THE HUB IS A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE-
BUT SO ARE ITS CITIZENS.
The Federation of the Hub: thousands of rough, ornery and tough-minded human worlds with only the subtlest of interstellar governments holding them all together. Stable at last after centuries of war, the Hub is now prime real estate ... making it a merciless arena for the conflicting schemes of criminals, unscrupulous corporations, and invaders from beyond the edges of Federation space.
But the Hub is well-defended, and not only by professional heroes such as Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee. In Hub Space a citizen is expected to stand up for herself, blaster in hand, as needs must; so when Trouble comes Hubward in large doses, there are an awful lot of armed citizens waiting for it....
CONTENTS
1. The Searcher (Analog, February 1966) • novella
2. Grandpa (Astounding, February 1955) • novelette
3. Balanced Ecology (Analog, March 1965) • short story
4. A Nice Day for Screaming (Analog, January 1965) • short story
5. The Winds of Time (Analog, September 1962) • novelette
6. The Machmen (Analog, September 1964) • short story
7. The Other Likeness (Analog, July 1962) • short story
8. Attitudes (F&SF, February 1969) • novelette
9. Trouble Tide (Analog, May 1965) • novelette [The Nile Etland Saga #1]
10. The Demon Breed (The Tuvela, Analog, sr2, September-October 1968; vt Ace Books 1968) • novel [The Nile Etland Saga #2]
Afterword by Eric Flint
Recurring Characters in the Hub Series by Guy Gordon
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Edited by Eric Flint
Co-edited by Guy Gordon
Cover art by Bob Eggleton