There is a quote on the front of this book that sums up the contents - "What Terrors Does Tomorrow Hold?" This is a great summary of the contents of this book. Contained in this book are sixteen science fiction tales from some of the best writers in the field today, each exploring an aspect of the near future and how it will impact the world on a global scale or on a very personal level.

There are the very serious tales like the book's opener – Paul Di Filippo's "Shuteye for the Timebroker", a wonderful little story about a future where sleep has been banished to anyone who has the money to buy himself/herself the right drugs. The lead character in the story falls foul of his addiction to gambling and loses his plush job, and without money to buy his drugs...

The crux of this tale feels old school science fiction, reminds me of the kind of tale that you would read in a Clifford Simak novel.

This story is a great way of opening the set, it sets the tone for the book. That is until the either side of the coin turns up. Mike Resnick and Harry Turtledove contributed a quirky little tale about a machine that allows the user to view instances of the past. Now what would happen if you tried to look back in time before the "Beginning" – what would you see?

When you add in Alan Dean Foster's cyber-punk like tale "The Man Who Knew Too Much" and Sean McMullen's almost fantasy version of The Time Machine ("The Engines of Arcadia") you'll find this book is maintaining a high quality of content.

Then there's the highlight of the whole set. Kevin J. Anderson's tale "Job Qualifications" presents a wonderfully dark usage for cloning technology in his dark version of our future. This story is superb, and the best of what is a very good bunch. And I've yet to even mention that this book also features Robert Charles Wilson, Adam Roberts and Robert J. Sawyer amongst others.

If you want to read what the best sf writers can produce you have simply to buy this book and work your way through it's tales – you will not be disappointed.

Book Description
In this stunning collection of short fiction, 16 of today's masters of speculative fiction reveal the terrors, triumphs, and seeming impossibilities awaiting humanity in the years to come. Featuring never-before-published stories by Kevin J. Anderson, Paul Di Filippo, Alan Dean Foster, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Louise Marley, Sean McMullen, John Meaney, Paul Melko, Robert A. Metzger, Chris Roberson, Adam Roberts,Mike Resnick & Harry Turtledove, Robert J. Sawyer, and Robert Charles Wilson.