Edited by Harry Harrison.

Introduction by Harry Harrison

"Welcome to the Standard Nightmare" by Robert Sheckley

"The Expensive Delicate Ship" by Brian W. Aldiss

"Dreaming and Conversions: Two Rules By Which to Live" by Barry N. Malzberg

"Breakout in Ecol 2" by David R. Bunch

"The Cold War... Continued" by Mack Reynolds

"The Factory" by Naomi Mitchison

"The Defensive Bomber" by Hank Dempsey (see Pseudonyms)

"Endorsement, Personal" by Dean McLaughlin

"The National Pastime" by Norman Spinrad

"The Ultimate End" by Dick Glass

"Pity the Poor Outdated Man" by Philip Shofner

"The Exhibition" by Scott Edel stein

"Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind" by Philip Jose Farmer

New York: Walker, 1973, 243pp., ISBN: 0-8027-5558-5, hbk. Jacket: Thuy Le Ha.

as: The Outdated Man. New York: Dell, April 1975, 224pp., pbk. Cover: Carl Lundgren. Reprinted 1976.

London: Sphere, August 1975, 191pp., ISBN: 0-7221-4321-4, pbk. Cover: Eddie Jones. Reprinted October 1976.

London: Robert Hale, January 1977, 243pp., ISBN: 0-7091-5704-5, hbk.

New York: Aeonian Press, 1978, ISBN: 0-88411-698-0, hbk.

Analog, April 1974. Review by P. Schuyler Miller.

Kirkus Reviews, 1st May 1973.

Locus #174, 3rd June 1975. Review by Charles N. Brown.

Locus #182, 17th December 1975. Review by Charles N. Brown.

The Times, 3rd February 1977, p.8d. Review by Tom Hutchinson.
"Aldiss, Malzberg, Sheckley... need I say more about this intriguing compilation of way-out examples of SF? Well, yes: to heil an emerging writer called Hank Dempsey whose 'The Defensive Bomber' reveals a new and chilling talent."

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