Robert Silverberg

Far Horizons is an anthology of 11 science fiction short stories or novellas by major authors, who also provide introductions and sometimes afterwords for the stories; it is edited by Robert Silverberg. All of the stories make their first appearance in Far Horizons, but none is truly "original" in a sense, as they are …

Discusses, among other topics relating to the redwood and the giant sequoia, their discovery and misuse and the chronic conflict between redwood lumbermen and conservationists.