It Could Be Anything

"The body shifted, rotating stiffly, then tilted upright. "The sun struck through the amber shape that flowed down to form itself into the crested wave." IT COULD BE ANYTHING

SF legend Keith Laumer was a captain in the U.S. Air Force and later an officer in the Diplomatic Corps, serving all over the world-service which provided Laumer with a solid background both for his fast-moving adventure stories including his Bolo saga which introduced supremely powerful (and highly ethical) futuristic battle tanks and his satirical comedies featuring crafty intergalactic diplomat, Retief.

Rosel George Brown attracted attention during her unfortunately brief writing career with an impressive selection of stories in leading science fiction magazines which combined science fiction and irresistible humor, ranging from the dryly witty to raucous slapstick. Brown was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1959, and her first novel, "Sibyl Sue Blue", included here, was widely and favorably reviewed. Brown died of cancer in 1967 at the age of 41.

J. Cam Finlay, founder and former director of the John Janzen Nature Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, is a geologist, naturalist, and author, a past president of the Albert Museums Association and the Canadian Museums Association, and one of the National Park Service's first chief park naturalists. He has written, co-written, compiled, or edited several books, numerous articles and booklets, and, from 1985 to 1995, a weekly nature column in the "Edmonton Journal. He now lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

"From the Trade Paperback edition.