Now, the awesome saga continues in Winter in Eden...
A new ice age threatens Earth. Facing extinction, the dinosaurs must employ their mastery of biology to swiftly reconquer human territory. Desperately, Kerrick launches an arduous quest to rally a final defense for humankind. With his beloved wife and young son, he heads north to the land of the whale hunters, east into the enemy's stronghold, and south to a fateful reckoning with destiny.
Not since Dune has there been a work of such majestic scope and conception -- a monumental epic of passion, courage, and triumph.
]]>If you want to bravely probe where no one has ever probed before, then join Bill, Splock and Captain Dirk as once again our Galactic Hero investigates new depths in the realms of the science fiction cliche.
]]>BILL, THE GALACTIC HERO - he's back, he's bad and about to meet the most hideous alien lifeform of his entire career. He'd do anything to save his skin without rocking the boat - but mutiny? On the Bounty?
]]>But that was before Uncle Nancy's Cross-Dressing Emporium. And the Time/Space Resonation Nexus. And the Hippy from Hell.
They were enough to completely alter a person's perceptions of reality.
And, like, totally bum him out.
]]>BILL's been volunteered to join a suicide squad run by Captain Cadaver to the well-known hell-hole planet of Eyerack. The orders are DEATH OR GLORY - and GLORY made a point of never returning the invitation to the war. So. Can this really be IT. The Long Goodbye? Zero Hour? Harmonicas at dawn? The end of a brilliantly undistinguished career of military mishaps? What can I tell you?
This IS BILL's final incoherent adventure!
]]>Colonel McColloch thinks so...and his gold, his gun, and some very special blueprints stand behind him to help him prove it.
Sargeant Harmon is a black man who hopes not...and only his readiness, ingenuity, and wit stand behind him to help him stop it.
In the corridors of contemporary Washington and on the fields where Civil War battles have yet to be fought, these two men take each other on--and the winner will determine the course of history....
]]>But that was before Uncle Nancy's Cross-Dressing Emporium. And the Time/Space Resonation Nexus. And the Hippy from Hell.
They were enough to completely alter a person's perceptions of reality.
And, like, totally bum him out.
]]>The Secret Place by Richard McKenna - "[A} sensitive piece of writing, a perfect example of second generation science fiction, the retelling and reexamination of a theme that originated in the pulp years..."
Light of Other Days by Bob Shaw - The memorable classic featuring "slow glass" through which light takes a very long time to travel.
Who Needs Insurance? by Robin S. Scott - If one can be accident prone, then perhaps one can be "safety-prone" -- but why?
Among the Hairy Earthmen by R.A. Lafferty - Earth is nothing more than a bloody playground for the children of the gods.
The Last Castle by Jack Vance - A prime example of one of Vance's "haunting mood-possessed visions of the distant future, written in a style that stirs the reader to reaction and response."
Day Million by Frederik Pohl - A very short story "jewel-like conciseness" of future love, life, and romance.
When I Was Miss Dow by Sonya Dorman - "[A] sense of strangeness, more than a bit of human warmth, as well as a good strong whiff of alien strangeness."
Call Him Lord by Gordon R. Dickson - Earth proves to be a testing ground for the son of an emperor of a hundred worlds.
In the Imagicon by George Henry Smith - "What good was paradise without something to compare it to? Without a taste of hell from time to time, how could a man appreciate heaven?"
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick - Now better know as the story on which film Total Recall was based, the original is a far more subtle questioning of reality.
Man In His Time by Brian W. Aldiss - The sole survivor of crash landing on Mars returns to Earth, but is 3.3077 minutes ahead of the rest of the world.
Contents
Afterword: The Year in Science Fiction • (1967) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss and Harry Harrison
Among the Hairy Earthmen • (1966) • shortstory by R.A. Lafferty
Call Him Lord • (1966) • shortstory by Gordon R. Dickson
Day Million • (1966) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl
In the Imagicon • (1966) • shortstory by George H. Smith [as by George Henry Smith]
Introduction (Nebula Award Stories 2) • (1967) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss and Harry Harrison
Light of Other Days • [Slow Glass] • (1966) • shortstory by Bob Shaw
Man in His Time • (1965) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
Nebula Awards 1966 and Roll of Honor • (1967) • essay by uncredited
The Last Castle • (1966) • novella by Jack Vance
The Secret Place • (1966) • shortstory by Richard McKenna
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale • (1966) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
When I Was Miss Dow • (1966) • shortstory by Sonya Dorman
Who Needs Insurance? • (1966) • novelette by Robin Scott Wilson [as by Robin S. Scott]