The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows

A boy struggles to drop below his spaceship's weight limit so that he can bring his most treasured possession with him to a distant planet; a girl's obsession with tanning cream causes her to turn orange and draws the attention of extraterrestrials; an Internet celebrity switches from one custom-made body to another, desperate to keep his fans interested. In sixteen stories, authors including Neil Gaiman, Scott Westerfeld, and Margo Lanagan imagine the lives of teens in the near and distant future. Introduction. Brief author's note and biography after each story. Editor's note.