Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World
Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
Exposures - short story by Gregory Benford
For the Birds - short story by Isaac Asimov
The Woman the Unicorn Loved - novelette by Gene Wolfe
Death in Vesunna - novelette by Elaine O'Byrne and Harry Turtledove [as by Eric G. Iverson and Elaine O'Byrne]
I Dream of a Fish, I Dream of a Bird - short story by Elizabeth A. Lynn
Fire Watch - novelette by Connie Willis
Full Fathom Five My Father Lies - novelette by Rand B. Lee
The Moon & the Moth - poem by Peter Payack
Trial Sample - short story by Ted Reynolds
Elementary Decision - poem by Don Anderson
The Storm King - novelette by Joan D. Vinge
The Regulars - short story by Robert Silverberg
Memo - short story by Frank Ward
Enemy Mine - novella by Barry B. Longyear
American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general
Kathleen Moloney, Gregory Benford, Gene Wolfe, Harry Turtledove, Elizabeth A. Lynn, Connie Willis, Peter Payack, Ted Reynolds, Ted Reynolds, Joan D. Vinge, Robert Silverberg, Barry B. Longyear
Gregory Benford (Gregory Albert Benford) is an astrophysicist and science fiction author who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine.  He is also a contributing editor of Reason magazine.  Benford is best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, a series that postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient electromechanical life.

Greg was born in Mobile, Alabama.  He received his Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Oklahoma, followed by his Masters and then his Doctorate from the University of California, San Diego.  Having published more than 200 scientific papers, his research encompasses both theory and experiments in the fields of astrophysics and plasma physics.

Greg is a two-time winner of the Nebula Award and has also won the John W. Campbell Award, the Australian Ditmar Award, the Lord Foundation Prize, and the 1990 United Nations Medal in Literature.  

Source: Secular Policy Institute || Gene Wolfe was born in Texas. After dropping out from Texas A&M University, he served in the Korean War, and later graduated from the University of Houston. He worked first as an engineer, notably designing part of the machine that produces Pringles potatoe chips, and later as the editor of a professional engineering magazine, *Plant Engineering*.

Wolfe was a prolific writer, publishing over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories in his life. He was known for the complexity of his narratives and the depth of his characters, frequently using unreliable or fallible narrators to enhance his thematic focus on memory. His work explores topics of morality, often through the lens of his Catholic faith. 

Primarily recognized for his science fiction and fantasy works, Wolfe received a litany of recognition in those genres including the British Science Fiction, World Fantasy, British Fantasy, Locus, Nebula, and Campbell Memorial Awards. In 2012 he was recognized as the 29th Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. 

Information from [Tor Publishing][1] and [The New Yorker][2].


  [1]: https://www.tor.com/2019/04/15/gene-wolfe-in-memoriam-1931-2019/
  [2]: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/sci-fis-difficult-genius || Harry Norman Turtledove is an American novelist, who has produced works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction.

In 1979, Turtledove published his first two novels, *Wereblood* and *Werenight*, under the pseudonym "Eric G. Iverson." Turtledove later explained that his editor at Belmont Tower did not think people would believe the author's real name was "Turtledove" and came up with something more Nordic. He continued to use the "Iverson" name until 1985, when he published his "Herbig-Haro" and "And So to Bed" under his real name. Another early pseudonym was "Mark Gordian." Turtledove has recently begun publishing historical novels under the pseudonym "H.N. Turteltaub" (Turteltaube means turtle dove in German). He published three books as Dan Chernenko (the Scepter of Mercy series). || Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

Silverberg received a Nebula award in 1986 for his novella Sailing to Byzantium, which takes its name from Yeats' poem; a Hugo in 1990 for Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another; and in 2004 he was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America.

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  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg || Barry B. Longyear is an American author who resides in New Sharon, Maine.