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The Road to Science Fiction: From Here to Forever Vol 4
The Road to Science Fiction From Here to Forever Vol 4
Author: James Gunn (Editor)
Science Fiction teaching anthology of 33 British SF stories, each with an introduction discussing its theme and period. — Covers the period from 1950-1992, illustrating how science fiction can be as concerned with language and character as much as traditional fiction and anything in the mainstream. Includes stories by Jorge Luis Borges, Richard M...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780810846708
ISBN-10: 0810846705
Publication Date: 7/2003
Pages: 560
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Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Book Type: Paperback
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Contents

* 1 Introduction (The Road to Science Fiction #4) (1982) essay by James E. Gunn
* 22 Born of Man and Woman (1950) shortstory by Richard Matheson
* 27 My Boy Friend's Name Is Jello (1954) shortstory by Avram Davidson
* 35 The First Canticle (1955) shortstory by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (aka A Canticle for Leibowitz) [as by Walter M. Miller, Jr. ]
* 59 Nobody Bothers Gus (1955) shortstory by Algis Budrys [as by Paul Janvier ]
* 75 Flowers for Algernon (1959) novelette by Daniel Keyes
* 107 The Moon Moth (1961) novelette by Jack Vance
* 145 The Library of Babel (1956) shortstory by Jorge Luís Borges
* 156 Dune (Excerpt) shortfiction by Frank Herbert
* 181 Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] (1966) shortstory by Bob Shaw
* 192 The First Sally (A), or Trurl's Electronic Bard [The Cyberiad] (1974) shortstory by Stanislaw Lem (aka Wyprawa pierwsza A, czyli Elektrybałt Trurla) [as by Stanislaw Lem ]
* 206 The Heat Death of the Universe (1967) shortstory by Pamela Zoline
* 223 The Planners (1968) shortstory by Kate Wilhelm
* 242 The Dance of the Changer and the Three (1968) shortstory by Terry Carr
* 259 The Last Flight of Dr. Ain (1969) shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
* 268 Where No Sun Shines (1970) shortstory by Gardner Dozois
* 280 The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories [Archipelago] (1970) shortstory by Gene Wolfe
* 300 Angouleme (1971) shortstory by Thomas M. Disch
* 319 Gather Blue Roses (1971) shortstory by Pamela Sargent
* 327 With a Finger in My I (1972) shortstory by David Gerrold
* 341 The Ghost Writer (1973) shortstory by George Alec Effinger
* 354 Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand (1973) novelette by Vonda N. McIntyre
* 377 Air Raid (1977) shortstory by John Varley
* 395 Uncoupling (1975) shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
* 408 Rogue Tomato (1975) shortstory by Michael Bishop
* 423 This Tower of Ashes (1976) shortstory by George R. R. Martin
* 443 Particle Theory (1977) shortstory by Edward Bryant
* 468 View from a Height (1978) shortstory by Joan D. Vinge
* 485 The Word Sweep (1979) shortstory by George Zebrowski
* 499 The World Science Fiction Convention of 2080 (1980) shortstory by Ian Watson
* 506 Abominable (1980) shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
* 518 Exposures (1981) shortstory by Gregory Benford


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