Sterling E. Lanier (1927–2007) was an American science fiction writer. One of his works, Join Our Gang?, is included in this collection. Public information about his life and writing career is limited; what can be confirmed is his nationality, his years of birth and death, and the representative work mentioned above, while no common category is given. An existing introduction notes that his representative work Hiero's Journey blends adventure with ecological fantasy, suggesting that he preferred to combine exploration narratives with ecological imagination and to reflect on the relationship between humanity and nature within a science fiction framework. This approach gives his work both readability and a speculative quality. Because sources are scarce, a fuller assessment of his output is difficult, and readers may turn to the collected work to understand his style.
