Arthur C. Clark wrote and published many of his first short stories in Astounding Science Fiction, Star Science Fiction Stories, and Infinity Science Fiction during the mid-1950's. This book is a little collection of these early works. It includes: Before Eden, Exile of the Eons, The Nine Billion Names of God, If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth, Dog Star, Freedom of Space, Passer-by, The Call of the Stars, The Next Tenants, Out Of The Sun, The Pacifist, The Possessed, The Reluctant Orchid, Second Dawn, The Star