Space exploration and the colonization of new worlds has always been one of the most popular themes in science fiction. Now, in this brand-new collection of original stories, such masterful forecasters of the future as Jack Williamson, Alan Dean Foster, Mike Resnick, Allen Steele, Robert J. Sawyer, Robert Charles Wilson, Pamela Sargent, and their fellow explorers, take us to distant worlds where humans seek to make their homes--sometimes against deadly odds--or to exotic places where alien races thrive.Here is the stuff that science fiction movies and television shows are made of--tales that will engage readers of all ages.