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Imagine a technology that can change the structure and function of your own body...or that can devour an entire country. This is nanotechnology -- the creation of self-replicating machines with the capability to build or alter almost any structure, including the human form, by manipulating atoms or molecules -- and it has captured the imaginations of science fiction writers and readers everywhere. Now these, eleven short tales will capture you... Contents ix Preface (Nanotech) (1998) essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann 1 Blood Music (1983) novelette by Greg Bear 32 Margin of Error (1994) shortstory by Nancy Kress 40 Axiomatic (1990) shortstory by Greg Egan 58 Remember'd Kisses (1988) novelette by Michael F. Flynn 99 Recording Angel (1996) shortstory by Ian McDonald 117 Sunflowers (1995) shortstory by Kathleen Ann Goonan 153 The Logic Pool (1994) shortstory by Stephen Baxter 174 Any Major Dude (1991) shortstory by Paul Di Filippo 203 We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy [North American future] (1995) novella by David Marusek 274 Willy in the Nano-Lab (1998) poem by Geoffrey A. Landis [as by Geoffrey Landis ] 275 Further Reading (Nanotech) (1998) essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois