1st Sphere UK edition. Science fiction short story collection. Foreword by Clifford D. Simak. Contributors include Thomas Disch, Ben Bova, Barry N. Maltzberg, Dean R. Koontz, Frank Herbert, Robert Silverberg, Harlan Ellison and Frederick Pohl. 240 pages.
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preface (nf) roger elwood
introduction (nf) clifford d. simak
in praise of new york (poem) thomas m. disch as by tom disch
the sightseers (short story) ben bova
meanwhile, we eliminate (ss) andrew j. offut
thine alabaster cities gleam (ss) laurence m. janifer
culture lock (ss) barry n. malzberg
the world as will and wallpaper (ss) r. a. lafferty
violation (ss) william f. nolan
city nights, city lights (ss) barry n. malzberg as k. m. o'donnell
the undercity (ss) dean r. koontz
apartment hunting (ss) audrey bilker, harvey bilker
as a drop (poem) d. m. price
abendländes (poem) virginia kidd
the weariest river (novelette) thomas n. scortia
death of a city (ss) frank herbert
assassins of air (ss) george zebrowski
getting across (ntte) robert silverberg
in dark places (ss) joe l. hensley
revolution (ss) barry n. malzberg as robin schaeffer
chicago (ss) thomas f. monteleone
the most primitive (ss) ray russell
hindsight: 480 seconds (ss) harlan ellison
5,000,000 AD (ss) miriam allen deford
afterword (nf) frederik pohl
thomson books ltd. sphere boks p/b first printing, first uk edition
original anthology of seventeen short stories, two novelettes and three poems
nf introductions by roger elwood, clifford d. simak, outro by frederik pohl
cover art by angus mckie (unsigned, uncredited; attributed in ''the flights of icarus'' eds. martyn dean, roger dean with text by donald lehmkuhl (1977), q.v.)
cover price 75p, 82½p rep. of ireland, $2.50 australia, $2.55 new zealand
240pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp