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)

Stellar #5. The fifth in the Stellar anthology series. Stellar Science Fiction short stories. Delightfully entertaining science-fiction short stories, written by the stars of the field. Science Fiction in the grand tradition. Stories to read and enjoy. Boasting a truly stellar list of contributors, a story collection that guarantees you hours of mind-spinning entertainment. A good collection of "good old fashioned SF stories", that have more-or-less stood the test of time, designed to counter-balance some of the weird, pretentious New Wave SF anthologies...being good old-fashioned stories that are fun to read. Contents: \* The Sword of Damocles (1980) / novella by James P. Hogan \* Chains of Air, Web of Aether (1980) / novelette by Philip K. Dick \* Grimm's Law \[Win Bear/North American Confederacy\] (1980) / short story by L. Neil Smith \* Corpus Cryptic (1980) / novelette by Lee Killough \* Elbow Room (1980) / novelette by Marion Zimmer Bradley \* The Nobel Laureate (1980) / short story by Robert H. Curtis \* All That Glitters (1980) / novelette by G. C. Edmondson \* The Subtle Serpent (1980) / novella by Charles Sheffield \* About the Authors (Stellar #5) • essay by uncredited .

Stellar #6. The sixth in the Stellar anthology series. Stellar Science Fiction short stories. Delightfully entertaining science-fiction short stories, written by the stars of the field. Science Fiction in the grand tradition. Stories to read and enjoy. Boasting a truly stellar list of contributors, a story collection that guarantees you hours of mind-spinning entertainment. A good collection of "good old fashioned SF stories", that have more-or-less stood the test of time, designed to counter-balance some of the weird, pretentious New Wave SF anthologies...being good old-fashioned stories that are fun to read. Contents: \* 5980 A.D. • poem by Robert Zend Till Death Us Do Part (1981) / novelette by James P. Hogan \* ... All Ye Who Enter Here (1981) / short story by Jack Williamson \* A Gift of Space (1981) / novelette by Margaret C. Hewitt \* The Cerebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras III (1981) / short story by Martha Dodson Forward, Robert L. Forward \[as by Martha Dodson and Robert L. Forward\] \* Cinderella Switch (1981) / short story by Anne McCaffrey \* Byte Your Tongue! (1981) / novelette by Clifford D. Simak \* Grandfather Clause \[Win Bear/North American Confederacy\] (1981) / short story by L. Neil Smith \* The Slow-Death Corridor (1981) / novelette by Mark J. McGarry \* About the Authors (Stellar #6) • essay by Editor .

Stellar #7. The seventh in the Stellar anthology series. Stellar Science Fiction short stories. Delightfully entertaining science-fiction short stories, written by the stars of the field. Science Fiction in the grand tradition. Stories to read and enjoy. Boasting a truly stellar list of contributors, a story collection that guarantees you hours of mind-spinning entertainment. A good collection of "good old fashioned SF stories", that have more-or-less stood the test of time, designed to counter-balance some of the weird, pretentious New Wave SF anthologies...being good old-fashioned stories that are fun to read. Contents: \* Making Light (1981) / short story by James P. Hogan \* Horn O' Plenty (1981) / novelette by Terry Carr and Leanne Frahm \* Excursion Fare (1981) / novelette by James Tiptree, Jr. \* War Movie \[Draco Tavern\] (1981) / short story by Larry Niven \* Folger's Factor \[Win Bear/North American Confederacy\] (1981) / short story by L. Neil Smith \* Pelangus (1981) / novelette by Rick Raphael \* The Mystery of the Duplicate Diamonds (1981) / short story by Paul A. Carter \* The Two Tzaddiks (1981) / short story by Ira Herman \* Identity Crisis (1981) / novelette by James P. Hogan \* About the Authors (Stellar #7) • essay by uncredited .

Three original novellas, "The Mortal and the Monster" by Gordon R. Dickson, "The Greenhouse Defect" by Andrew J. Offutt, and "Oceans Away" by Richard S. Weinstein.