Ballantine, New York, 1974, 10th pr.  ISBN 0-345-24165-7.  MMPB, 148+ pages.  Wraps show edge and cover wear, corner and reading creases; binding sound with a roll; colour fading on outer page block.  Book store stamp at bottom of first page; a bit of moisture rippling and discolouration at bottom margins of some pages; old water marks on verso of both wraps; remainder of interior clean and unmarked with tanning pages.  15 short stories.  ‘It seems to me that there is room – one might even say a long unfelt want – for what might be called the “tall” science-fiction story.  By this I mean stories that are intentionally unbelievable; not, as is too often the case, unintentionally so.’ (from Preface)