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Blurb: “Imagine what might happen if a fissure opened in the Earth's surface, and strange creatures began pouring out of the ground; or suppose that you were sent 400 years into the future, where the authorities considered you crazy and decided to take appropriate measures. .
SF fans of the 70's, step into a literary time machine for a mind-spinning return to the past! This anthology contains 21 exciting tales by such top writers as Budrys, Pohl and Knight... vintage flights of the imagination like:
THE LIBERATION OF EARTH by William Tenn. It all began when an enormous spaceship suddenly appeared in the sky over France. No one knew what to expect from the visit, but the suspense didn't last for long.
The first of the aliens to face humanity was 25 feet tall, although he seemed to pose no threat. He spoke for an hour in a language that was, back then, incomprehensi-ble, but in time his meaning became clear: his people had come to protect the vastly interior humans from the imminent attack of the Troxxt, wormlike intergalactic aggres-sors.
And mankind had no choice but to accept that protection.
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DARK INTERLUDE by Frederic Brown and Mack Reynolds. The idea of sending a student on a one-way trip into the past seemed extremely risky to the head of the Historical Research Department. Young Jan
Obreen might alter history-
-to disastrous
effect. Yet Obreen had volunteered, and it was generally agreed that someone had to fill in the blanks about the 20th century.
So Jan traveled back to that obscure era, and learned a great deal in a short time.
Much of it came as a pleasant surprise to him-notably, the charms of the primitive women. Unfortunately, it was those same charms that led Jan to the biggest surprise of all... and it wasn't in the least bit pleasant.
THE EDUCATION OF TIGRESS Mc-CARDLE by C. M. Kornbluth. The P.Q.P.
- Parental Qualifications Program — was implemented in the late 20th century, in an attempt to alleviate the problems of overpopulation in the U.S. George McCardle personally had no interest in the program, until his beloved wife, Tigress, decided she wanted a child.
As it happened, it was easy to get into the P.Q.P.: no forms to fill out, no probing of the McCardles' physical and psychological make-ups. All they had to do was take home a mechanized Toddler for three months- a dry run, you might say. Except that, of course, it was never dry....