The Best of John W. Campbell By John W. Campbell Vintage 1976 1st Ballantine PB

HERE IN ONE VOLUME ARE 11 OF THE FINEST STORIES AND ONE PENETRATING ARTICLE BY THE MAN WHO ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY CREATED MODERN SCIENCE FICTION-STORIES RICH IN IMAGINATION AND OUTSTANDING IN THEIR SWEEP AND SENSE OF THAT WONDER WHICH IS SCIENCE FICTION AT ITS BEST.
TWILIGHT
He was a mere hitchhiker now; but he had once seen the far, far future... and had returned to mourn what he had seen!
THE MACHINE
The machine was ultimately benevolent... so benevolent t mankind the ultimate, but most unwanted gift!
FORGETFULNESS
They were like children in the museum of Earth's glorious past... children who had forgotten so much, but whose po those of gods!
He was a mere hitchhiker now; but he had once seen the far, far future... and had returned to mourn what he had seen!
CLOAK OF AESIR
The Sarn Mother had grown weary during her long rule over Earth...
WHO GOES THERE?
The Thing was the most dreadful threat men had ever faced....a thing that could be any one—or all-of them!