Trips in time: Nine Stories of Science Fiction edited by Robert Silverberg

Used; Hardcover - good; 1977 some foxing, minor wear and tear on the dustjacket. 

Nine Stories of Science Fiction by Poul Anderson, Fritiz Leiber, Peter Phillips, Christopher Priest, Marta Randall, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, A.E. Van Vogt, Roger Zelazny. It is editied by Robert Silverberg. "I want to offer here a group of time-travel stories of a different sort, more subtle variants on the basic notion, stories of people who float back and forth along the time stream in ways more intricate than those imagined by the old pioneers." Among editor Robert Silverberg's different sort of time-travel stories are some powerful tales- Robert Sheckley's The King's Wishes delineates the problems of a demon who can only make good by stealing modern appliances and carting them into the year 2000 B.C. Two monkish ghosts, ten thousand cans of American Miracle Meal, and some starving twelfth-century refuges are the ingenious ingredients of Peter Phillips' Manna. Try and Change the Past is exactly the time- traveler does in Fritz Leiber's story, forgetting to take into account the Law of Conservation of Reality. In MUgwump 4, All Miller is only trying to call the finance company, but the future is where Robert Silverberg's hero ends up- permanently. Marta Randall's Secret Rider is a woman who runs a race with time and space in pursuit of love. These, plus four other stories are a special treat for science fiction fans- who will reveal in these tales of adventure, humor, fantasy, and drama.