Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; References; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Essays; Intimacy Unveiled (Suzanne Anker); From Apocalypse to Analogy; Transforming Life; References; List of Illustrations; Through the Looking Glass: Encounters with Suzanne Anker's Wonderlands (Sabine Flach); I. Making is Thinking
Art as Knowledge; II. "We can know more than we can tell"; III. Ars Quaerendi
The Art of Asking Questions; IV. Synechein
The Art of Interweaving; References; List of Illustrations; 2. Dialogues; Dialogue I: The Glass Veil
Dialogue I: The Glass Veil (Suzanne Anker & Sabine Flach) References; List of Illustrations; Dialogue II: The Butterfly in the Brain / Rorschach; Dialogue II: The Butterfly in the Brain / Rorschach (Suzanne Anker & Sabine Flach; References; List of Illustrations; Dialogue III: Origins and Futures / Stem Cells; Dialogue III: Origins and Futures / Stem Cells (Suzanne Anker & Sabine Flach); References; List of Illustrations; Dialogue IV: Laboratory Life / Genetic Seed Bank; Dialogue IV: Laboratory Life / Genetic Seed Bank (Suzanne Anker & Sabine Flach); References; List of Illustrations
Dialogue V: Biota / Carbon Collision of the Diamond MindDialogue V: Biota / Carbon Collision of the Diamond Mind (Suzanne Anker & Sabine Flach); References; List of Illustrations; Dialogue VI: Astroculture (Shelf Life); Dialogue VI: Astroculture (Shelf Life) (Suzanne Anker & Sabine Flach); References; List of Illustrations; Dialogue VII: Vanitas (in a Petri Dish) / Remote Sensing; Dialogue VII:Vanitas (in a Petri Dish) / Remote Sensing (Suzanne Anker & Sabine Flach); References; List of Illustrations; Epilogue; Epilogue (Suzanne Anker & Sabine Flach); References; List of Illustrations
3. AppendixMendell's Meltdown (Suzanne Anker); List of references; Errata/Erotica (Suzanne Anker); Variant of Measurement; Variant of Movement; Egg Not Silent Partners In Conception; List of references; Synthetic Abandon (Suzanne Anker); List of references; Viruses and Pearls: The Materialization of Culture (Suzanne Anker); List of references; List of illustrations; Biographies (Suzanne Anker)