This is a great collection of action short stories by Katherine MacLean from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here: "The Man Who Staked The Stars", "The Natives", and "Contagion".
Katherine Anne MacLean (January 22, 1925 – September 1, 2019) was an American science fiction author best known for her short fiction of the 1950s which examined the impact of technological advances on individuals and society.