“Book Descriptions: In the title story of this collection, Earth has entered its final ice age—precipitated by the cooling of the sun. In this forbidding climate, a small tribe of nomadic human survivors travels toward the equator ahead of glaciers moving down from the North Pole, carrying with them a handful of relics from the 21st century—and racing against the ice to preserve them from annihilation.
This collection is a showcase of groundbreaking stories that wrestle with the moral, psychological, and ethical implications of scientific advancement—written by one of the foremost science fiction authors of our time.
Table of contents:
Introduction Foreword
1. Travel by Wire! 2. How We Went to Mars 3. Retreat from Earth 4. Reverie 5. The Awakening 6. Whacky 7. Loophole 8. Rescue Party 9. Technical Error 10. Castaway 11. The Fires Within 12. Inheritance 13. Nightfall 14. History Lesson 15. Transience 16. The Wall of Darkness 17. The Lion of Comarre 18. The Forgotten Enemy 19. Hide-and-Seek 20. Breaking Strain 21. Nemesis 22. Guardian Angel 23. Time's Arrow 24. A Walk in the Dark 25. Silence Please 26. Trouble With the Natives 27. The Road to the Sea” DRIVE