This Halcyon Classics ebooks contains five science fiction stories by American writer Walter M. Miller, Jr. Miller (1923-1996) is best known for his post-apocalyptic novel A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ. Miller was also a widely-published author of short stories, winning a Hugo in 1955 for THE DARFSTELLER and another in 1961 for LEIBOWITZ. This ebook is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Check and Checkmate Death of a Spaceman The Hoofer The Ties that Bind Way of a Rebel This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text, with minor errors and omissions corrected.