Contents: · Foreword · fw · The Wheels of If [Allister Park] · na Unknown Fantasy Fiction, October 1940 · The Best-Laid Scheme · ss Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1941 · The Warrior Race · ss Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1940 · Hyperpelosity · ss Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1938 · The Merman · ss Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1938 · The Contraband Cow · ss Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1942 · The Gnarly Man · nv Unknown, June 1939 The Wheels of If turned—and Allister Park spun from our own New York through a dizzying succession of alternate worlds to New Belfast...biggest city in the Bretwaldate of Vinland, the country that might have been if some historical crises had turned out the other way... . Park's frantic efforts to get back to his own if-world turn Vinland upside down—and create a marvelously inventive and entertaining classic of SF. In addition to this famous novel, this collection includes "The Gnarly Man," "Hyperpelosity," and four other stories in the inimitable De Camp manner. SBN 425-01893-075