This book is a gem. Every story is wonderful and my favourite sci fi story of all time is the lead story With Friends Like These. ( )

Just a note - I always loved this cover. This was one of a couple that Michael Whelan added himself into the artwork (Aliens! being another one). He's the human in the middle, and if I remember correctly, that is a portrait of his wife behind him. :)

A collection of short stories of some of Foster's early stuff. I enjoyed this. It was cool seeing ideas that were later expanded in his novels. Nothing really stood out but it was a nice light read and now my Foster collection looks better, with this sitting next to ...Who Needs Enemies?. ( )

Foster has done much better, since these early stories. Both the ideas and the writing is *almost* cliched - I found it jarring to have hope, with each, that it was going to be a good read, and then to be frustrated as they fell into mediocrity. ( )

Short stories of varying quality, most un-great, some readable. ( )