Isaac Asimov's Solar System

From the desert surface of Mercury to the cold landscape of Pluto, this unique collection explores the nine planets and the sun of our solar system in ten visionary tales from the masters of modern science fiction.Contents 1 • The Sun Spider • (1987) • novelette by Lucius Shepard42 • Cilia-of-Gold • (1994) • novelette by Stephen Baxter75 • Dawn Venus • (1995) • novelette by G. David Nordley116 • Touchdown • (1990) • shortstory by Nancy Kress136 • The Difficulties Involved in Photographing Nix Olympica • (1986) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss157 • The Very Pulse of the Machine • (1998) • novelette by Michael Swanwick182 • Ex Vitro • (1995) • shortstory by Daniel Marcus199 • Into the Blue Abyss • (1999) • shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis222 • Second Skin • (1997) • shortstory by Paul J. McAuley253 • Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe • [Eight Worlds] • (1977) • novelette by John Varley