A super collection from this celebrated author: The Coldest Place: Two scientists on Mercury search for native life forms N.B. Niven’s first published story. Becalmed in Hell: Howie’s spaceship had a malfunction…but it might be only psychosomatic… Wait it Out: He was trapped on Pluto…and all his assets were frozen! Eye of an Octopus: Human explorers on Mars discover a strange well made of diamond bricks and the corpse of a Martian. How are the two connected? How the Heroes Die: A murder occurs in the human “Bubbletown” settlement on Mars, leading to a dangerous chase across the red planet. The Jigsaw Man: The organ banks want YOU – now! At the Bottom of a Hole: A smuggler chased by a Government ship is forced to land on Mars, where he discovers what became of an expedition that landed there 70 years earlier. Intent To Deceive: At the Red Planet restaurant on Mars, robot waiters run riot. Is there such a thing as too much shrimp cocktail? Cloak of Anarchy: In San Diego’s parks, anything goes except violence – strictly punished by the all-seeing copseyes that patrol the parks, but what happens to law and order when every copseye malfunctions at the same time? The Warriors: Circa 2366 the Angel’s Pencil, a Human colony ship propelled at sublight speed by a light-pressure drive, travels 11 years toward WeMadeIt from Sol System. It’s overtaken by a starship full of the aggressive, militaristic Kzinti, whom humans had never before encountered. The Borderland of Sol: Shaeffer is stranded on the deep space colony of Jinx, until he comes across old friend Carlos Wu. Carlos offers him passage back to Earth aboard the Hobo Kelly, a starship belonging to wealthy trader Sigmund Ausfaller. But it’s a bit risky – starships have been vanishing in alarming numbers just beyond Earth’s solar system… There is a Tide: 180 year old Wu, on a pleasure space-jaunt on the fringes of Known space, is looking for vaults of valuables left behind by vanished alien races. Safe at Any Speed: A test car is swallowed whole by a giant bird – with the driver still inside! Cover art by Rick Sternbach; Kzinti art by Bonnie Dalzell.