Orbit is the oldest and most respected continuing series of original science fiction and fantasy stories published today. In its diversity, vitality, and overall excellence, this edition, the nineteenth, more than lives up to the high standards set in previous volumes.

Here are intriguing new stories by such well-known and admired writers as Gene Wolfe, R.A. Lafferty, and Kate Wilhelm (whose work has appeared in all but two Orbit volumes). Present, also, are relative newcomers like Michael Conner, Phillip Teich, and Michael W. McClintock. Some stories are poignant, some delightfully bizarre and eerie, some mind-boggling. Together these stories maintain the impressive range of feeling, insight, and style which readers can expect to find in this series.

Complete with Damon Knight's lively, informal notes about the authors, Orbit 19 is a first-class volume for lovers of fine, unconventional short fiction.

Contents:

• Lollipop and the Tar Baby by John Varley
• State of Grace by Kate Wilhelm
• Many Mansions by Gene Wolfe
• The Veil Over the River by Felix C. Gotschalk
• Fall of Pebble-Stones by R.A. Lafferty
• The Memory Machine -- a collection of quotes and facts
• Tomus by Stephen Robinett
• Under Jupiter by Michael W. McClintock
• To the Dark Tower Came by Gene Wolfe
• Vamp by Michael Conner
• Beings of Game P-U by Phillip Teich
• Night Shift by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.
• Going Down by Eleanor Arnason
• The Disguise by Kim Stanley Robisnon