Against Tomorrow

by Robert Hoskins (editor)

FIRST EDITION, Fawcett Crest #2-3899-7, (c) 1979. Paperback original, so stated. Edited by Robert Hoskins and features the following ‘Wanted in Surgery’ by Harlan Ellison; ‘All You Zombies’ by Robert A. Heinlein; ‘Rainbird’ by R.A. Lafferty; ‘The Peak Lords’ by Miriam Allen de Ford; ‘Prototaph’ by Keith Laumer; ‘Broken Image’ by Thomas N. Scortia; ‘Young Girl At An Open Half-Door’ by Fred Saberhagen; ‘Here Is Thy Sting’ by John Jakes; ‘Reason For Honor’ by Robert Hoskins; ‘How The Whip Came Back’ by Gene Wolfe; ‘Mektopia!’ by Richard A. Lupoff; ‘Paradise Regained’ by Theodore R. Cogswell and Ted Thomas; ‘Think Only This Of Me’ by Michael Kurland; ‘The Legend of Cougar Lou Landis’ by Edward Bryant; ‘Un Bei Di’ by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; ‘A Personage of Royal Blood’ by Willo Davis Roberts; ‘Final Examination’ by Scott Edelstein and Jonathan Phillips; and ‘Mirror Watch’ by Alan Brennert. Paperback anthology, 287 pages, 18 cm. Original $1.75 cover price.

Genres: Science Fiction

287 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 12, 1979

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

According to Hoskins' introduction, Against Tomorrow was intended as the third and final book of his Wondermakers series of anthologies, covering the most recent (the book appeared in 1979) period of the genre literature. Wondermakers was his survey of the first century, Wondermakers 2 concentrated on the 1950s and '60s, and the majority of the stories included in this volume are reprinted from the 1960s and 1970s. I wonder why the title was changed, rather than calling it Wondermakers 3...? A mystery that will most likely never be solved. The book does bear a strong resemblance to the 1971 Harlan Ellison collection Alone Against Tomorrow, even down to the purple/yellow cover. Two of the stories are actually from the 1950s, one by Ellison (though not one of his best), and "All You Zombies--" by Robert A. Heinlein, one of my favorites in the book. Other good stories are from Gene Wolfe, Richard A. Lupoff, Michael Kurland, R.A. Lafferty, and Fred Saberhagen. My favorite, in addition to the Heinlein, is The Legend of Cougar Lou Landis by Edward Bryant.