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Other Science Fiction Anthologies Edited by Isaac Asimov THE HUGO WINNERS, VOLUME THREE BEFORE THE GOLDEN AGE THE HUGO WINNERS, VOLUME TWO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? TOMORROW’S CHILDREN FIFTY SHORT SCIENCE FICTION TALES (WITH GROFF CONKLIN) THE HUGO WINNERS Other Science Fiction Anthologies Edited by Martin Harry Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander TIME OF PASSAGE: SF STORIES ABOUT DEATH & DYING TOMORROW, INC.: SF STORIES ABOUT BIG BUSINESS THE CITY 2000 A.D.: URBAN LIFE THROUGH SCIENCE FICTION (with Ralph Clem) RUN TO STARLIGHT: SPORTS THROUGH SCIENCE FICTION (with Patricia S. Warrick) THE NEW AWARENESS: RELIGION THROUGH SCIENCE FICTION (with Patricia S. Warrick) MICROCOSMIC TALES 100 WONDROUS SCIENCE FICTION SHORT-SHORT STORIES SELECTED BY ISAAC ASIMOV, MARTIN HARRY GREENBERG, AND JOSEPH D. OLANDER Taplinger Publishing Company, New York Published in 1980 by TAPLINGER PUBLISHING CO., INC. New York, New York Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Microcosmic tales. 1. Science fiction, American. 2. Science fiction, English. I. Asimov, Isaac, 1920- II. Greenberg, Martin Harry. III. Olander, Joseph D. PZ1.M582 [PS648.S3] 823’.0876’08 79-66641 ISBN 0-8008-5238-9 Copyright © 1980 by Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Acknowledgments “The Last Answer” by Isaac Asimov. Copyright © 1979 by Condé Nast Publications, Inc. Originally published in Analog (January 1980). Reprinted by permission of the author. “Package Deal” by Donald Franson. Copyright © 1980 by Donald Franson. Published by arrangement with the author. Original to this collection. “Lycanthrope” by Norman E. Hartman. Copyright © 1976 by Omelas-2. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Gemini 74” by Jack Ritchie. Copyright © 1966 by Diners Club, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Larry Sternig Literary Agency. “Geever’s Flight” by Charles E. Fritch. Copyright © 1965 by William F. Nolan. Reprinted from The Pseudo People, edited by William F. Nolan for Sherbourne Press, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Lost and Found” by Phyllis Eisenstein. Copyright © 1978 by Phyllis Eisenstein. Reprinted from Analog by permission of the author. “Pattern” by Fredric Brown. Copyright © 1954 by Fredric Brown. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., 845 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022. “Discovering a New Earth” by Robert Mattingly. Copyright © 1980 by Robert Mattingly. Published by arrangement with the author and his agent, Forrest J Ackerman, 2495 Glendower Ave., Hollywood, CA 90027. Original to this collection. “Varieties of Technological Experience” by Barry N. Malzberg. Copyright © 1978 by Condé Nast Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Listen, Love” by George Zebrowski and Jack Dann. Copyright © 1971 by Michael Moorcock. First appeared in New Worlds Quarterly 2. Reprinted by permission of the authors and Joseph Elder Agency, 150 West 87th Street, New York, N.Y. 10024. “That Strain Again” by Charles Sheffield. Copyright © 1980 by Charles Sheffield. Published by arrangement with the author. Original to this collection. “Take Me to Your Leader” by George Henry Smith. Copyright © 1980 by George Henry Smith. Published by arrangement with the author. Original to this collection. “Put Your Head Upon My Knee” by Jack Ritchie. Copyright © 1967 by the Diner’s Club, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the Larry Sternig Literary Agency. “The Big Fix” by Robert F. Decker. Copyright © 1980 by Robert F. Decker. Published by arrangement with the author and his agent, Forrest J Ackerman, 2495 Glendower Ave., Hollywood, CA 90027. Original to this collection. “Speed of the Cheetah, Roar of the Lion” by Harry Harrison. Copyright © 1975 by Mercury Press, Inc. From The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Just Call Me Irish” by Richard Wilson. Copyright © 1958 by Columbia Publications, Inc. Originally published in Future Science Fiction (June 1958), reprinted in Time Out for Tomorrow (1962). Reprinted by permission of the author. “Renaissance Man” by T.E.D. Klein. Copyright © 1974 by Abelard-Schuman, 450 Edgeware Road, London W2. Originally published in Space 2, edited by Richard Davis. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Pulpworld” by R. K. Lyon. Copyright © 1980 by R. K. Lyon. Published by arrangement with the author. Original to this collection. “The Other Tiger” by Arthur C. Clarke. Copyright © 1953 by King-Size Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., 845 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022. “Little William” by Patricia Matthews. Copyright © 1975 by Top Flight Magazines, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Steel” by Alan Brennert. Copyright © 1977 by Alan Brennert. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Appointment on the Barge” by Jack Ritchie. Copyright © 1980 by Jack Ritchie. Published by arrangement with the author and his agent, Larry Sternig Literary Agency. Original to this collection. “And So On, And So On” by James Tiptree, Jr. Copyright © 1971 by James Tiptree, Jr. Reprinted by permission of Robert P. Mills. “Nellthu” by Anthony Boucher. Copyright © 1955 by Anthony Bucher. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd. “Taste of Battle” by Donald Franson. Copyright © 1980 by Donald Franson. Published by arrangement with the author. Original to this collection. “Deflation 2001” by Bob Shaw. Copyright © 1972 by Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc. First appeared in Amazing (September 1972). Reprinted by permission of the author. “Do Androids Dream of Electric Love?” by Walt Leibscher. Copyright © 1972 by Random House, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author’s agent, Forrest J Ackerman, 2495 Glendower Ave., Hollywood, CA 90027. “Dog Star” by Mack Reynolds. Copyright © 1956 by Columbia Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author. “The Great Judge” by A. E. van Vogt. Copyright 1949 by Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc.; renewed © 1977 by A. E. van Vogt. Reprinted by permission of the author’s agent, Forrest J Ackerman, 2495 Glendower Ave., Hollywood, CA 90027. “2001: A Love Story” by Paul Dellinger. Copyright © 1976 by the Nelson Bond Society and Paul Dellinger. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Answer” by Fredric Brown. Copyright © 1954 by Fredric Brown. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., 845 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022. “Hadj” by Harlan Ellison. Appeared originally in Science Fiction Adventures magazine, copyright © 1956 by Royal Publications, Inc. Subsequent publication in the Author’s collection, Ellison Wonderland. Copyright assigned to the Author, 1979. Copyright © 1979 by Harlan Ellison. Reprinted with permission of, and by arrangement with, the Author and the Author’s agent, Robert P. Mills, Ltd., New York. All rights reserved. Specially rewritten for this publication by the Author. “Good Morning! This Is the Future” by Henry Slesar. Copyright © 1962 by Greenleaf Publishing Company. Reprinted by permission of the author. “A Shape in Time” by Anthony Boucher. Copyright © 1970 by The Estate of Anthony Boucher. Reprinted by permission of Curtis, Brown, Ltd. “Linkage” by Barry N. Malzberg. Copyright © 1972 by Roger Elwood. Originally appeared in Demon Kind. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Murder in the Nth Degree” by R. A. Montana. Copyright © 1980 by R. A. Montana. Published by arrangement with the author. Original to this collection. “Useful Phrases for the Tourist” by Joanna Russ. Copyright © 1972 by Joanna Russ. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd., 575 Madison Avenue, New York 10022. “The Burning” by Theodore R. Cogswell. Copyright © 1960 by Mercury Press, Inc. From The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the author. “One Small Step” by Eric Vinicoff and Marcia Martin. Copyright © 1980 by Eric Vinicoff and Marcia Martin. Published by arrangement with the authors. Original to this collection. “Dead End” by Mack Reynolds. Copyright © 1957 by Mack Reynolds. First published in Tales of the Frightened. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Paths” by Edward Bryant. Copyright © 1973 by Mankind Publishing Company. Originally published in Vertex. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Woman’s Work” by Garen Drussai. Copyright © 1956 by Mercury Press, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author’s agent, Forrest J Ackerman, 2495 Glendower Ave., Hollywood, CA 90027. “Death Double” by William F. Nolan. Copyright © 1963 by William F. Nolan. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Tag” by Helen Urban. Copyright © 1980 by Helen Urban. Published by arrangement with the author and her agent, Forrest J Ackerman, 2495 Glendower Ave., Hollywood, CA 90027. Original to this collection. “Nightmare in Time” by Fredric Brown. Copyright © 1961 by Excellent Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., 845 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022. “The Nature of the Place” by Robert Silverberg. Copyright © 1963 by Mercury Press, Inc., from The Magazine of Fantasy Science Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., 845 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022. “True Love” by Isaac Asimov. Copyright © 1977 by American Way. Reprinted by permission of the author. “The Game of the Name” by Alice Laurance. Copyright