Morning Child and Other Stories

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Copyright © 2004 by Gardner Dozois

Introduction copyright © 2004 by Gardner Dozois ● “Morning Child” copyright © 1984 by Gardner Dozois. First appeared in Omni. ● “Ancestral Voices” copyright © 1988 by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick. First appeared in Asimov’s. ● “The Hanging Curve” copyright © 2002 by Gardner Dozois. First appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. ● “The Peacemaker” copyright © 1983 by Gardner Dozois. First appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. ● “A Special Kind of Morning” copyright © 1971 by Gardner Dozois. First appeared in New Dimensions 1. ● “A Dream at Noonday” copyright © 1970, 1998 by Gardner Dozois. First appeared in Orbit 7. ● “A Kingdom by the Sea” copyright © 1972, 2000 by Gardner Dozois. First appeared in Orbit 10. ● “Machines of Loving Grace” copyright © 1972, 2000 by Gardner Dozois. First appeared in Orbit 11. ● “Chains of the Sea” copyright © 1971, 1999 by Gardner Dozois. First appeared in Chains of the Sea.

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