Nebula Award Stories 2

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These stories, first published in 1966, represent an exciting and important time in the history of science fiction -- the era when SF became true literature. Editors for this volume are BRIAN W. ALDISS and HARRY HARRISON. ALDISS is a prolific award-winning author of over two dozen novels, hundreds of short stories, several critical works, and poetry. His latest novels are THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE: OR MY LIFE AS AN ENGLISHMAN and SUPERTOYS. The multiple award-winning author of dozens of novels of speculative fiction, HARRISON is best known for The Stainless Steel Rat series, MAKE ROOM! MAKE ROOM! , and the alternate history novels STARS & STRIPES FOREVER and STARS & STRIPES IN PERIL. He lives in Ireland. The Secret Place by Richard McKenna - "[A} sensitive piece of writing, a perfect example of second generation science fiction, the retelling and reexamination of a theme that originated in the pulp years..." Light of Other Days by Bob Shaw - The memorable classic featuring "slow glass" through which light takes a very long time to travel. Who Needs Insurance? by Robin S. Scott - If one can be accident prone, then perhaps one can be "safety-prone" -- but why? Among the Hairy Earthmen by R.A. Lafferty - Earth is nothing more than a bloody playground for the children of the gods. The Last Castle by Jack Vance - A prime example of one of Vance's "haunting mood-possessed visions of the distant future, written in a style that stirs the reader to reaction and response." Day Million by Frederik Pohl - A very short story "jewel-like conciseness" of future love, life, and romance. When I Was Miss Dow by Sonya Dorman - "[A] sense of strangeness, more than a bit of human warmth, as well as a good strong whiff of alien strangeness." Call Him Lord by Gordon R. Dickson - Earth proves to be a testing ground for the son of an emperor of a hundred worlds. In the Imagicon by George Henry Smith - "What good was paradise without something to compare it to? Without a taste of hell from time to time, how could a man appreciate heaven?" We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick - Now better know as the story on which film Total Recall was based, the original is a far more subtle questioning of reality. Man In His Time by Brian W. Aldiss - The sole survivor of crash landing on Mars returns to Earth, but is 3.3077 minutes ahead of the rest of the world.

Contents
Afterword: The Year in Science Fiction • • essay by Brian W. Aldiss and Harry Harrison
Among the Hairy Earthmen • • shortstory by R.A. Lafferty
Call Him Lord • • shortstory by Gordon R. Dickson
Day Million • • shortstory by Frederik Pohl
In the Imagicon • • shortstory by George H. Smith [as by George Henry Smith]
Introduction • • essay by Brian W. Aldiss and Harry Harrison
Light of Other Days • [Slow Glass] • • shortstory by Bob Shaw
Man in His Time • • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
Nebula Awards 1966 and Roll of Honor • • essay by uncredited
The Last Castle • • novella by Jack Vance
The Secret Place • • shortstory by Richard McKenna
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale • • novelette by Philip K. Dick
When I Was Miss Dow • • shortstory by Sonya Dorman
Who Needs Insurance? • • novelette by Robin Scott Wilson [as by Robin S. Scott]