"Man Against Tomorrow" edited by William F. Nolan is my favorite science fiction anthology with stories written by some of the masters of the genre including Ray Bradbury, Kris Neville, and William F. Nolan.
One of the best stories of the collection is also the shortest in length. "The Room" by Ray Russell is about a future not far removed from our own in which people are constantly bombarded with advertising.
"After The Sirens" by Hugh Hood is a terrifying real-time depiction of a nuclear attack.
"The Freeway" by George Clayton Johnson is one man's rebellion against a sterile, controlled, and mechanized society. The following passage is from The Freeway: "He looked at the automobiles flowing past him in a great tide and listened to the drum of engines on the still desert air. The reflected light from the sun-dazzled doors and fenders hammered at his eyes. Damn them, he thought, I don't need any of them! Setting his shoulders, he turned away, into the desert. The freeway dwindled behind him; the hurrying cars vanished into hot silence. Only the waiting land surrounded him now. Ahead, behind, to either side.
Arthur C. Danyluk moved out to face the enemy."
"Nobody Starves" is a satire in which a man finds himself hopelessly entangled in an uncaring,tone-deaf government bureacracy.
In my opinion, Man Against Tomorrow, is one of the most thought-provoking and entertaining collections you will ever read.
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