ISBN 0-671-87680-5 (US pbk)

Preface by Elton Elliott;

Foreword: "Nanotechnology: The Coming Storm" by John G.Cramer;

Introduction: "From Nanodreams to Realities" by K.Eric Drexler;

"Blood Music" by Greg Bear
(novelette, first published in Analog , June 1983... also contained in the anthology Cyber-Killers edited by Ric Alexander, 1997... winner of the 1984 Hugo Award),

"Monster Hunt" by Richard E.Geis,

"Essay: Nanotech and Nanominds" by Arlan Andrews,

"Sins of the Mothers" by Arlan Andrews,

"Statesmen" by Poul Anderson
(first published in New Destinies , Fall 1989),

"Dogged Persistence" by Kevin J.Anderson
(first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , September 1992),

"Essay: Smaller and Smaller..." by Kevin J.Anderson,

"Contagion" by Norm Hartman,

"Deep Safari" by Charles Sheffield
(first published in Asimov's , March 1992),

"Essay: BIO/NANO/TECH" by Gregory Benford,

"Park Rules" by Jerry Oltion,

"Evaporation" by Dave Smeds,

"Nanoclaus" by Kent Patterson,

"Hunter's Dawn" by J.Steven York,

"The Gentle Seduction" by Marc Stiegler
(first published in Analog , April 1989);

Afterword by Elton Elliott;

Foresight Institute.

"Welcome to the world of the microminiaturized future where all things are possible -- but only human wisdom stands between us and unspeakable disater.

"Nanodreams: Virus-sized self-replicating machines that can fabricate a spaceship from sea water, eliminate disease, reverse aging, and increase human intelligence.

"But devices that can create anything from anything and are too small to detect are of necessity a two-edged sword. Also in your future:

"Nanonightmares: Microscopic assassins that self-replicate like a plague as they skip from body to body searching for that one special victim or racial type... Devices that physically invade 'high security' computers and hack them to data bits... Nanomachines that go anywhere, do anything, and have no mercy." [jacket blurb, US pbk, 1995]