Description

The 1978 British Science Fiction Award-winning collection. This hardcover edition was published for the Science Fiction Book Club’s 50th anniversary.

Cover art by Bruce Jensen.

Contents:
Foreword: Oblations at Alien Altars
The Whimper of Whipped Dogs [1974 Edgar Allan Poe Award, Best Short Story]
Along the Scenic Route
On the Downhill Side
O Ye of Little Faith
Neon
Basilisk [1972 Locus Poll Award, Best Short Fiction]
The Face of Helene Bournouw
Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38°54′ N, Longitude 77°00’13” W [1975 Hugo Award, Best Novelette; 1975 Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette]
Rock God
Bleeding Stones
Ernest and the Machine God
Delusion for a Dragon Slayer
Corpse
Shattered Like a Glass Goblin
Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes
Paingod
At the Mouse Circus
The Place With No Name
The Deathbird [1973 Jupiter Award, Best Short Story; 1974 Hugo Award, Best Novelette; 1974 Locus Poll Award, Best Short Fiction]