by Elizabeth R. Wollheim, S. Andrew Swann, Lisanne Norman, Robert Sheckley, Neal Barrett Jr., Frederik Pohl, Ron Goulart, Julie E. Czerneda, Timothy Zahn, Ian Watson, Charles L. Harness, Charles Ingrid, Cheryl J. Franklin, Brian M. Stableford, Brian W. Aldiss, Eluki bes Shahar, Kate Elliott, Sheila E. Gilbert, Tad Williams, C. J. Cherryh, C. S. Friedman
Apart from the introductions by Wollheim and Gilbert covering Donald A. Wollheim's contributions to American publishing culminating with his founding of DAW Books, there's nothing that makes this book stand out from DAW's many other anthologies except it doesn't have a theme. The ratio of good to adequate to bad stories is pretty standard - not nearly high enough for a celebration of 30 years of quality publishing. That's probably inevitable for a group of all original stories, but this anthology, which features installments in several DAW series, also doesn't serve as much of an enticing sampler of DAW's goods.
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