After the alien virus struck humanity in the wake of World War II, a handful of survivors found they possessed superhuman powers.

Compact discs. Duration: 19:13:00.

Prologue /Studs Terkel -- Twenty minutes over Broadway / Howard Waldrop -- The sleeper / Roger Zelazny -- Witness / Walter Jon Williams -- Degradation rites / Melinda M. Snodgrass -- Interlude one / Elizabeth H. Crofton -- Captain Cathode and the secret ace / Michael Cassutt -- Powers / David D. Levine -- Shell games / George R. R. Martin -- Interlude two -- The long, dark night of Fortunato / Lewis Shiner -- Transformations / Victor Miln -- Interlude three / Tom Wolfe -- Down deep / Edward Bryant and Leanne C. Harper -- Interlude four / Hunter S. Thompson -- Strings / Stephen Leigh -- Interlude five -- Ghost girl takes Manhattan / Carrie Vaughn -- Comes a hunter / John J. Miller -- Appendix.