Nancy Kress, winner of multiple awards for her science fiction and fantasy, ranges through space and time in this stunning collection. Anne Boleyn is snatched from her time stream--with unexpected consequences for two worlds. A far-future spaceship brings religion to a planet that already harbors shocking natives. People genetically engineered to never need to sleep clash with those who do. A scientific expedition to the center of the galaxy discovers more than anyone bargained for. A woman finds that ''people like us'' does not mean what she thinks it does.<br><br>Praised for both her hard SF and her complex characters, Nancy Kress brings a unique viewpoint to twenty-one stories, the best of a long and varied career that has won her five Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.<br><br>Table of Contents:<br><br>Introduction<br>And Wild For to Hold<br>Out of All Them Bright Stars<br>Pathways<br>Dancing on Air<br>Unto the Daughters<br>Laws of Survival<br>Someone To Watch Over Me<br>Flowers of Aulit Prison<br>Price of Oranges<br>By Fools Like Me<br>Casey's Empire<br>Shiva in Shadow<br>Grant Us This Day<br>Kindness of Strangers<br>End Game<br>My Mother, Dancing<br>Trinity<br>People Like Us<br>Evolution<br>Margin of Error<br>Beggars in Spain
