A variety of unusual voices ranges from Malaysia to Moscow and beyond in a collection of magical, otherworldly fiction from a preeminent, imaginative force in the genre. Contents A Tupolev Too Far (1989) novelette Ratbird (1992) short story FOAM (1991) novelette Summertime Was Nearly Over (1991) short story Better Morphosis (1990) short story Three Degrees Over (1989) novelette A Life of Matter and Death (1990) novelette A Day in the Life of a Galactic Empire (1989) short story Confluence (1967) short story Confluence Revisited (1988) short story North of the Abyss (1989) novelette Alphabet of Ameliorating Hope (1992) poem