Past, present and future.. A wide canvas - and a wide group of stories. All the way from the downright vicious to the most gently tender: stories rich with humour, ripe with passion. Just two from man's short past - a blink in time. A few more for the present we all live in. And more for the long reach of the future. Here is a brilliant collection of stories representing the amazing talent of John Brunner. Read them and discover why the author is fast becoming one of the most popular science fiction writers of the sixties.