Future Games

Human competition is eternal. We thrill to victory, we suffer the agony of defeat. No matter what the future brings, sports will be a part of it. But what forms will these games take? Who will be the spectator, who will play? Will aliens be our opponents or machines? Will physical competition even exist? What rules will we play by? What will be at stake? What rewards will be reaped by the victors? What fates await the defeated? Will the entire universe be our arena or will our world be smaller than today? Visionary authors speculate on what swifter, higher, stronger, and winning will mean in the near and distant future.

Preface by Paula Guran
Will the Chill by John Shirley
Run to Starlight by George R. R. Martin
Man-Mountain Gentian by Howard Waldrop
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The Fate of Nations by James Morrow
Unsportsmanlike Conduct by Scott Westerfeld
Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is Your Crisis! by Kate Wilhelm
Breakaway by George Alec Effinger
Kip, Running by Genevieve Williams
Diamond Girls by Louise Marley
Anda’s Game by Cory Doctorow
Listen by Joel Richards
Name That Planet! by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Distance by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
Pawn by Timons Esaias
The Survivor by Walter F. Moudy