(#158149) TOMORROW LIES IN AMBUSH. Bob Shaw.

TOMORROW LIES IN AMBUSH. New York: Ace Books, [1973]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition. Ace Books 81656. "Varied SF yarns, mostly conventional in subject matter and ideas but unfailingly well constructed, well characterized and, as a result, thoroughly entertaining." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 382. Shaw's first collection of short fiction. Includes "The Cosmic Cocktail Party," a fine SF satire in which the brains of selected humans are scanned and used by Biosyn to create a super computer that has become an artificial intelligence. The Gollancz and Ace editions were both published in February 1973. The Ace edition adds two stories, "Stormseeker" and "Element of Chance." A fine copy. (#158149).

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"First Ace printing: February, 1973" on copyright page.