Galactic Games Author:Bryan Thomas Schmidt (Editor) The Olympic Games, man vs. man, woman vs. woman, pushing skills, minds, brains and bodies to their limits in the ultimate competition on Earth. But now mankind has reached the stars and new challenges and possibilities arisen in sports. From alien opponents to literal death defying stakes and more, Galactic Games have given the ultimate... more » competition a whole new framework. Galactic Games offers 20 one-of-a-kind stories of sports in the future. From variations on old classics like downhill figure skating or horse racing with alien kladnars, from baseball played with speedboats to basketball on Mars and golf on the moon, Galactic Games brings you a new level of competition you've never seen before.
Contents:
Introduction (Galactic Games) • essay by Bryan Thomas Schmidt; Cover art by Domic Harman
With Fones / short story by Todd McCaffrey
Little Games / short story by Mercedes Lackey
Regulation / short story by Seanan McGuire
Earth, Corner Pocket / short story by Lezli Robyn
The Great Kladnar Race (1956) / short story by Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg
Advantages / short story by Louise Marley
Louisville Slugger (1977) / short story by Jack C. Haldeman II
For the Sake of the Game / short story by Gray Rinehart
Shooter Ready / short story by Larry Correia
Minor Hockey Gods of Barstow Station / short story by Beth Cato
Pompoms and Circumstance / short story by Esther M. Friesner
The Olympian / short story by Mike Resnick
Petra and the Blue Goo / short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Green Moss River / short story by Dave Wolverton [as by David Farland]
The On-Deck Circle (2006) / short story by Gene Wolfe
Stress Cracks / short story by Anthony R. Cardno
Run to Starlight (1974) / novelette by George R. R. Martin
Mars Court Rules / short story by Brad R. Torgersen
Last Shot, First Shot / short story by Dean Wesley Smith
The Great Ignorant Race / short story by Robert Reed