Hope dies last, Studs Terkel has repeated. Better still, it makes us deathless, said Herman Melville, whom the marketing empire failed to silence.
Pamela Sargent
December 2003
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“‘How Sargent Peppers Phony Arts Dubbed Grand,’” copyright © 2004 by James Morrow
“Gather Blue Roses,” first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1972.
“Out of Place,” first published in Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine, October 1981.
“Climb the Wind,” first published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, March 1994.
“Originals,” first published in Universe 15, edited by Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1985.
“Erdeni’s Tiger,” first published in Ancient Enchantresses, edited by Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch and Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995.
“If Ever I Should Leave You,” first published in a much different form in Worlds of If, February 1974; and in its current form in Afterlives: Stories About Life After Death, edited by Pamela Sargent and Ian Watson, Vintage, 1986.
“Spirit Brother,” first published in Conqueror Fantastic, edited by Pamela Sargent, DAW, 2004.
“Amphibians,” first published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 1995.
“Venus Flowers at Night,” first published in Microcosms, edited by Gregory Benford, DAW, 2004.
“Shrinker,” first published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, November 1983.
“Thumbprints,” copyright © 2004 by Pamela Sargent. Previously unpublished.
“Utmost Bones,” first published in Envisioning the Future: Science Fiction and the Next Millennium, edited by Marleen Barr, Wesleyan University Press, 2003.
“Afterword,” copyright © 2004 by Pamela Sargent.
Edited by Marty Halpern
Copyright © 2004 by Pamela Sargent
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Table of Contents
Dedication
Introduction by James Morrow
Gather Blue Roses
Out of Place
Climb the Wind
Originals
Erdeni’s Tiger
If I Should Ever Leave You
Spirit Brother
Amphibians
Venus Flowers at Night
Shrinker
Thumbprints
Utmost Bones
Afterword
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