''Galactic Empires'' is a science fiction anthology edited by American writer

Gardner Dozois Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of '' The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of '' Asimov's Science Fict ...

, published in 2008. It should not be confused with the two Brian Aldiss anthologies ''Galactic Empires'' Volumes One and Two published in 1976.

The book includes 6 novellas, all commissioned for this book and published here for the first time. This is the second anthology of original SF novellas edited by Dozois for the

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, the first being '' One Million A.D.'', published in 2005. Two of the six authors also appear in both anthologies:

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and

Alastair Reynolds Alastair Preston Reynolds (born 13 March 1966) is a Welsh science fiction author. He specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Early life Reynolds was born in Wales and spent his early years in Cornwall before moving back to Wales, ...

. The stories are as follows. * Peter F. Hamilton: "The Demon Trap" *

Neal Asher Neal Asher (born 4 February 1961) is an English science fiction writer. He lives near Chelmsford. Career Both of Asher's parents are educators and science fiction fans. Although he began writing speculative fiction in secondary school, he di ...

: "Owner Space" *

: "The Man With the Golden Balloon" *

: "The Six Directions of Space" * Stephen Baxter: "The Seer and the Silverman" * Ian McDonald: "The Tear"

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