A mostly very weak issue. The only story I really enjoyed was Baxter's "On the Orion Line", with the Williams story also being interesting.

"Fly-By-Night" - Larry Niven 3/5
A Man-Kzin Wars story

"Tauromaquia" - Daniel Abraham, Michaela Roessner, Sage Walker and Walter Jon Williams 1/5
Romance in a future where martial arts and bullfighting have mixed. Too slow

"On the Orion Line" - Stephen Baxter 4/5
Humans attempt to survive in and escape from a Silver Ghost fortress during a long interstellar war.

"The Cloud Man" - Eleanor Arneson 2/5
Looking for a missing father in the wilderness of a colony world. Nice setting with clumsy dialogue and an unfocused story.

"Chain of Life" - Steven Utley 3/5
Time travelers find love in the distant past.

"Sergeant Mother Glory" - Tom Purdom 2.5/5
Future soldiers have constant psychological oversight.

"Ancestor's Song" - Liz Williams 3.5/5
Human speciation on a colony world. Interesting, but not much story.

"Peggy's Plan" - Jim Grimsley 1/5
Young girl fantasizes about ruling the world. ( )