SCIENCE FICTION-TIME MUST HAVE A STOP.EVERYTHING HAS A TIME OF INNOCENCE.A TIME WHEN THE WORLD IS NEW AND NO FALSE STEPS HAVE YET BEEN MADE.WHEN NO GOOD FIGHT HAS YET BEEN LOST,AND NO GOOD CAUSE TURNED BAD.BUT THAT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.SOONER OR LATER THAT STEP IS TAKEN,THE FIGHT LOST IN A CAUSE BECOME UNWORTHY.TIME MUST HAVE A STOP;ENTROPY WILL OUT.THAT IS THE THE THEME OF THIS COMPANION VOLUME TO BEGINNINGS-COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY THE AUTHOR-A OUTRANCE,COMPUTERS DON'T ARGUE,BY NEW HEARTH FIRES,ANCIENT MY ENEMY,TURNABOUT,AN HONORABLE DEATH,LOST DORSAI,LAST VOYAGE,CALL HIM LORD,AND THEN THERE WAS PEACE,WHATEVER GODS THERE BE,MINOTAUR,ENTER A PILGRIM,ARMAGEDDON.
