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Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Reading Anthology

For years, those bringing SF into the classroom have had to improvise their course materials from anthologies and collections not designed for classwork. Now, David G. Hartwell, award-winning anthologist, and Professor Milton T. Wolf, Vice President of the Science Fiction Research Association, present a carefully selected reading anthology reflecting the SF field in all its modern diversity. Here are Golden Age writers like John W. Campbell and Jack Williamson, and here also are towering latter-day titans like Gene Wolfe and Ursula K. Le Guin, along with today's popular writers such as Greg Bear, Robert Jordan, and Vernor Vinge.

Contents

11 • Introduction (Visions of Wonder) • essay by David G. Hartwell and Milton T. Wolf

13 • Critics • [In Search of Wonder] • (1956) • essay by Damon Knight

17 • The Ship Who Sang • [The Ship Who . . .] • (1961) • novelette by Anne McCaffrey

31 • Blood Music • (1983) • novelette by Greg Bear

49 • Paperjack • [Newford] • (1991) • novelette by Charles de Lint

71 • Forever Yours, Anna • (1987) • shortstory by Kate Wilhelm

81 • The Golden Age of Science Fiction Is Twelve • (1984) • essay by David G. Hartwell

97 • Mr. Boy • (1990) • novella by James Patrick Kelly

141 • Jamboree • [Humanoids] • (1969) • shortstory by Jack Williamson

149 • The Death of Doctor Island • [Archipelago] • (1973) • novella by Gene Wolfe (variant of The Death of Dr. Island)

188 • Ender's Game • [Ender Wiggin] • (1977) • novelette by Orson Scott Card

216 • "What Do You Mean ... Human?" • [Editorial (Astounding)] • (1959) • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.

222 • Bears Discover Fire • (1990) • shortstory by Terry Bisson

230 • One Down, One to Go • (1990) • shortstory by Philip José Farmer

239 • Sur • (1982) • shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin

250 • Introduction (England Swings SF) • (1968) • essay by Judith Merril

253 • Doing Lennon • (1975) • shortstory by Gregory Benford

263 • A Tupolev Too Far • (1989) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss

285 • Them Old Hyannis Blues • (1992) • shortstory by Judith Tarr

292 • Paradise Charted • (1980) • essay by Algis Budrys

339 • Masque of the Red Shift • [Berserker] • (1965) • novelette by Fred Saberhagen

353 • Redemption in the Quantum Realm • (1994) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl

366 • Devil You Don't Know • [Val Clarke] • (1978) • novelette by Dean Ing

395 • The Eye of the World (extract) • [Wheel of Time] • (1990) • shortstory by Robert Jordan

404 • Split Light • (1994) • shortstory by Lisa Goldstein

414 • Science Fiction & The Adventures of the Spherical Cow • (1988) • essay by Kathryn Cramer (variant of Science Fiction and the Adventures of the Spherical Cow)

419 • The Sun Spider • (1987) • novelette by Lucius Shepard

442 • Science Fiction and "Literature" — or, The Conscience of the King • (1979) • essay by Samuel R. Delany

458 • Souls • (1982) • novella by Joanna Russ

491 • Overdrawn at the Memory Bank • [Eight Worlds] • (1976) • novelette by John Varley

514 • The Girl Who Was Plugged In • (1973) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.

540 • Burning Chrome • (1982) • novelette by William Gibson

555 • Towards an Aesthetic of Science Fiction • (1975) • essay by Joanna Russ

564 • Identifying the Object • (1990) • novelette by Gwyneth Jones (variant of Forward Echoes)

585 • The Mountain to Mohammed • (1992) • shortstory by Nancy Kress

598 • Wall, Stone, Craft • (1993) • novella by Walter Jon Williams

655 • Boobs • (1989) • shortstory by Suzy McKee Charnas

669 • To Bring in Fine Things: The Significance of Science Fiction Plots • (1989) • essay by Brian Stableford [as by Brian M. Stableford ]

676 • Spider Silk • (1976) • novelette by Andre Norton

704 • A Braver Thing • (1990) • novelette by Charles Sheffield

726 • Getting Real • (1991) • novelette by Susan Shwartz

740 • True Names • (1981) • novella by Vernor Vinge

791 • Science Fiction: A Selective Guide to Scholarship • (1996) • essay by Gary K. Wolfe

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 800
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-312-85287-0
  • EAN
  • 9780312852870
  • Genres
  • fantasy, anthologies
  • Release date
  • 1996