Before he wrote the critically acclaimed Firestar, the first volume of a contemporary future history, Michael Flynn was one of the most popular regular contributors to Analog. Collected here are the stories that first won Michael Flynn recognition and acclaim, with comments by Flynn on the background and the writing of each piece in prefaces that are intelligent, insightful, and humorous.

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An inventive and dazzling collection of short fiction from one of the most popular sci-fi writers around. In Prefaces that are intelligent, insightful, and humorous, Flynn comments on the background and the writing of each piece, seven of which have appeared in Analog. 384 pp. 15,000 print.