David Lee Summers fills the number 6 spot in the anthology with his hopeful story The Revelation of Thought. Any comments I could make about the story would be in the form of spoiler, so I’m not going to discuss it.
David is a professional astronomer at Kitt Peak Observatory. He edits Tales of the Talisman magazine and writes, too. I’ve known David from Coppercon, having sat on panels with him, and just hanging out with him between events. He’s a sharp guy, and his story is one of the few in this collection that could really be considered hard SF.
I interviewed David last year at Westercon, while I was still producing the Novy MIRror video podcast. You can see that interview here.