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What if you could not only travel to any location in our own world, but to any *possible* world? We can all imagine such “other worlds”—be they worlds just slightly different than our own or worlds full of magic and wonder—but it is only in fiction that we can travel to them. From *The Wizard of Oz* to *The Dark Tower* , from Philip Pullman to C.S. Lewis, there is a rich tradition of this kind of fiction in the fantasy genre, but never before have the best parallel world stories and portal fantasies in the science fiction genre (of those published prior to 2012) been collected in a single volume—until now. CONTENTS [position – author – *title* (year of original publication)] Foreword – Lev Grossman, *Foreword (Other Worlds Than These)* Introduction – John Joseph Adams, *Introduction (Other Worlds Than These)* 01 – Stephen Baxter, *Moon Six* (1997) 02 – Paul McAuley, *A Brief Guide to Other Histories* (2008) 03 – Seanan McGuire, *Crystal Halloway and the Forgotten Passage* (2011) 04 – Michael Swanwick, *An Empty House With Many Doors* (2011) 05 – Gregory Benford, *Twenty-Two Centimeters* (2004) 06 – William Alexander, *Ana’s Tag* (2008) 07 – Pat Cadigan, *Nothing Personal* (2007) 08 – Joyce Carol Oates, *The Rose Wall* (1981) 09 – John R. Fultz, *The Thirteen Texts of Arthyria* (2010) 10 – Vandana Singh, *Ruminations in an Alien Tongue* (2012) 11 – Paul Melko, *Ten Sigmas* (2004) 12 – Kelly Link, *Magic for Beginners* (2005) 13 – Ian McDonald, *A Ghost Samba* (2008) 14 – Simon McCaffery, *The Cristóbal Effect* (2012) 15 – E. Catherine Tobler, *Beyond Porch and Portal* (2009) 16 – Alastair Reynolds, *Signal to Noise* (2006) 17 – Ursula K. Le Guin, *Porridge on Islac* (2003) 18 – Stephen King, *Mrs Todd’s Shortcut* (1984) 19 – David Barr Kirtley, *The Ontological Factor* (2011) 20 – Mercurio D. Rivera, *Dear Annabehls* (2009) 21 – Jeff Vandermeer, *The Goat Variations* (2009) 22 – George R.R. Martin, *The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr* (1976) 23 – Carrie Vaughn, *Of Swords and Horses* (2006) 24 – Tim Pratt, *Impossible Dreams* (2006) 25 – Robert Reed, *Like Minds* (2003) 26 – Catherynne M. Valente, *The City of Blind Delight* (2008) 27 – Yoon Ha Lee, *Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain* (2010) 28 – Orson Scott Card, *Angles* (2002) 29 – Christie Yant, *The Magician and the Maid and Other Stories* (2010) 30 – Robert Silverberg, *Trips* (1974) Afterword – Ross E. Lockhart, *For Further Reading (Other Worlds Than These)*