Remember the story that first turned you on to science fiction and perhaps made you a fan for life? Who, if anyone, is writing fiction—especially short fiction—like that now? And where is it being published? Science fiction should be fun...should offer some of that sense of wonder and achievement we used to expect as a matter of course. And that is what the Stellar series is all about. This first volume showcases superior short stories by the magor writers in the field—with each story in print here for the first time anywhere. 1/ The Birch Clump Cylinder (Clifford D. Simak) 2/ Singularities Make me Nervous (Larry Niven) 3/ Schwartz Between the Galaxies (Robert Silverberg) 4/ A Miracle of Small Fishes (Alan Dean Foster) 5/ The Whirligig of Time (Vernor Vinge) 6/ Mr. Hamadryad (R. A. Lafferty) 7/ Twig (Gordon R. Dickson)