Synopsis: From the first page of the Crest edition: "Nobody knows what tomorrow will bring... but the science fiction writer is a good prophet. Ever since Jules Verne's prediction of a flight to the moon, imaginative writers have taken the knowledge of science in the world around them and projected it into a marvel of tomorrow. Each of the things - satellites, atomic submarines, giant computers - were thought of as delightful products of ingenious if slightly mad minds. And when finally these fictitious wonders actually came into being, the science-fictioneers had already discarded them for new uninvented thrills. For, in their race with science, the writers are always ahead by the length of one space ship. Here, in these six fiction tales, you will see some of the top writers at work... presenting not only exciting fiction but a preview of worlds that may be just around the corner."