Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award for 1990. Now, collected for the first time, are all seven of this extraordinary writer's extraordinary stories--plus a new story written especially for this volume.
On vacation in Polynesia, Alex Hergensheimer experiences a series of world-changes, all of which point to Armageddon and reveal him to be a pawn in the ancient feud between God and Lucifer.
A collection of the best science fiction stories of 1999 features the work of Tanith Lee, Ben Bova, Greg Egan, Robert Silverberg, Charles Sheffield, and Kim Stanley Robinson.