Orbit 1 Author:Damon Knight, editor--multiple authors Orbit 1 contains nine short works (with four by women authors) and maintains solid quality throughout. None of the stories—other than Sonya Dorman’s dark and terrifying “Slice of Life”—are masterpieces but Keith Roberts, Kate Wilhelm, Richard McKenna, James Blish, and Thomas M. Disch put in solid shifts. — A solid start to the Orbit anthology ser... more »ies.« less