This volume assembles for the first time nine of Mack Reynolds' short stories from the Golden Age of the science fiction pulps. "Unborn Tomorrow" originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1959. "Adaptation" originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, August 1960. "Gun for Hire" originally appeared in Analog, December 1960. "Happy Ending" originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, September 1957. "Off Course" originally appeared in If Worlds of Science Fiction, January 1954. "I'm A Stranger Here Myself" originally appeared in Amazing Stories, December 1960. "Summit" originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, February 1960. "Revolution" originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, May 1960. "The Common Man" originally appeared in Analog, January 1963.