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Flight to Forever by Poul Anderson - 3/5 - A palatable yet obviously aged story. The continuous flight into the future gives it this grand, sweeping feel, and the people and times imagined are entrenched in the time the story was written. Reminds me a bit of Wells' Time Machine.

When We Went to See the End of the World by Robert Silverberg - 3/5 - Funny story. People telling their end of the world stories at a (maybe) swinger party while the world is slowly ending around them. Seems like a fitting story for its time (the 70s).

Afterward by John Helfers - 3/5 - This entry, though not really a story, is still interesting. Hopefully, someone who doesn't have proper perspective on the place of the human race will read it and think. Earth--and the universe--will go on without humans.

"If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth ..." by Arthur C. Clarke - 3/5 - Short one from Clarke about a colony on the moon and their reason for existence. Had a jazz soundtrack in my head, and not the jazz I was listening to.

Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels by George R. R. Martin - 3/5 - Fun to see this old story from Martin and how far he's come. Feels like an old Twilight Zone episode. Has a bit too much infodump. Still, cool ideas and execution.

By Fools Like Me by Nancy Kress - 3/5 - Pandora's box. Hope is left. But really, the grandmother is left.

Salvage by Orson Scott Card - 4/5 - Young man comes to realize where he stands with the religion of his youth, Mormonism. Good characters.

Salvage by Orson Scott Card - 4/5 - Young man comes to realize where he stands with the religion of his youth, Mormonism. Good characters.

Salvage by Orson Scott Card - 4/5 - Young man comes to realize where he stands with the religion of his youth, Mormonism. Good characters.

Jody After the War by Edward Bryant - 3/4 - A look into how a relationship might struggle after an apocalypse. Struggles a little from race and gender fail.