An enthralling collection of SFWA Grandmaster James Gunn's later stories, showing the master at work on stories spanning spectrum of SF from retirement communities to time travel, fixing the past, pitching quantum leap before it existed, responses to The Bicentennial Man and The Diamond Lens. Includes:

• Introduction
• The Old Folks
• The Voices
• Fault
• Guilt
• Child of the Sun
• The North Wind
• Among the Beautiful Bright Children
• The Futurist
• Man of Parts
• The Gingerbread Man
• The Day the Magic Came Back
• The Lens of Time
• The End-of-the-World Ball
• The Giftie