So Close to Home

"Next Year,   Next Month,   Next Week,   Today...

• What might happen if the atom fell into the hands of "primative" people
• And a possible genetic effect of radio-activity
• A sudden satire excursion into the lotus-eating environs of mathematical theoretician
• And New York enveloped in an impenetrable dome of gray-great for commuters, but how about the folks inside
• Here a woman in a worf rocketeers who still can't strike a match properly
• And a poet turned amateur doctor who's frighteningly practical
• A young girl who designs complex decorations for ladies' fingernails, but with a kicker"

And Many More-   Your World,   Your Life-   As It Coulod Be Today

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Table of Contents

1. Struggle in the Womb, pg. 7
2. Sponge Dive, pg. 14
3. One-shot, pg. 27
4. The Box, pg. 39
5. First Strike, pg. 58
6. The Abattoir Effect, pg. 73
7. Th Oath, pg. 91
8. FYI, pg. 110
9. The Masks, pg. 118
10. Testament of Andros, pg. 122

Although this volume was copyrighted in 1961, most of the stories within were published previously.

‘“Struggle in the Womb” © 1950 by Columbia Publication, Inc., reprinted as “Battle of the Unborn” by James Blish; “One-Shot” © 1953 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., reprinted from Astounding Science Fiction; “Sponge Dive” © 1958 by Royal Publications, Inc., reprinted from Infinity Science Fiction; “The Box", © 1949 by Standard Magazines, Inc., reprinted from Thrilling Wonder Stories; “The Testament of Andros” © 1953 by Infinity Columbia Publications, Inc., reprinted from Future Fiction; “First Strike” © 1953 by Fantasy House, Inc., reprinted from Fantasy and Science Fiction; “The Oath” © 1960 by Fantasy House, Inc., reprinted from Fantasy and Science Fiction; “The Masks © 1960 by Fantasy House Inc., reprinted from Fantasy and Science Fiction; “Turn of the Century” © 1953 by Columbia Publications, Inc., reprinted from Dynamic Science Fiction.’

So Close to Home, James Blish, (c) 1969, Ballantine Books<