“I've been in the midst of the SF scene for more than 50 years. And I think I owe it to historians of the field to set down, piecemeal though it may be, my recollections of the era through which I've passed.”
“I thought they'd cast some interesting light on the beginning of my career, especially with the introductions I wrote for them. It was a real nostalgia trip, all right. As for picking the stories, I chose the ones that seemed still to stand up for modern readers, so long as they didn't expect state-of-the-art 21st-century narrative.”
