NOTHING IS ACCIDENTAL...

If you recognize yourself as a player in The Death of Doctor Island--don't be surprised.

If you experience a strange feeling in the pit of your stomach when you see that fin at sea--remember The Shark is a symbol of our terror.

If you are repelled by snakes, please be good enough to observe that several serpents and their mistress are the only hope of a dying child...

If you are inveterate collector, please understand why it is possible to turn down Yankee stadium...

NEBULA AWARD STORIES NINE
A superb collection of winning science fiction tales.

Contents
* Introduction
* The Death of Doctor Island by Gene Wolfe
* Shark by Edward Bryant
* With Morning Comes Mistfall by George R. R. Martin
* The Future of Science: Prometheus, Apollo, Athena by Ben Bova
* Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand by Vonda McIntyre
* The Deathbird by Harlan Ellison
* A Thing of Beauty by Norman Spinrad
* Love is the Plan the Plan is Death by James Tiptree, Jr.