Brian Aldiss
Michael Bishop
Graham Charnock
John Christopher
Harry Harrison
Barry Malzberg
George R.R. Martin
Charles Platt
Bob Shaw
Ian Watson
(…and many others)

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Table of Contents

Introduction
The History of The Last Dangerous Visions
The Background; A Decade of Broken Promises; The Next 13 Years; Some Questions
Why Does LAST Remain Unpublished?
Why Have So Many Promises Been Broken?
Will LAST Ever be Published?
How Will It End?
The Steady State Theory; The White Dwarf Theory; The Big Bang Theory
Pre-Publication Letters
Graham Charnock; Ian Watson; Harry Harrison; C.S. Youd (John Christopher); Michael Bishop; Bob Shaw; George R.R. Martin; Charles Platt
Notes
Post-Publication Letters
Michael Bishop; Brian Aldiss; R.I. Barycz; Laurence M. Janifer; Barry Malzberg; Greg Feeley; Eddy C. Bertin; Taral Wayne; Steven Bryan Bieler
Postscript
The Summing Up
The Remedy