Galactic Empires Volume One Author:Edited by Brian Aldress Interstellar civilizations rise, flourish and fall in this unique collection of superb stories. Galactic Empires is more than an anthology. It is a vast two-volume novel of the future by some of the greatest science fiction writers alive, including Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Clifford Simak, Cordwainer Smith, A.E. Van Vogt, Ha... more »rry Harrison, and many others.« less