Imperial Stars 3-The Crash of Empire
THE CRASH OF EMPIRE Cover Art by David Egge |
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First printing, June 1989 Distributed by Simon & Schuster Printed in the United States of America |
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-69826-3
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTSPEBBLE AMONG THE STARS by Gregory Benford first appeared as "Seascape" in the Faster Than Light anthology in 1977. Published by permission of the author. Copyright © 1988 by Abbenford Associates. THE CLAW AND THE CLOCK by Christopher Anvil was first published in the February 1971 Analog. Copyright © 1971 by Condé Nast Publications. THE ONLY THING WE LEARN by Cyril Kornbluth appeared first in the July 1949 Startling Stories. Copyright © 1949 by Better Publications, Inc. REMEMBERING VIETNAM by H. J. Kaplan was published in the December 1987 issue of Commentary. Copyright © 1987 by H. J. Kaplan. BLESSED ARE THE MEEK by G. C. Edmondson appears here by special arrangement with the author. It was first published in the September 1955 issue of Astounding. Copyright © 1955 by Street & Smith Publications. LIMITING FACTOR by Theodore Cogswell made its first appearance in the April 1954 issue of Galaxy. Copyright © 1954 by Universal Publishing. TRIAGE by William Walling first appeared in the November 1976 Analog. It is published by permission of the author. Copyright © 1976 by Condé Nast Publications. HYPERDEMOCRACY by John W. Campbell, Jr. was first published in the August 1958 issue of Astounding. Copyright © 1958 by Street & Smith Publications. CHAIN REACTION by Algis Budrys first appeared in the April 1957 Astounding. Copyright © 1957 by Street & Smith Publications. EARTHMAN'S BURDEN by Morton Klass appeared for the first time in the May 1954 issue of Astounding. Copyright © 1954 by Street & Smith Publications. BLOOD BANK by Walter M. Miller, Jr. was previously published in the June 1952 Astounding. Copyright © 1952 by Street & Smith Publications. HERE, THERE BE WITCHES by Everett B. Cole first appeared in the April 1970 issue of Analog. Copyright © 1970 by Condé Nast Publications. THE BUZZ OF JOY by Phillip C. Jennings was written especially for this volume. Published by arrangement with the author. Copyright © 1988 by Phillip C. Jennings. SECOND CONTACT by W. R. Thompson was first published in the April 1988 issue of Analog. Copyright © 1988 by Davis Publications. THE QUEST by Rudyard Kipling is in the public domain. |