Contains two early short stories (rewritten), film criticism written originally for publication in the Los Angeles Times, and four journalism pieces.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Fiction
  • A Martian Ricorso - revised from Analog Feb ’76
  • Webster - revised from Alternities, Dell '74
• Film Criticism
  • Alien
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark — On the Side of the Angels
  • The Ayatollah of Dune
  • Superman: Leaping Over the Changing Decads
  • The Shining *
• Journalism
  • Spiritless Night in Room 502
  • Fahrenheit 451 — A 1984 with Hope
  • The Machineries of Joy *
  • Memorial Service for Ted Sturgeon

* first publication