The Road to Science Fiction Volume 4: From Here to Forever
This is the fourth volume of James Gunn's critical anthology series,The  Road to Science Fiction, and like its predecessors it is packed with some of the  best stories ever published. There are 33 pieces in all, written by acknowledged masters  such asWalter M.  Miller,Stanislaw  Lem,James  Tiptree Jr.,Thomas M.  DischandGregory Benford. In  this volume Gunn has dropped the theme of "importance to the genre" and instead  favored "quality of writing" because, he says, it's too soon to say what far-reaching  impact these stories will have. If Gunn's any judge, they will have quite a bit.