“This, the third edition of Mr. Knight’s Orbit series, features original science fiction stories which have not appeared previously anywhere. The material has been chosen with an eye to both variety and originality. A novelette by John Jakes, ‘Here Is Thy Sting,’ manages to make death both rousing and quite amusing—a tour de force indeed. The lead story, ‘Mother to the World,’ by Richard Wilson, is a moving variation on the Last Man theme. The late Richard McKenna, author of ‘The Sand Pebbles,’ has a story, ‘Bramble Bush,’ which is good enough to indicate he could have been a top s-f writer had he lived to write more of the same. Perhaps the strongest story is Kate Wilhelm’s ‘The Planners’ in which science fiction remains in its own metier, yet becomes disturbingly real. “A must for discerning science fiction buffs, this is possibly the best of the Orbit series yet, a high rating indeed.” —Publishers’ Weekly