Futures Past

Change the past-and the future may come undone. An outstanding collection of time-traveling alternate history stories from 16 major science fiction writers, both old and new. Every day, a thousand possible futures die unborn around us-corners not turned, paths not taken. But if one could go back into the past and change it, the outcome could be unimaginable.ix • Preface (Futures Past) • essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois1 • Aristotle and the Gun • (1958) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp41 • Sitka • (2004) • shortstory by William Sanders57 • The Only Game in Town • [Time Patrol • 4] • (1960) • novelette by Poul Anderson93 • Playing the Game • (1982) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann102 • Killing the Morrow • (1996) • shortstory by Robert Reed118 • Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne • (1967) • shortstory by R. A. Lafferty131 • The Game of Blood and Dust • (1975) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny137 • Calling Your Name • (2003) • shortstory by Howard Waldrop153 • What Rough Beast? • (1959) • novelette by Damon Knight185 • O Brave Old World! • (1976) • novelette by Avram Davidson202 • Radiant Doors • (1998) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick221 • The Hotel at Harlan's Landing • [Company] • (2002) • shortstory by Kage Baker237 • Mozart in Mirrorshades • (1985) • shortstory by Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner256 • Under Siege • (1985) • novelette by George R. R. Martin