ORBIT 8 is the latest in this unique series of anthologies of the best new SF: fourteen stories written especially for this collection by some of the top names in the field. —Harlan Ellison in “One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty” tells a moving story of a man who goes back in time to help his youthful self. —Avram Davidson finds a new and sinister significance in the first robin of Spring. —R. A. Lafferty reveals a monstrous microfilm record of the past —Kate Wilhelm finds real horror in a story of boy-meets-girl. —and ten other tales by some of the most original minds now writing in this most exciting area of today’s fiction are calculated to blow the mind