Greg Egan’s last three stories for

Asimov’s,

“Cocoon” (May 1994); “Luminous” (September 1995); and “Tap” (November 1995), have all made the Hugo award’s final ballot. The paperback edition of Mr. Egan’s near-future novel,

Distress,

and the hard-cover edition of his far-future novel,

Diaspora,

have just been released by HarperPrism.