When mankind moves out to the stars, the colonists of the future will remake the worlds they inhabit in their image. Included here are twenty stories from the most imaginative writers in the field:Poul Anderson Cordwainer Smith Arthur C. Clarke Richard Mc Kenna Roger Zelazny John Varley Gregory Benford Ian Mc Donald Bruce Sterling Charles Sheffield Robert Reed G. David Nordley Joe Haldeman Phillip C. Jennings Geoffrey A. Landis Stephen Baxter William H. Keith, Jr.Kim Stanley Robinson Pamela Sargent Laura J. Mixon These are the stories of the explorers and pioneers who transform their destinations in the image of their distant home–exciting tales of alien landscapes and the struggle to make them suit human desires.