The Wesleyan anthology of science fiction

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"Features over a 150 years' worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and startling futuristic speculations, these stories will appeal to all readers as they chart the emergence and evolution of science fiction as a modern literary genre. They also...

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ISBN:

9780819569554

Description:

xviii, 767 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Anthology of science fiction

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Rappaccini's daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne
Journey to the center of the earth / Jules Verne
Star / H. G. Wells
Machine stops / E. M. Forster
Man who evolved / Edmond Hamilton
Conquest of Gola / Leslie F. Stone
Shambleau / C. L. Moore
Martian odyssey / Stanley Weinbaum
Reason / Issac Asimov
Desertion / Clifford D. Simak
Thunder and roses / Theodore Sturgeon
That only a mother / Judith Merril
Coming attraction / Fritz Leiber
There will come soft rains / Ray Bradbury
Sentinel / Arthur C. Clarke
Specialist / Robert Sheckley
Liberation of earth / William Tenn
Fondly fahrenheit / Alfred Bester
Golem / Avram Davidson
Game of rat and dragon / Cordwainer Smith
All you zombies / Robert A. Heinlein
Cage of sand / J. G. Ballard
Slow tuesday night / R. A. Lafferty
Repent, Harlequin! Said the ticktockman / Harlan Ellison
Day million / Frederik Pohl
We can remember it for you wholesale / Philip K. Dick
Aye, and Gomorrah... / Samuel R. Delany
Heat death of the universe / Pamela Zoline
Passengers / Robert Silverberg
Super-toys last all summer long / Brian Aldiss
Nine lives / Ursula K. Le Guin
Seed stock / Frank Herbert
Seventh voyage from the star diaries / Stanislaw Lem
When it changed / Joanna Russ
I awoke and found me here on the cold hill's side / James Tiptree Jr.
Air raid / John Varley
Abominable / Caol Emshwiller
Burning chrome / William Gibson
Speech sounds / Octavia E. Bulter
Out of all them bright stars / Nancy Kress
Pretty boy crossover / Pat Cadigan
Forever yours, Anna / Kate Wilhelm
We see things differently / Bruce Sterling
Chippoke Na Gomi / Misha Nogha
Computer friendly / Eileen Gunn
Invaders / John Kessel
Useful phrases / Gene Wolfe
Closer ; Think like a dinosaur / James Patrick Kelly
Everywhere / Geoff Ryman
Rogue farm / Charles Stross
Exhalation / Ted Chiang

LCCN:

2009053144

Control Number:

3348759

Other Authors:

Evans, Arthur B
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.). Press

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