Table of Contents
- Editor's Introduction (Rick Katze)
- Poul Anderson by Mike Resnick
- The Queen of Air and Darkness
- Jennifer's Lament
- Industrial Revolution
- Cradle Song
- Operation Afreet
- On Imaginary Science
- Upon the Occasion of Being Asked at a Court of Love to Declare That About His Lady Which Pleases Him the Most
- The Longest Voyage
- Brave to Be a King
- Midsummer Song
- Christa McAuliffe
- Brake
- Jennifer's Song
- The Hardness of Hard Science Fiction
- The Burning Bridge
- Veleda Speaks
- Science Fiction and History
- A World Called Maanerek
- The Pirate
- To Build a World
- Say It with Flowers
- My Object All Sublime
- Innocent at Large
- Route Song of the Winged Folk
- The Corkscrew of Space
- A Little Knowledge
- Marque and Reprisal
- Uncleftish Beholding
- The Critique of Impure Reason
- Science and Creation
- Of the Sea
- Epilogue
- Tanka
Poul Anderson
Poul Anderson won 7 Hugos and 3 Nebulas over his career. He was named "A Grand Master" by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1998.
Tom Canty
Tom Canty has been illustrating science fiction stories since the 1970s and is recognized as a leader in his field.