“The Sun-People” (under the title “The Sun-Person"), first published in Interzone, 1993.
“The Logic Pool,” first published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, 1994.
“Gossamer,” first published in SF Age, 1995.
“Cilia-of-Gold,” first published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, 1994.
“Lieserl,” first published in Interzone, 1993.
“Pilot,” revised from “Chiron,” first published as a chapbook by Novacon, 1993.
“The Xeelee Flower,” first published in Interzone, 1987.
“More Than Time or Distance,” first published in Opus, 1988.
“The Switch,” first published in Edge, 1990.
“Blue Shift,” first published in Writers Of The Future Vol V, ed. Algis Budrys, 1989.
“The Quagma Datum,” first published in Interzone: the 4th Anthology, ed. John Clute, David Pringle and Simon Ounsley, 1989.
“Planck Zero,” first published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, 1992.
“The Gödel Sunflowers,” first published in Interzone, 1992.
“Vacuum Diagrams,” first published in Interzone, 1990.
“Stowaway,” extracted and revised from Raft, HarperCollins, 1991.
“The Tyranny of Heaven,” first published in Dream, 1990.
“Hero,” first published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, 1995.
“Shell,” revised from “The Bark Spaceship,” first published in Dream, 1987.
“The Eighth Room,” first published in Dream, 1989.
“Secret History” and “The Baryonic Lords,” revised from “The Baryonic Lords,” first published in Interzone, 1991.
“Eve” (under the title “The Soliton Star"), first published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, 1996.