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ABOUT THE EDITOR
John Joseph Adams is the bestselling editor of many anthologies, such as Armored, Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom, Brave New Worlds, Wastelands, The Living Dead, The Living Dead 2, By Blood We Live, Federations, The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and The Way of the Wizard. Forthcoming work includes Epic (Tachyon, November 2012), The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination (Tor Books, 2013), Dead Man’s Hand (Titan Books, 2013), and Robot Uprisings (co-edited with Daniel H. Wilson, 2013).
John is a four-time finalist for the Hugo Award and a three-time finalist for the World Fantasy Award. He has been called “the reigning king of the anthology world” by Barnes & Noble, and his books have been lauded as some of the best anthologies of all time.
In addition to his anthology work, John is also the editor and publisher of Lightspeed Magazine, and he is the co-host of Wired. com’s The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast.
For more information, visit his website at johnjosephadams.com, and you can find him on Twitter @johnjosephadams.
Other Anthologies Edited by John Joseph Adams
Armored
Brave New Worlds
By Blood We Live
Federations
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Lightspeed: Year One
The Living Dead
The Living Dead 2
Seeds of Change
Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom
Wastelands
The Way of the Wizard
Dead Man’s Hand
Epic
The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination
Robot Uprisings (co-edited with Daniel H. Wilson)
Copyright
Other Worlds Than These © 2012 by John Joseph Adams
This edition of Other Worlds Than These
© 2012 by Night Shade Books
Jacket illustration and design by Cody Tilson
Interior layout and design by Amy Popovich
Introduction, story notes, and arrangement
© 2012 by John Joseph Adams.
Pages 555-557 represent an extension of this copyright page.
All rights reserved
First Edition
ISBN: 978-1-59780-434-9
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