Brian Stableford - And he not busy being born...

Adam Zimmerman is a man with a big problem. To avoid the angst of existentialism that Heidegger expounds in Sein and Ziet, the dying that starts when we are eight years old, he wants to be immortal. A clever story that keeps reversing expectations.

Rachel Pollack - The protector

Protectors are modern shamans who seem to be pivotal in a society that has rejected space flight and even science fiction! Lynne, am ordinary housewife, thinks she is going mad because of weird dreams and visions. Odd story.

Michael Blumlein - The brains of rats

A series of vignettes interspersed with seeming research references on the topic of gender and the genes that determine sex. Strives for shock effect to little avail.

Pat Murphy - His vegetable wife

A farmer alone on a planet grows his own wife. A scathing attack on masculinity.

Josephine Saxton - The cup is the wine

A man and a woman are partners but feel strangely detached from one another. The ending seems hopeful.

Shirley Weinland - The final episode

A UN-sponsored fictional television series hides the reality of space exploration using convicts, but the truth wins out. ( )