howard Waldrop _The PeacemakerÓ by Gardner Dozois _The Screwfly SolutionÓ by Raccoona Sheldon _A Pail of AirÓ by Fritz Leiber _The Great Nebraska SeaÓ by Allan Danzig _Inconstant MoonÓ by Larry Niven _The Last SunsetÓ by Geoffrey A. Landis _Down in the DarkÓ by William Barton At the publisher's request, these titles were sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).