A definitive compilation of short fiction by the two time Hugo Award winner ranges from his earliest works to his longer takes from the 1970s and 1980s and includes such classics as "The Ungoverned" and "The Blabber".

Contents:

• Foreword · fw
• “Bookworm, Run!” · nv Analog Mar ’66
• The Accomplice · ss If Apr ’67
• The Peddler’s Apprentice · Vernor & Joan D. Vinge · nv Analog Aug ’75
• The Ungoverned [Bobbles] · na Far Frontiers Vol. III, ed. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen, Baen, 1985
• Long Shot · ss Analog Aug ’72
• Apartness · nv New Worlds Jun ’65
• Conquest by Default · nv Analog May ’68
• The Whirligig of Time · ss Stellar #1, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1974
• Bomb Scare · ss Analog Nov ’70
• The Science Fair · ss Orbit 9, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1971
• Gemstone · nv Analog Oct ’83
• Just Peace · Vernor Vinge & William Rupp · na Analog Dec ’71
• Original Sin · nv Analog Dec ’72
• The Blabber · na Threats...And Other Promises, Baen, 1988
• Win a Nobel Prize! · vi Nature Oct 12, 2000
• The Barbarian Princess [Tatja] · nv Analog Sep ’86
• Fast Times at Fairmont High · na *