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Tomb Tapper • (1956) • novelette
King of the Hill • (1955) • shortstory
Common Time • (1953) • shortstory
A Work of Art • (1956) • novelette
To Pay the Piper • (1956) • shortstory
Nor Iron Bars (expanded) • (1957) • novelette
Beep • (1954) • novelette
This Earth of Hours • (1959) • novelette
Some of these stories are dated in various ways, such as the first one, 'Tomb Tapper', dealing with the recovery of a crashed Soviet rocket fighter that apparently just dropped a nuke on the east coast of America. I thought 'Tomb Tapper' was among the best of this collection as was 'A Work of Art' which was about the resurrection, in a way, of the composer Richard Strauss in the year 2161.
Although the subjects or story content may be dated, the writing approaches the subjects in a much more intelligent and thoughtful manner than one might expect from '50's science fiction. These are mostly "hard" science fiction tales, and several are loosely related. Overall I liked this collection, although there are a couple weaker stories mixed with the strong ones. ( )