TEN SUPERB STORIES . . .. . . some of which are as terrifying as others are funny—and not a few of which are both.How much do you believe when you see news stories of the war (pick any of several that are going right now) on your omnivorous idiot box?Or maybe you prefer an inspirational, uplifting,almostreal-life drama peopled with doctors and nurses—incredibly handsome, incredibly young, incredibly wise. Don’t laugh. It could happen. And make a whirling dervish of Hippocrates.Or like, sometime your grandchildren might ask you what it was like in the good old days before robots. It wasgood.So enjoy it while it lasts. Never mind the precognitive nostalgia.It’s all here. Robots, time travel, alien cultures, social change, even a bug-eyed monster—but all with that indefinable touch of intelligent acerbity that spells . . .Robert Silverberg