Galactic Empires Vol 2 Author:Brian Aldiss (Editor) Man's Galactic Empire flourishes, then....falls. — World-planners criss-cross the galaxy, reorienting planets in chaos, bringing utopia--and mass suicide: a dynasty's last warrior fights against the dissolving blue and orange sky, and destiny, of his people; a lone man on the hundred trillionth star holds the secret of a galactic race nea... more »r extinction; and Earthlings, who once colonized the deepest reaches of space, now meekly board a transport into exile.
The story of GALACTIC EMPIRES began in Volume One--a brilliant mosaic portraying man's conquest of space--and concludes here in Volume Two, as man's ultimate fate in space is decided by the achievements and human costs of his greatest endeavor. Together the two volumes form a single breathtaking chronicle of man's galactic quest and an unsurpassed collage of science fiction writing in the quarter century encompassing the 1950's and 60's.« less