SPACE PIONEERS
edited by Andre Norton
The Explorers" and "The Settlers" form the two sections in an anthology of short stories that mirror the universe's future as one of hard won goals rather than quick flights to glory. Nine stories in all include among authors Eric Frank Russell, H.B. Fyfe, Jerome Bixby and others. Examples of their varying themes are farming the planets- Earth's repulsion of astral invaders- an exploration group's rebellion against an Orwellian mastermind and so forth. Provocative.