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Original anthology of 6 stories. The last of the Universe series edited by Terry Carr before his death.Contents: Second Going / James Tiptree, Jr.; Mencken Stuff ·/ Joel Richards; Lapidary Nights / Marta Randall; The Man Who Watched the Glaciers Run / Cherie Wilkerson; Pliny’s Commentaries / Ned Huston; In the Tower / Jack McDevitt. Until Terry Carr's untimely death in 1987, his Universe series was acknowledged by critics and readers alike as the foremost anthology of original science fiction. Its seventeen star-filled volumes were a shocase for the finest work of the field's most distinguished authors. The Universe series was continued for three editions with starting over numbering: Universe 1 (1990); Universe 2 (1992); Universe 3 (1994) ... under the editorship of two of Terry Carr's closest friend's, multiple award winning author and anthologist Robert Silverberg and his wife, author Karen Haber.

A human tries to explain the culture of some very alien beings by describing one of their legends.

1 • A Rite of Spring • novelette by Fritz Leiber43 • My Lady of the Psychiatric Sorrows • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss52 • Probability Storm • novella by Julian Reid86 • People Reviews • shortstory by Rob Chilson96 • Ibid. • novelette by George Alec Effinger113 • The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton • novelette by Gene Wolfe134 • Brain Fever Season • [Men Who Knew Everything] • shortstory by R. A. Lafferty153 • The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs • novelette by Carter Scholz

Warlord of Kor (The Sci-Fi Pulp Classic!)"Warlord of Kor" was originally published in 1963 as half of an Ace Double, selected by legendary editor Donald A Wollheim. It is an exciting interplanetary adventure, as humans probe the mysteries of the planet Hirlaj and the few remaining aliens who live there. Backward world -- or secret outpost of another galaxy? ...Now they would attempt further to discover the forbidden directives of Kor. Horng remembered, somewhere far back in the fossil layers of his thoughts, a warning. They must be stopped! If he had to, he would stamp out these creatures who were called 'humans.'

Mercurial • (1985) • novelette by Kim Stanley RobinsonPaladin of the Lost Hour • novelette by Harlan EllisonGiraffe Tuesday • (1985) • story by Juleen BrantinghamEvergreen • (1985) • novelette by Arthur J. CoxMengele • (1985) • story by Lucius ShepardOriginals • (1985) • novelette by Pamela SargentJohann Sebastian Brahms • (1985) • story by Barry N. MalzbergEncounter on the Ladder • (1985) • story by Mona A. CleeTidal Effects • (1985) • story by Jack McDevittThe Slovo Stove • (1985) • novelette by Avram Davidson