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STAR SCIENCE FICTION: Vol. II by Frederik- Ed. Pohl

STAR SCIENCE FICTION: Vol. II

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Publisher: Ballantine

Again an assemblage of repeaters -- Bester, Sturgeon, del Rey, Boucher, Pratt, Williamson, Kornbluth-, SF specials -- Clement, Blish, Sheckley, etc., and one newcomer, Robert Crane, presents futures and fantasy. There's an introduction to each tale which places both writer and story; there's the current lack of scientific gimmicks; travel through time, parallel worlds, robots, invasions, and other worlds still remain. Fixed stars rather than stellar attractions here.