A collection of stories that deal with the darker possibilities of Earth's future.

Contents:

• Introduction by Brian W. Aldiss
• Introduction: “What Is Wrong? What Is Right? Anyway, We’re Here...” by Brian W. Aldiss
• The Last Word by Chad Oliver & Charles Beaumont
• Film of Death by J. Scott Campbell
• The Wound by Howard Fast
• Introduction: Three Green Blades of Grass by Brian W. Aldiss
• The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick
• Guest Expert by Allen Kim Lang
• The Valley by Richard Stockham
• Introduction: Dark They Were and Golem-Eyed by Brian W. Aldiss
• Down Among the Dead Men by William Tenn
• Among the Hairy Earthmen by R. A. Lafferty
• Later Than You Think by Fritz Leiber
• Introduction: Yesterday, Tomorrow, and the Desert by Brian W. Aldiss
• The Time Trap by Henry Kuttner
• Introduction: Towards the Fall of Night by Brian W. Aldiss
• The Men Return by Jack Vance
• Heresies of the Huge God by Brian W. Aldiss
• “If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth...” by Arthur C. Clarke
• Night by John W. Campbell, Jr.