Extrasolar: Tales of super Earths and hot Jupiters

Among the brilliant visionary scenarios in Extrasolar: military antagonists meet in the atmosphere of a gas giant; gifted children hijack a starship to search out a new home; a superjovian world yields mysterious and much-coveted gemstones; aliens find our solar system disconcertingly paradoxical; a feminist SF writer of the Seventies crafts liberating exoplanetary dreams; the habitats aboard a gargantuan spaceship cater to the needs of truly exotic aliens; and scientists eagerly seeking exoplanets confront a devastating truth. And then there are songs of home and far away and bitter exile; intelligence calling to intelligence across light years and species barriers; utterly immersive dives into perilous planetary atmospheres; brave responses to enigmatic messages from the stars; a machine embracing a Gothic destiny; and a truly different kind of space opera.Here's the line up:Holdfast – Alastair ReynoldsShadows of Eternity – Gregory BenfordA Game of Three Generals – Aliette de BodardThe Bartered Planet – Paul Di FilippoCome Home – Terry DowlingThe Residue of Fire – Robert ReedThunderstone – Matthew HughesJourney to the Anomaly – Ian WatsonCanoe -- Nancy KressThe Planet Woman By M.V. Crawford – Lavie TidharArcturean Nocturne – Jack McDevittLife Signs – Paul McAuleyThe Fall of the House of Kepler – Ian R. MacLeodThe Tale of the Alcubierre Horse – Kathleen Ann Goonan