Authors: Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories:
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ISBNs: 9780330027113 0330027115 |
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A superlative collection of the finest SF short stories from recent years.Ten astounding writers explore one whole hemisphere of the imagination, providing an outlet, both refreshing and necessary, for modern man's sense of wonder.-------------------------------------------------Introduction (Spectrum) • essay by Kingsley Amis and Robert ConquestThe Midas Plague • (1954) • novella by Frederik PohlLimiting Factor • (1949) • shortstory by Clifford D. SimakThe Executioner • (1956) • novelette by Algis BudrysNull-P • (1951) • shortstory by William TennThe Homing Instinct of Joe Vargo • (1959) • novelette by Stephen BarrSpecial Flight • (1939) • novelette by John BerrymanInanimate Objection • (1954) • novelette by H. Chandler ElliottPilgrimage to Earth • (1956) • shortstory by Robert SheckleyUnhuman Sacrifice • (1958) • novelette by Katherine MacLeanBy His Bootstraps • (1941) • novella by Robert A. Heinlein
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