Takeoff
By Randall Garrett
Copyright © 1979
Cover illustration by Phil Foglio
Interior illustrations by Kelly Freas
Edited by Polly and Kelly Freas
This book is dedicated to Jerry Moore, without whose indefatigable research it would not have been possible.
DESPOILERS OF THE GOLDEN EMPIRE. 76
MASTERS OF THE METROPOLIS. 139
ISAAC ASIMOV’S “THE CAVES OF STEEL”. 168
ALFRED BESTER’S “THE DEMOLISHED MAN”. 171
L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP’S “LEST DARKNESS FALL”. 174
POUL ANDERSON’S “THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS”. 182
JOHN W. CAMBELL’S “WHO GOES THERE?”. 187
THE ADVENTURES OF “LITTLE WILLIE”. 190
INTRODUCTION TO BENEDICT BREADFRUIT.. 191
THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH BENEDICT BREADFRUIT.. 192