Robert L. Forward

White Creatures - short story by Gregory Benford The Singing Diamond - short story by Robert L. Forward Publish and Perish - short story by Paul J. Nahin Skystalk - novelette by Charles Sheffield The Universal Library - short story by Kurd Lasswitz (trans. of Die Universalbibliothek 1904) Long Shot - short story by Vernor Vinge Blackmail - short story by Fred Hoyle Jeannette's Hands - short story by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham] The Warm Space - novelette by David Brin The Wind from the Sun - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke Industrial Accident - novelette by G. Harry Stine [as by Lee Correy] Choice - short story by John R. Pierce The Winnowing - short story by Isaac Asimov Dr. Snow Maiden - short story by Larry Eisenberg On the Fourth Planet - short story by J. F. Bone Learning Theory - short story by James McConnell [as by James V. McConnell] Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death - short story by James Tiptree, Jr. Transfusion - novelette by Chad Oliver In the Beginning - short story by Morton Klass Modulation in All Things - short story by Suzette Haden Elgin The Bones of Charlemagne - novelette by Mario Pei [as by Mario A. Pei]

In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeforms--the cheela--living on Dragon's Egg, a neutron star where one Earth hour is equivalent to hundreds of their years. The cheela culturally evolve from savagery to the discovery of science, and for a brief time, men are their diligent teachers . . .

Four astronauts journey to a cold planet only thirty degrees above absolute zero and inhabited by tiny aliens who have created a complex civilization.

London, 1856. Sitting alone at home, Trudie is bored to distraction and, at seventeen, longs for her life to change and to breathe the fresh air of adventure. Independent, intelligent and defiant - all qualities her harsh, puritanical father finds abhorrent in a woman - she dreams of escape. So, when she meets her brother's friend, Jeremy Maddock, she falls in love not only with him but also with his exciting plan to open a new emporium in Regent Street. Within days of their marriage, Jeremy returns to his plantation in Malacca. Two years pass before the still innocent Trudie makes the arduous and dangerous journey out East to join him - only to make a shocking discovery that turns her whole world upside down. Set against the rich background of 19th century Singapore and Malacca, this novel bring to life a vivid world of heady romance and exotic adventure. Here is a saga of a daring young woman who has the courage to seek happiness and love - and the determination to find it.