Seven Trips Through Time And Space

CONTENTS: Flatlander (Larry Niven) If, March 1967 The Crime and Glory of Commander Suzdal (Cordwainer Smith) Amazing, May 1964 Overproof (Jonathan Blake Mackenzie) Analog, October 1965 Poor Planet (J. T. McIntosh) F & SF, August 1964 Shamar's War (Kris Neville) Galaxy, February 1964 The Tactful Saboteur (Frank Herbert) Galaxy, October 1964 Ministry of Disturbance (H. Beam Piper) Astounding, December 1958

I first read this book when I was ten years old. That was thirty years ago. Even though my perspective has changed, these stories are still spell-binding. My favourite is the famous jaunt into space where a common pet cat creates a whole race of cats by accident. To the casual observer, seconds have passed. To the cat civilisation, billions of years. In fact, the cats end up more advanced than us... This is a classic.