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ANYWHEN by JAMES BLISH Each of the stories in this book was directly commissioned by a magazine editor, an opportunity I used in each case to try an experiment of one kind or another. Ive used this collection to second-guess one of the experiments, as follows: In September of 1965, Kyril Bonfiglioli found himself host in Oxford to five science-fiction writers (Brian W. Aldiss, Poul Anderson, James G. Ballard, Harry Harrison, and myself) and an artist (Judith Ann Lawrence), and commissioned from us all material for what was to be the first issue of Impulse, a successor (now dofunct) to Englands long-established professional magazine Science-Fantasy. The five stories and the cover were all to develop the theme of a man who sacrifices his life for a cause-or who doesnt. Except for this bare statement, which as I recall was Mr. Aldiss suggestion, we had no other instructions except (for the writers) to stay inside ten thousand words. My contribution to that OxCon issue was a novelette called A Heros Life. It was written in a vast hurry to meet Mr. Bonfigliolis deadline, and I didnt realize until too late to start something else that I had too much material to fit comfortably inside ten thousand words. Hence, Ive taken the opportunity to rewrite it, as the novella which leads off this book. Treetops, Woodlands Road,JAMES BLISH Harpsden (Henley), O?xon 1970  Also in Affow by James Blish Jack of Eagles Midsummer Century 71te Seeding Stars A Case of Conscience The Quincunx of Time Fallen Star 71se Testament of Andros CITIES IN FLIOHT SERIES They Shall Have Stars A Life for the Stars -Farthman, Come Home A Clash of Cymbals  James Blish ANYWHEN 0 ARROW BOOKS Arrow Books Limited 3 Fitzroy Square, London W1 An imprint of the Hutchinson Publishing Group London Melbourne Sydney Auckland Wellington Johannesburg and agencies throughout the world First published in Great Britain by Faber F