Preface to the Baen Books Edition. 4

SILVER SHOES FOR A PRINCESS. 5

INSIDE STORY.. 34

GETTING HERE FROM THERE. 42

THE PACIFIST.. 52

MINDS, MACHINES AND EVOLUTION.. 63

DISCOVERING HYPERSPACE. 72

TILL DEATH US DO PART.. 73

FORTUNE COOKIE. 94

MORE ON REPLICATION.. 97

CODE OF THE LIFEMAKER: PROLOGUE. 98

THE REVEALED WORD OF GOD.. 108

MAKING LIGHT.. 113

HOW LONG SHOULD A PIECE OF STRING BE?. 122

ASSASSIN.. 123

GOING FULL-TIME. 149

NEANDER-TALE. 151

KNOW NUKES. 156

ALL IN A NAME. 169

DOWN TO EARTH.. 170

MERRY GRAVMAS. 175

KNOWLEDGE IS A MIND-ALTERING DRUG.. 178

EARTH MODELS—ON A PLATE. 180

GENERATION GAP. 191

RULES WITHIN RULES. 201

THE ABSOLUTELY FOOLPROOF ALIBI 206

Postscript, 1996. 237