First Contact: Digital Science Fiction Anthology

Ed Greenwood is best known as the creator of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. Since 1987, Ed's Realms have grown into one of the most popular series of setting sourcebooks in gaming history and has spawned dozens of New York Times best-selling works of fiction, some penned by Greenwood himself. Ed remains very active in the Realms both through Wizards of the Coast and fan-created websites like Candlekeep. He first contributed to the Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting as part of the...

Ian Creasey is a science fiction writer and editor who focuses on short stories. He edited The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 and has published work in many of the field's leading magazines.

British science fiction & fantasy author

Ken Liu (born 1976) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Liu has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards for his short fiction, which has appeared in F&SF, Asimov's, Analog, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, and multiple "Year's Best" anthologies. Liu has also written an epic fantasy novel series, The Dandelion Dynasty, which he describes as silkpunk. The series is published by Simon & Schuster. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu)

Rob Jacobsen writes science fiction. His collection, "First Contact: Digital Science Fiction Anthology," explores themes of initial encounters in a digital age.