Publication:ANCL00183

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The exact title can be confusing.

Here's the cover image.

The spine has

Binary Star #5

George R. R. Martin Vernor Vinge

The title page has

Binary Star No.5 Nightflyers George R. R. Martin True Names Vernor Vinge

The back cover has a blurb about Nightflyers, a blurb about True Names, and then

BINARY STAR #5 presents these two outstanding novellas with specially commissioned illustrations by Hugo award-winning artist Jack Gaughan. Each author has also contributed an Afterword about his fellow-writer's work. The volume is introduced by series editor James R. Frenkel.

Presumably more Binary Star books were planned or hoped for as the introduction ends with "My own feeling is that Binary Star #5 is the best book in the series thus far. You'll have to decide for yourself."