The Final Frontier: Stories of Exploring Space, Colonizing the Universe, and First Contact

The vast and mysterious universe is explored in this anthology from award-winning editor and anthologist Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld magazine, The Best Science Fiction of the Year).The urge to explore and discover is a natural and universal one, and the edge of the unknown is expanded with each passing year as scientific advancements inch us closer and closer to the outer reaches of our solar system and the galaxies beyond them.Generations of writers have explored these new frontiers and the endless possibilities they present in great detail. With galaxy-spanning adventures of discovery and adventure, from generations ships to warp drives, exploring new worlds to first contacts, science fiction writers have given readers increasingly new and alien ways to look out into our broad and sprawling universe. Stories include are:A Jar of Goodwill — Tobias S. BuckellMono no aware — Ken LiuRescue Mission — Jack SkillingsteadShiva in Shadow — Nancy KressSlow Life — Michael SwanwickThree Bodies at Mitanni — Seth DickinsonThe Deeps of the Sky — Elizabeth BearDiving into the Wreck — Kristine Kathryn RuschThe Voyage Out — Gwyneth JonesThe Symphony of Ice and Dust — Julie NovakovaTwenty Lights to “The Land of Snow” — Michael BishopThe Firewall and the Door — Sean McMullenPermanent Fatal Errors — Jay LakeGypsy — Carter ScholzSailing the Antarsa — Vandana SinghThe Mind is Its Own Place — Carrie VaughnThe Wreck of the Godspeed — James Patrick KellySeeing — Genevieve ValentineTravelling into Nothing — An OwomoyelaGlory — Greg EganThe Island — Peter WattsThe Final Frontier delivers stories from across this literary spectrum, a reminder that the universe is far large and brimming with possibilities than we could ever imagine, as hard as we may try.