First edition, first printing; limited signed. ""First edition"" statement to the copyright page. Limited to three-hundred hand-numbered copies to the half-title page, and SIGNED to two blue, Richard Powers illustrated, thick-stock printed signature pages by all sixteen writers, comprising thirteen authors, two editors, and the introducer. This is number 216. An anthology of thirteen superior, intelligent, challenging and entertaining speculative fiction stories by excellent writers of their craft including Vonda McIntyre, Michael Moorcock, Terry Bisson, Stephen Baxter, Brian Stapleford, Charles Stross, Paul J. McAuley, Eric Brown, Lisa Goldstein, Paul Park, Ian McDonald, Adam Roberts, and Lucius Shepard. Fine, firm, tight and square in blue linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine, blue-and-white headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket with wraparound art by Richard Powers, with blue and white titles to the front and spine panels. Octavo; 282 pages; plus 9 pages of ads to the rear.