“Terminal Velocity” (1991) contains the same story as “Vertigo” but also includes, as a prologue, an 11-page short story by Bob Shaw that was first published as “Dark Icarus” in Science Fiction Monthly vol. “Vertigo” is vintage Bob Shaw, fast-moving, intelligent and immensely readable.
Unwillingly, Hasson finds himself drawn into the conflict and forced to face his own problems. The violence that has been simmering in the town threatens to erupt and Werry seems powerless to stop it. Worse, the hotel's owner, Buck Morlacher, intends to take the law into his own hands to deal with them. But his Canadian host, police chief Al Werry, has a major problem on his hands in the shape of a towering unfinished hotel, the Chinook, whose upper levels are inaccessible from the ground, and are used as an illegal meeting place by local gangs of flyers. Sent to Canada to recuperate (and to escape the attentions of a local businessman whose son he has put away), Hasson is a broken man, unable to face human company, haunted by nightmares and certain that he will never again put on an anti-gravity harness. But a near-fatal airborne confrontation with a psychopath has left him shattered, both physically and mentally. Airborne delinquents and criminals are practically impossible to control and can be lethal. Virtually all aircraft are grounded, because of the risk of collision with a stray flyer. Humanity takes to the skies in its millions, with huge resultant problems for governments and police.
Isaac Asimov’s Valentines (By:Isaac Asimov) (1999).Isaac Asimov’s Detectives (By:Isaac Asimov) (1998).Isaac Asimov’s Camelot (By:Isaac Asimov) (1998).Isaac Asimov’s Christmas (By:Isaac Asimov) (1997).Isaac Asimov’s Ghosts (By:Isaac Asimov) (1995).Isaac Asimov’s Skin Deep (By:Isaac Asimov) (1995).Isaac Asimov’s Cyberdreams (By:Isaac Asimov) (1994).Isaac Asimov’s War (By:Isaac Asimov) (1993).Isaac Asimov’s SF-Lite (By:Isaac Asimov) (1993).Isaac Asimov’s Robots (By:Isaac Asimov) (1991).
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