Contains copies of Sol Rising, a newsletter from the friends of the Merril Collection of science fiction, speculation, and fantasy; correspondence between Phillipe Rey, David Mead, Steven J. Marcus, and Batya Weinbaum; “Pardon His Iron Nerves” by Phillipe Rey; “The Once and Future Captain” by Will Murray; an introduction for “Fifty Years of Heroes: The Edmond Hamilton Papers, a Memoir” by Julius Schwartz, Forrest Ackerman, and Robert Bloch; and “Stepchild of Science” by Frederik Pohl.