A Meeting with Medusa

In leading an expedition through the many-layered Jovian atmosphere in the hydrogen balloon craft Kon-Tiki, Captain Howard Falcon discovers a world where bioluminescent air plankton produce brilliant atmospheric sea-fire, predatory manta-ray creatures dominate the skies, and enormous jellyfish-like beings grow to be over a mile across.The title story of this fourth collection from one of the genre's most celebrated authors ends with a twist-that leaves the reader questioning what it means to be human. Table of Introduction1. Before Eden2. Hate3. Love That Universe4. Dog Star5. Maelstrom II6. An Ape About the House7. The Shining Ones8. The Secret9. Dial F For Frankenstein10. The Wind From the Sun11. The Food of the Gods12. The Last Command13. Light of Darkness14. The Longest Science-fiction Story Ever Told15. Playback16. The Cruel Sky17. Herbert George Morley Roberts Wells, Esq.18. Crusade19. Neutron Tide20. Reunion21. Transit of Earth22. A Meeting With Medusa23. Quarantine24. 'siseneG'25. The Steam-powered Word Processor26. On Golden Seas27. The Hammer of God28. The Wire Continuum (with Stephen Baxter)29. Improving the Neighbourhood