Have you ever wished that you could fly, or travel in time, or foresee what's going to happen? Children do these and many other strange and wonderful things in the stories in this book. Come with them--to ancient Egypt with Lloyd Alexander's "time cat"; to Crete, the land of the monstrous Minotaur, with Icarus; to New York City two years before the twenty-first century, with Isaac Asimov's Robbie the robot.

These adventures in time and space have been selected especially for children by two experts in the field of imaginative fiction. In their introductions, Mr. and Mrs. de Camp show how favorite themes of myths and fairy tales take on new dimensions in science fiction.

Introduction: Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Maybe essay by Catherine Crook de Camp and L. Sprague de Camp

Icarus short story by Catherine Crook de Camp

The Boy Who Found Fear (1907) short story by Dr. Ignaz Kunös (trans. of medieval fairy tale Die Furcht 1905)

The Marvelous Powder of Life juvenile short story by L. Frank Baum (excerpt from The Land of Oz)

The Sacred City of Cats juvenile short story by Lloyd Alexander (excerpt from Time Cat)

The Shed (1953) short story by E. Everett Evans

Something Bright (1960) short story by Zenna Henderson

The Rocket Man (1951) short story by Edward W. Ludwig

Native Son (1953) short story by T. D. Hamm [as by Thelma D. Hamm]

Playmate (1951) short story by Leslie A. Croutch

Robbie (1950) short story by Isaac Asimov

Longer Stories Too Good to Be Missed essay by uncredited