Science Fiction : 101, Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder Edited and with an introduction by Robert Silverman; Introduction by Greg Bear.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: aNew York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c2001.Description: xvi, 544 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 074341294X (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Science fiction 101 [Cover title]
  • Science fiction : 101 where to start [Spine title]
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS 648 .S3 R634 2001
Contents:
Introduction/Greg Bear--Foreword/Robert Silverberg--Introduction: The making of a science-fiction writer/Robert Silverberg--Four in one: Complications with elegance/Damon Knight--Fondly farenheit: Who am I, which are you?/Alfred Bester--No woman born: Flowing from ring to ring/C.L. Moore--Home is the hunter: The triumph of honest Roger Bellamy/Henry Kuttner--The monsters: Don't forget to kill your wife/Robert Sheckley--Common time: With all of love/James Blish--Scanners live in vain: Under the wire with the Habermans/Cordwainer Smith--Hothouse: The fuzzypuzzle odyssey/Brian W. Aldiss--The new prime: Six plots for the price of one/Jack Vance--Colony: I trusted the rug completely/Philip K. Dick--The little black bag: Press button for triple bypass/C.M. Kornbluth--Light of other days: Beyond the radius of capture/Bob Shaw--Day million: A boy, a girl, a love story/Frederik Pohl--For further reading.
Summary: Contains thirteen sample chapters from classic science-fiction books written by several different authors. Each chapter is followed by Silverberg's insightful explanation behind each author's writing.
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"Originally published as Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder."--Front cover.

Introduction/Greg Bear--Foreword/Robert Silverberg--Introduction: The making of a science-fiction writer/Robert Silverberg--Four in one: Complications with elegance/Damon Knight--Fondly farenheit: Who am I, which are you?/Alfred Bester--No woman born: Flowing from ring to ring/C.L. Moore--Home is the hunter: The triumph of honest Roger Bellamy/Henry Kuttner--The monsters: Don't forget to kill your wife/Robert Sheckley--Common time: With all of love/James Blish--Scanners live in vain: Under the wire with the Habermans/Cordwainer Smith--Hothouse: The fuzzypuzzle odyssey/Brian W. Aldiss--The new prime: Six plots for the price of one/Jack Vance--Colony: I trusted the rug completely/Philip K. Dick--The little black bag: Press button for triple bypass/C.M. Kornbluth--Light of other days: Beyond the radius of capture/Bob Shaw--Day million: A boy, a girl, a love story/Frederik Pohl--For further reading.

Contains thirteen sample chapters from classic science-fiction books written by several different authors. Each chapter is followed by Silverberg's insightful explanation behind each author's writing.

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