Rulers of Men

by Hans Stefan Santesson (Editor), Jack Gaughan (Cover Artist), Harry Harrison

Here ten of today's best science-fiction writers spin tales of otherwhere and otherwhen -- and of the strange (stranger, Strangest) ways men will govern and be governed in times to come.

9 • A Way of Life - (1956) - Robert Bloch
27 • Be of Good Cheer - (1964) - Fritz Leiber
32 • This Earth of Majesty - (1955) - Arthur C. Clarke
44 • A Thing of Custom - (1957) - L. Sprague de Camp
63 • Prison Break - (1959) - Miriam Allen deFord
77 • The Eyes Have It - (1964) - Randall Garrett
117 • Murderer's Chain - (1960) - Wenzell Brown
127 • Fall of Knight - (1958) - A. Bertram Chandler
135 • The K-Factor - (1960) - Harry Harrison
160 • The Wolfram Hunters - (1964) - Edward D. Hoch

Genres: Science Fiction

173 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1965

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a nice anthology of short science fiction stories with the loosely linked theme of future government. The stories are all from the mid-1950s through the mid 1960s; there's an Edward Hoch story that was first published in The Saint Mystery Magazine, but the rest were all from the digest-sized sf magazines of the time, about half of them from Fantastic Universe, a magazine that Santesson edited. The authors include Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber, Harry Harrison, Bertram Chandler (without the leading "A."), Miriam Allen de Ford, Arthur C. Clarke, and Wenzell Brown. My favorites were The Eyes Have It by Randall Garrett and A Thing of Custom by L. Sprague de Camp.

[Phil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the most consistent collections but some of the stories were worth the time.

[Brenda · Rating 1 out of 5]

I think it was meant to be funny, I totally missed it...