Nova Series

Edited by Harry Harrison.

The first of four anthologies of new or obscure science fiction stories.

"I shall not say that the science fiction magazines have taboos. But they certainly do have editorial distinctions, and perhaps the writers labour to subconscious taboos when they write for these markets. That the stories included here were to be printed first in book form seems to have had a freeing effect on the contributors' powers. Not that the stories are overly nasty or overly sexy - or overly anything. They are just - if just is the word - excellent stories by the best SF writers around," (Introduction)