Maps of the Edge

Maps of the Edge contains seventeen SF stories, all previously published in magazines such as Asimov's Science Fiction. In "Erosion" (reprinted in three Year's Best anthologies), a cyborg road-tests his new body before leaving Earth for the stars. "The Golden Record" sees future collectors competing to retrieve 20th century space probes. In "The Hastillan Weed", conservationists battle an alien plant spreading across the English countryside. The remaining stories are: "Reality 2.0", "The Edge of the Map", "This Is How It Feels", "Cut and Pastiche", "Cut Loose the Bonds of Flesh and Bone", "Proper Names", "Crimes, Follies, Misfortunes and Love", "Demonstration Day", "Successful Delegation", "The Adventures of Captain Contempt in Mixed Media Installations", "In Profit and In Loss", "The Scaffold", "Rush Hours", and "The Prize Beyond Gold". The collection concludes with an Afterword discussing the inspirations and background behind all the stories. Total length: 300 pages (94,000 words).