In the Distance, and Ahead in Time

The ten stories of this collection present glimpses of our near, middle, and far futures"e;Heathen God,"e; the author's first Nebula Award finalist, reveals the consequences of learning that our solar system may have been engineered by an alien race. "e;In the Distance, and Ahead in Time"e; and "e;Wayside World"e; depict the rediscovery of a ruined Earth's interstellar colonies by a new culture of mobile habitats. In "e;Transfigured Night"e; and "e;Between the Winds,"e; we enter two possible destinies as we tamper with human reality and humankind mutates into vastly different offshoots.