The Few The Few The Few were the airmen of the Royal Air Force (RAF) who fought the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. The term comes from Winston Churchill's phrase "Never, in the field of human conflict, was so much owed by so many to so few." It also alludes to Shakespeare's famous speech in his play, "Henry V": "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers..." Nearly 3,000 men were awarded the "Battle of Britain" clasp. As of July 2018, only eight survivors of The Few are still living. By one tally, British RAF aircrew numbered 2,353
What Shadows We Pursue note, on page 228 of "What Shadows We Pursue", explains: "Unfortunately, a production error led to the final four paragraphs of the story being omitted from [the earlier] edition. To correct the error, we have preferred to include the full text of the story in this, the second volume." This collection is named after one of its stories, "What Shadows We Pursue", which first appeared in the January, 1953, issue of "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction". The contents, listed sequentially from the text, with years of original publication noted in parentheses: What Shadows We Pursue What Shadows We