This collection of twenty-two tales depicting the marvels of the universe includes the story of a little guy who gets sweet revenge, an antigravity field day with a flying saucer fan, and a chess game to end the human race.
Contents:
• Preface by Darrell Schweitzer and George H. Scithers
• The Green Marauder, by Larry Niven
• Don't Look Now, by Henry Kuttner
• Getting Even, by Isaac Asimov
• What Goes Up, by Arthur C. Clarke
• Social Lapses, poem by Darrell Schweitzer
• One for the Road, by Gardner Dozois
• Elephas Frumenti, by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
• Unicorn Variation, by Roger Zelazny
• Strategy at the Billiards Club, by Lord Dunsany
• Through Time & Space with Ferdinand Feghoot! #102, by Reginald Bretnor [using the pseudonym Grendel Briarton]
• On the Rocks at Slab's, by John Gregory Betancourt
• Hands of the Man, by R. A. Lafferty
• Endurance Vile, by Steven Barnes
• The Centipede's Dilemma, by Spider Robinson
• The Causes, by Margaret St. Clair
• For a Foggy Night, by Larry Niven
• They Loved Me in Utica, by Avram Davidson
• A Pestilence of Psychoanalysts, by Janet Asimov [using the pseudonym Janet O. Jeppson]
• The Regulars, by Robert Silverberg
• The Man Who Always Knew, by Algis Budrys
• Infinite Resources, by Randall Garrett
• What's Wrong with This Picture?, by John M. Ford, Barry B. Longyear, and George H. Scithers