Introduction by Greg Bear;

"Elegy" by Mary Rosenblum,

"A Desperate Calculus" by Sterling Blake,

"Scenes from a Future Marriage" by James Stevens-Ace,

"Coming of Age in Karhide" by Ursula K Le Guin,

"High Abyss" by Gregory Benford,

"Recording Angel" by Paul J.McAuley
(short story... re-published in the collection The Invisible Country by Paul J.McAuley , 1996),

"When Strangers Meet" by Sonia Orin Lyris,

"The Day the Aliens Came" by Robert Sheckley,

"Gnota" by Greg Abraham,

"Rorvik's War" by Geoffrey A Landis,

"Radiance" by Carter Scholz,

"Old Legends" by Gregory Benford
(article),

"The Red Blaze is the Morning" by Robert Silverberg,

"One" by George Alec Effinger,

"Scarecrow" by Poul Anderson,

"Wang's Carpets" by Greg Egan
(also contained in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois, June 1996... this story was adapted as part of the novel Diaspora );

Epilog by Greg Bear.

"In the age of regular journeys into space and the tunnel under the English Channel -- when billions of dollars are spent on future communications technology, and a 'Star Wars' defense can change world politics -- science fiction is more a part of our daily lives than ever before...

"New Legends is an anthology for 'anybody who cares about the future, and who needs to think as well as dream'. A showcase for the best talents the genre has to offer, and a stunning portrait of science fiction in the mid-90's, it is literally state of the art." [jacket blurb, UK hbk, 1995]

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