 The condensed novels that appeared in this version of "Venture" included "Hour of the Horde", by Gordon R. Dickson; "Plague Ship", by Harry Harrison; "Star Treasure", by Keith Laumer; and "Beastchild", by Dean R. Koontz.The short fiction included little of note, though "The Snows Are Melted, the Snows Are Gone", an early story by James Tiptree, Jr., appeared in 1969, and "Breaking Point", by Vonda McIntyre, was published in February 1970.