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A collection of review essays containing:

• Introduction [Exotic Encounters]
• Cosm by Gregory Benford
• Rogue Star by Michael F. Flynn
• Deepdrive by Alexander Jablokov
• The Boss in the Wall by Avram Davidson and Grania Davis
• Stardust by Neil Gaiman
• Northern Stars by David G. Hartwell and Glenn Grant
• Stinger by Nancy Kress
• Operation Luna by Poul Anderson
• Starfarers by Poul Anderson
• Foreign Bodies by Stephen Dedman
• Rings by Charles L. Harness
• Prophets for the End of Time by Marcos Donnelly
• Alexandre Humboldt-Fonteyne: la collection interdite by Michel de Spiegeleire
• Oceanspace by Allen Steele
• Kingdom of the Grail by Judith Tarr
• Music of Many Spheres: The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 2 by Hal Clement
• Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
• The Space Opera Renaissance by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
• The Death Guard by Philip George Chadwick
• The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard Science Fiction by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
• "What Sweet Music They Make . . ." by Thee Vampire Guild
• A Dance in Blood Velvet by Freda Warrington
• SunDown SunRise by Jackie Askew
• Vampire: The Complete Guide to the World of the Undead by Manuela Dunn Mascetti
• Sopor Aeternus by Sopor Aeternus and The Ensemble of Shadows
• Motherfuckers: The Auschwitz of Oz by David Britton
• "Monsters of the 20th Century": il fantasma dell'opera by Ataraxia
• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
• The Wood Wife by Terri Windling
• Dradin, in Love by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Fall of the House of Usherettes by Forkbeard Fantasy
• A Scientific Romance by Ronald Wright
• Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick
• Diaspora by Greg Egan
• Child of the River by Paul J. McAuley
• The Murder of Edgar Allan Poe by Sophia Kingshill (Play)
• "Phantasmagoria Revisited": Review of The Barbers of Surreal by Forkbeard Fantasy
• Meeting in Infinity by John Kessel
• The Barber of Aldebaran by William Moy Russell
• Voyage by Stephen Baxter
• The Gaia Websters by Kim Antieau
• Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers
• The Twentieth Century by Albert Robida
• The World as It Shall Be by Emile Souvestre
• "What Sweet Music They Make . . ." by Thee Vampire Guild
• Incubus by Ann Arensberg

Published by The Borgo Press, April 2010
ISBN: 1-4344-5760-5