Ace Books, 1979. Paperback. Original stories and essays from the editors of “Analog.” “Julian” (1978) by Kate Wilhelm; “Too Soon We Grow Old” (1978) by Spider Robinson; “Guzman's Gardener” (1978) by Stephen Robinett; “More Deadly Than the Male?” (1978) by Sam Nicholson; “Kingsmeat” (1978) by Orson Scott Card; “Oh Say Can You See—” (1978) by Robert Bloch. “Taking Off in All Directions” (1978) by Ben Bova; Guest “The Awe and the Awful” (1978) by Gregory Benford; “The Fifties” (1978) “(essay) by Barry Malzberg; “Immunity to Cancer” (1978) (essay) by Malcolm Thaler; “Science Fiction in the 1977, Who Needed It?” (1978) (essay) by Jeff Rovin; “New Maps of Science Fiction” (1978) (essay) by William Sims Bainbridge and Murray M. Dalziel. INTERIOR ART Jack Gaughan, Broeck Steadman, Mike Hinge, Janet Aulisio.

1 • Introduction (Analog Yearbook II) • essay by Stanley Schmidt 3 • Première • novelette by Tony Rothman 41 • Collision Orbit • novelette by D. C. Poyer \[as by David Andreissen\] 69 • Telec • essay by James Quinn and William Sheck 77 • The Last Flute • short story by Thomas A. Easton 93 • Valo in Love • novelette by Gordon Eklund 135 • Particle Detectives and the Million Dollar Map • essay by Roy Meador 155 • The Horse That Jack Built • poem by Jeff Rovin 175 • Homo Neuter • novelette by James Patrick Kelly 217 • "Some Things Just Have to Be Done by Hand!" • short story by Paul J. Nahin 221 • Windship • novelette by Lord St. Davids 247 • Guard at the Gates of Hell • novelette by George W. Olney