Analogy of nature John D. Barrow; Proving the dream Greg Bear; Beyond this horizon: envisioning the next century, or stories of our (preventable?) future(s) Gregory Benford; Cambridge quintet: the chronicle of an experiment in 'scientific fiction' John L. Casti; Becoming Maureen-a story of development Jack Cohen; Algorithmic and ascetic storytelling: alternative approaches to imagination and reality Per-A. Johansson; Einstein at the amusement park: the public story of relativity in Swedish culture Kjell Jonsson; Telling science Anders Karlqvist; Frankenstein's daughters Paul J. McAuley; Mission to Abisko Larry Niven; Secret narratives of mathematics Ian Stewart.