The Final Frontier: Stories of Exploring Space, Colonizing the Universe, and First Contact

Copyright

Copyright © 2018 by Neil Clarke

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Clarke, Neil, 1966- editor. Title:

The final frontier : stories of exploring space, colonizing the universe, and first contact / edited by Neil Clarke.

Description: New York : Night Shade Books, [2018]

Identifiers: LCCN 2018003101 | ISBN 9781597809399 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Science fiction. | Outer space--Exploration--Fiction. | Human-alien encounters--Fiction.

Classification: LCC PN6071.S33 F56 2018 | DDC 808.83/8762--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018003101

eISBN: 978-1-59780-650-3

Cover illustration by Fred Gambino

Cover design by Jason Snair

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