Edited by Geoff Ryman

When It Changed is an attempt to put authors and scientists back in touch with each other, to re-introduce research ideas with literary concerns, and to re-forge the alloy that once made Science Fiction great. Composed collaboratively ““ through a series of visits and conversations between leading authors and practicing scientists ““ it offers fictionalized glimpses into the far corners of current research fields. Together these stories represent a literary ‘experiment’ in the true sense of the word, and endeavour to isolate a whole new strain of the SF bug.