In a series of doubtless messy (and many would say morally unacceptable) experiments at the US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine in the early '60s, dogs and chimpanzees survived vacuum exposures of up to three minutes. Human beings should do at least as well; although unconsciousness would occur in a matter of seconds, there would be no harmful after-effects if re-compression was carried out before lack of oxygen caused permanent brain damage.

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The Other Side of the Sky presents a glimpse of ourfuture: a future where reality is no longer contained in earthly dimensions, where man has learned to exist with the knowledge that he is not alone in the universe. These stories of other planets and galactic adventures show at the peak of his powers: sometimes disturbing,always intriguing.

Note on 1958 Edition

Preface to 1987 Edition

The Nine Billion Names of God

Refugee

The Other Side of the Sky:

  Special Delivery

  Feathered Friend

  Take a Deep Breath

  Freedom of Space

  Passer-by

  The Call of the Stars

The Wall of Darkness

Security Check

No Morning After

Venture to the Moon:

  The Starting Line

  Robin Hood, F.R.S.

  Green F'mgers

  All That GUtters

  Watch This Space

  A Question of Residence

Publicity Campaign

All the Time in the World

Cosmic Casanova

The Star

Out of the Sun

Transience

The Songs of Distant Earth