“Genius” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction December, 1948

“There Will be Other Times” appeared in Staves, 1993.

“The Live Coward” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1956.

“Ballade of an Artificial Satellite” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1958.

“Time Lag” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1961.

“The Man Who Came Early” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1956.

“Autumn” appeared in Staves, 1993

“Turning Point” first appeared in Worlds of If, May 1963.

“Honesty” appeared in Staves, 1993.

“The Alien Enemy” (as Michael Karageorge) first appeared in Analog Science Fiction, December, 1968.

“Eventide” appeared in Staves, 1993.

“Enough Rope” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, July 1953.

“The Sharing of Flesh” first appeared in Galaxy Magazine, December 1968.

“Barbarous Allen” first appeared in “The Zed”, Winter 1953.

“Welcome” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1960.

“Flight to Forever” first appeared in Super Science Stories, November 1950.

“Sea Burial” appeared in Staves, 1993.

“Barnacle Bull” (as Winston P. Sanders) first appeared in Analog Science Fiction, September 1960.

“To Jack Williamson” appeared in Staves, 1993.

“Time Heals” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, October 1949.

“MacCannon” appeared in Staves, 1993.

“The Martian Crown Jewels” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1959.

“Then Death Will Come” appeared in Staves, 1993.

“Prophecy” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, May 1949.

“Einstein’s Distress” first appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, September 1980.

“Kings Who Die” first appeared in Worlds of If, March 1962.

“Ochlan” appeared in Staves, 1993.

“Starfog” first appeared in Analog Science Fiction, August 1967.

Acknowledgments

Two names appear as the editors of this book. While we each did a lot of work, this page is for the many other people without whose labors the book would never have been published.

Technical help was provided by Dave Grubbs, Alice Lewis, Tony Lewis, Mark Olson and Geri Sullivan.

Proofreading was done by Bonnie Atwood, Ann Broomhead, Jim Burton, Gay Ellen Dennett, Pam Fremon, Tony Lewis, Mark Olson, Lis Pfeffer, Sharon Sbarsky, and Tim Szczesuil.

Ann Crimmins and Dave Grubbs independently checked the book for errors previously missed. Many were found.

Alice Lewis then did her magic in producing the dust jacket.

Special thanks to Greg Bear for his introduction to the book and for supplying that wonderful picture of Karen and Poul.

For those interested, the original proposal to Karen Anderson was made at the L.A. Worldcon in 2006. These books do take time to produce.

Rick Katze

Lis Carey

November 2008

Praise for the works of
Poul Anderson

“One of science fiction’s masters.” — Starlog

“Anderson, far more than many newer science fiction writers,
takes the trouble to envision a genuinely strange,
complex future for mankind.” — The Washington Post

“Poul Anderson is science fiction’s premier historian, past,
present, and alternative.” — Detroit Free Press

“Anderson has produced more milestones in
contemporary science fiction and fantasy than any
one man is entitled to.” — Stephen R. Donaldson