"Charmingly insidious and satisfyingly devious, these 100 baffling little mysteries—selected by such prominent authors as Isaac Asimov—are just the thing to suit your most malevolent mood. These tales come from the pen of many well-known writers in the field, including Michael Gilbert, Edward Wellen, Edward D. Hack, Bill Bronzini, Lawrence Treat, and Francis Nevins, Jr. Whether it’s “The Unfriendly Neighbor,” or a “Class Reunion,” “A Rec ..."
"Writers have created fictions of social perfection at least since Plato’s Republic. Sir Thomas More gave this thread of intellectual history a name when he called his contribution to it Utopia, Greek for no place. With each subsequent author cognizant of his predecessors and subject to altered real-world conditions which suggest ever-new causes for hope and alarm, no place” changed. The fourteen essays presented in this book critic ..."
"A collection of one hundred short science fiction tales features the work of such sci-fi masters as Arthur C. Clarke, Larry Niven, Fritz Leiber, Robert Silverberg, Fredric Brown, Harlan Ellison, Lester del Rey, and Isaac Asimov. Original."
"An evaluation of the literary achievements of the renowned biochemist, popularizer of science, and science-fiction writer illuminates the scope of his creativity and his concerns"
"First edition, hardcover. Retrospective anthology; most works have a forward by the story's author. CONTENTS:
Introduction by Frederik Pohl;
As IF Was in the Beginning by Larry T. Shaw;
The Golden Man (1954) by Philip K. Dick;
The Battle (1954) by Robert Sheckley;
Last Rites (1955) by Charles Beaumont;
Game Preserve (1957) by Rog Phillips;
The Burning of the Brain (1958) by Cordwainer Smith;
The Man Who Tasted Ashes (1959) by Al ..."
"What is death? Is it annihilation and oblivion? Is it the end of life as we know it and the beginning of another type of existence? Just when tremendous advances in the biological sciences have brought us to the brink of immortality, shall we discover that death is in fact a gift in disguise? Speculation about death has existed since the dawn of human development as a species. Since science fiction writers deal with all aspects of ..."
"Stories from this astounding decade in the history of sci fi, including work by Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Leigh Brackett, Lester Del Rey, Robert A. Heinlein, James Blish, Damon Knight, A. E. Van Vogt, & others. With an Introduction by Frederik Pohl & selected Bibliography. First Avon trade paperback printing."
"First Voyages is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Damon Knight, Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander, first published in paperback by Avon Books in May 1981. It is a compilation of the first published stories of twenty prominent authors in the genre, and an expansion of Knight's earlier First Flight: Maiden Voyages in Space and Time (Lancer Books, 1963), which covered ten of the same stories and authors."
"Essays by noted science-fiction writers and critics on the nine major themes of the genre are accompanied by representative, exemplary stories"
Arthur C.Clarke A Critical and Biographical Study (Writers of the 21st century) by JosephD. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1977 by P. Harris Pub. ISBN-13: 978-0-904505-41-2, ISBN: 0-904505-41-3
"Gathers stories and reviews by Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, and others, and reminiscences by each writer about Galaxy magazine and his or her story"
"Nine essays, with introduction, bibliography, and index: Youth Against Space: Heinlein's Juveniles Revisited, essay by Jack Williamson; Frontiers of the Future, essay by David N. Samuelson; The Human As Machine Analog, essay by Alice Carole Gaar; Omnipotent Cannibals in Stranger in a Strange Land, essay by Robert Plank; Variations on a Theme: Human Sexuality in the Work of Robert A. Heinlein, essay by Ronald Sarti; The Evolution of ..."
"Isaac Asimov is one of the most varied men of our time -- biochemist popularizer of science, and legendary cience fiction writer. His astonishing productivity -- more than 180 books published to date -- has resulted in some of science fiction's monumtal works: his classic Foundation Trilogy, his rbilliant dusion of SF and the mystery story in The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun, and his remarkable robot stories. This book is intended t ..."
"A critical assessment of the novels and short stories of Arthur C. Clarke, presented with a brief biographical sketch, highlights his contributions to science fiction and his impact on literature in general"