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A collection of all original stories inspred by the Fermi Paradox, written by some of science fiction's biggest names and scientists, with an introduction by the astronomer Marek Kukula (Royal Observatory, Greenwich). Full contents: 1. Introduction by Marek Kukula 2. Catching Rays - Dave Clements 3. The Big Next - Pat Cadigan 4. Baedecker's Fermi - Adam Roberts 5. Zeta Reticuli - Paul Cornell 6. The Ambulance Chaser - Tricia Sullivan 7. Lost to Their Own Devices - Adrian Tchaikovsky 8. In the Beginning - Gerry Webb 9. The Trail of the Creator, the Trial of Creation - Paul di Filippo 10. Stella by Starlight - Mike Resnick & Robert T Jeschoenek 11. Fermi's Doubts - George Zebrowski 12. Audiovisionary - Stephanie Saulter 13. Aether - Robert Reed 14. The End of the World - Keith Brooke & Eric Brown 15. The Worldmaker - Rachel Armstrong 16. Atonement, Under the Blue-White Sun - Mercurio D Rivera