Galatic Empires Author:Brian Aldiss Great book of short stories featuring some of the most renowned authors in SciFi. — New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976. 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 and many oth... more »ers..... Jacket illustrations are by Karel Thole, the world's foremost cover artist of science fiction.