Galactic Empires Vol 2 Author:Brian Aldiss (ed) Brian Aldiss has selected 26 stories and assembled them into a mammoth saga which explores how a Galactic Empire might grow and die: its origins, laws, mores, not to mention the incredible variety of its inhabitants. Volume Two contains sections "Maturity or Bust", "Free Fall", with stories by authors A.E. Van Vogt, Algis Budrys, Poul Anderson, ... more »among others.« less