The anthology was edited by Martin H. Greenberg, and contributing authors include Ray Bradbury, Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl, Poul Anderson, Harry Turtledove, and Orson Scott Card.
[2] A number of writers who contributed to the anthology are also portrayed on the book's cover.
[3] A "revised and expanded" edition was published in 1997, which added numerous memorials and appreciations written by those who knew him, many of them well-known authors and editors from the science fiction field.
David Langford commented brielfy on the anthology, noting it contains "a lot of routine pastiche" as well as several gems.
[4] Jo Walton likewise commented on the anthology in passing, choosing Frederik Pohl and Connie Willis' stories as its best.