Vaster than Empires: Speculative Fiction of the Eternal and the Ephemeral

Futures imagined by writers at the outer limits of science and storytelling—from the depths of time to the limits of life.

Vaster than Empires is a global anthology of original science fiction stories that explores the philosophical and scientific frontiers of life, intelligence, and temporality. Edited by Jonathan Strahan, this collection gathers award-winning authors to imagine what it means to be alive in futures shaped by synthetic biology, climate change, interstellar migration, and art...