An anthology featuring some of the biggest names in British genre fiction, including rare, previously uncollected stories by Iain M. Banks, Stephen Baxter, Peter F. Hamilton, Justina Robson, Paul McAuley, Juliet E McKenna, Anne Nicholls, and Geoff Ryman, alongside original stories by Eric Brown, Ian R. MacLeod, Martin Sketchley, Kari Sperring, and Adrian Tchaikovsky.

The rare reprints all appeared originally in souvenir booklets given to attendees of the Novacon convention and featuring original work by that year's Guest of Honour.

The very best of British Science Fiction.

Table of Contents:

Burning Brightly: Introduction by Rog Peyton

Chiron - Stephen Baxter

The Spheres - Iain M. Banks

Acts of Defiance - Eric Brown

Heatwave - Anne Nicholls

Alien TV - Paul McAuley

Canary Girls - Kari Sperring

Softlight Sins - Peter F. Hamilton

Erie Lackawana Song - Justina Robson

Through the Veil - Juliet E. McKenna

The Coming of Enkidu - Geoff Ryman

Red Sky in the Morning - Adrian Tchaikovsky

The God of Nothing - Ian R. MacLeod

The Ships of Aleph - Jaine Fenn

Bloodbirds - Martin Sketchley

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