Five Fates A Science Fiction Extravaganza

...SEND ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HOPELESS, YEARNING TO BE FREE. TO THEM I RAISE THE LAMP BESIDE THE BRAZEN DOOR..." SO READS THE INSCRIPTION OVER THE PORTAL TO THE EUTHANASIA CENTER. FROM A COMMON BEGINNING-WILLIAM BAILEY'S DEATH THERE-FIVE OF TODAY'S TOP WRITERS OF SCIENCE FICTION CREATE THEIR SEPARATE VISIONS OF BAILEY'S FATE. NO TWO ARE EVEN REMOTELY ALIKE-AND THE BRILLIANCE OF THIS BRAVURA PERFORMANCE SUGGESTS WHY THESE FIVE WRITERS HAVE COLLECTED NINE HUGO AWARDS AMONG THEM!