The Best of James Blish

The brilliance of James Blish One of the writers who turned science fiction from pulp entertainment into a literary category with broad and lasting appeal, James Blish is at his peak in... THERE SHALL BE NO DARKNESS A werewolf can be a very awkward houseguest... COMMON TIME He brought back the ultimate truth from the far stars--if only he could remember what it was! A STYLE IN TREASON He was ready to sell High Earth--but what was he buying? SURFACE TENSION To the countless lives spread across the seeding stars, the problems of the very small became largest of all! A WORK OF ART They brought him back to life to compose one more masterpiece--or was it to be one? Plus seven other superb tales by a master storyteller! CONTENTS Science Fiction the Hard Way • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes 1. Citadel of Thought • (1941) • short story 2. The Box • (1949) • short story 3. There Shall Be No Darkness • (1950) • novella 4. Surface Tension • [Pantropy] • (1952) • novelette by James Blish 5. Testament of Andros • (1953) • short story by James Blish 6. Common Time • (1953) • short story by James Blish 7. Beep • (1954) • novelette by James Blish 8. A Work of Art • (1956) • short story by James Blish 9. This Earth of Hours • (1959) • short story by James Blish 10. The Oath • (1960) • short story by James Blish 11. How Beautiful with Banners • (1966) • short story by James Blish 12. A Style in Treason • (1970) • novella by James Blish Probapossible Prolegomena to Ideareal History • (1978) • essay by James Blish * Cover art by H. R. Van Dongen xxi+358pp