Search Worlds Without End

Omnibus edtion of Galactic Empires Volume One and Galactic Empires Volume Two, originally published in 1976.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1976) - essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• A Sense of Perspective - (1976) - essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• Been a Long, Long Time - (1970) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• The Possessed - (1953) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• Protected Species - (1951) - short story by H. B. Fyfe
• All the Way Back - (1952) - short story by Michael Shaara
• 'Wider Still and Wider...' - (1976) - essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• The Star Plunderer - (1952) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• Foundation - (1942) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
• We're Civilized! - (1953) - short story by Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides
• Horses in the Starship Hold - (1976) - essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal - (1964) - short story by Cordwainer Smith
• The Rebel of Valkyr - (1950) - novella by Alfred Coppel
• Brightness Falls from the Air - (1951) - short story by Margaret St. Clair
• Immigrant - (1954) - novella by Clifford D. Simak
• The Health Service in the Skies - (1976) - essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• Resident Physician - (1961) - novelette by James White
• Age of Retirement - (1954) - short story by Hal Lynch
• Planting Time - (1975) - short story by Pete Adams and Charles Nightingale

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1976) - essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• "You Can't Impose Civilization by Force" - (1976) - essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• Escape to Chaos - (1951) - novella by John D. MacDonald
• Concealment - (1943) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
• To Civilize - (1954) - short story by Algis Budrys
• Beep - (1954) - novelette by James Blish
• The Other End of the Stick - essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• Down the River - (1950) - short story by Mack Reynolds
• The Bounty Hunter - (1958) - short story by Avram Davidson
• Not Yet the End - (1941) - short story by Fredric Brown
• All Things Are Cyclic - (1976) - essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• Tonight the Stars Revolt! - (1952) - novella by Gardner F. Fox
• Final Encounter - (1964) - novelette by Harry Harrison
• Big Ancestors and Descendants - (1976) - essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• Lord of a Thousand Suns - (1951) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• Big Ancestor - (1954) - novelette by F. L. Wallace
• The Interlopers - (1954) - short story by Roger Dee
• Epilogue - (1976) - essay by Brian W. Aldiss