Contents:
Introduction / The editor --
Come to the party / Frank Herbert and F.M. Busby --
Creator / David Lake --
Dance band on the Titanic / Jack L. Chalker --
Cassandra / C.J. Cherryh --
In alien flesh / Gregory Benford --
SQ / Ursula K. Le Guin --
The persistence of vision / John Varley --
We who stole the Dream / James Tiptree, Jr. --
Scattershot / Greg Bear --
Carruthers' last stand / Dan Henderson.
