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The Road to Science Fiction: From Wells to Heinlein Vol 2
The Road to Science Fiction From Wells to Heinlein Vol 2
Author: James Gunn (Editor)
20 Classic Tales... samples the science fiction from a wide variety of authors that paved the way for the Golden Age. — From Argosy to Astounding, from incredible inventions to alien encounters, here is a delightful and fascinating sampling of some of science fiction's finest moments, a capsule history of the birth and evolu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780451618597
ISBN-10: 0451618599
Publication Date: 2/1/1979
Pages: 535
Edition: Reissue
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Publisher: Mentor - New American Library
Book Type: Paperback
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* 1 ⢠Introduction: On the Road to Science Fiction: From Wells to Heinlein ⢠(1979) ⢠essay by James E. Gunn
* 17 ⢠The New Accelerator ⢠(1901) ⢠shortstory by H. G. Wells
* 36 ⢠The Machine Stops ⢠(1909) ⢠novelette by E. M. Forster
* 70 ⢠The Chessmen of Mars (chap. 2-3) (Excerpt) ⢠[Barsoom] ⢠(1922) ⢠shortfiction by Edgar Rice Burroughs
* 92 ⢠The People of the Pit ⢠(1918) ⢠shortstory by A. Merritt
* 110 ⢠The Red One ⢠(1918) ⢠novelette by Jack London
* 137 ⢠Dagon ⢠(1919) ⢠shortstory by H. P. Lovecraft
* 145 ⢠The Tissue-Culture King ⢠(1926) ⢠shortstory by Julian Huxley
* 169 ⢠The Revolt of the Pedestrians ⢠(1928) ⢠shortstory by David H. Keller, M.D.
* 201 ⢠Last and First Men (chap. XIII) (Excerpt) ⢠(1930) ⢠shortfiction by Olaf Stapledon
* 220 ⢠Brave New World (chap. 16-17) (Excerpt) ⢠(1932) ⢠shortfiction by Aldous Huxley
* 238 ⢠A Martian Odyssey ⢠[Tweel] ⢠(1934) ⢠novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum
* 267 ⢠Twilight ⢠(1934) ⢠shortstory by John W. Campbell, Jr.
* 290 ⢠Proxima Centauri ⢠(1935) ⢠novella by Murray Leinster
* 342 ⢠What's It Like Out There? ⢠(1952) ⢠novelette by Edmond Hamilton
* 367 ⢠With Folded Hands . . . ⢠[Humanoids] ⢠(1947) ⢠novelette by Jack Williamson
* 414 ⢠Hyperpilosity ⢠(1938) ⢠shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp (aka Hyperpelosity)
* 429 ⢠The Faithful ⢠(1938) ⢠shortstory by Lester del Rey
* 441 ⢠Black Destroyer ⢠[Space Beagle] ⢠(1939) ⢠novelette by A. E. van Vogt
* 475 ⢠Nightfall ⢠(1941) ⢠novelette by Isaac Asimov
* 512 ⢠Requiem ⢠[D. D. Harriman] ⢠(1940) ⢠shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein
* 530 ⢠A Chronology of Science Fiction ⢠(1979) ⢠essay by uncredited
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* A Chronology of Science Fiction ⢠(1979) ⢠essay by uncredited
* A Martian Odyssey ⢠[Tweel] ⢠(1934) ⢠novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum
* Black Destroyer ⢠[Space Beagle] ⢠(1939) ⢠novelette by A. E. van Vogt
* Brave New World (chap. 16-17) (Excerpt) ⢠(1932) ⢠shortfiction by Aldous Huxley
* Dagon ⢠(1919) ⢠shortstory by H. P. Lovecraft
* Hyperpilosity ⢠(1938) ⢠shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp (aka Hyperpelosity)
* Introduction: On the Road to Science Fiction: From Wells to Heinlein ⢠(1979) ⢠essay by James E. Gunn
* Last and First Men (chap. XIII) (Excerpt) ⢠(1930) ⢠shortfiction by Olaf Stapledon
* Nightfall ⢠(1941) ⢠novelette by Isaac Asimov
* Proxima Centauri ⢠(1935) ⢠novella by Murray Leinster
* Requiem ⢠[D. D. Harriman] ⢠(1940) ⢠shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein
* The Chessmen of Mars (chap. 2-3) (Excerpt) ⢠[Barsoom] ⢠(1922) ⢠shortfiction by Edgar Rice Burroughs
* The Faithful ⢠(1938) ⢠shortstory by Lester del Rey
* The Machine Stops ⢠(1909) ⢠novelette by E. M. Forster
* The New Accelerator ⢠(1901) ⢠shortstory by H. G. Wells
* The People of the Pit ⢠(1918) ⢠shortstory by A. Merritt
* The Red One ⢠(1918) ⢠novelette by Jack London
* The Revolt of the Pedestrians ⢠(1928) ⢠shortstory by David H. Keller, M.D.
* The Tissue-Culture King ⢠(1926) ⢠shortstory by Julian Huxley
* Twilight ⢠(1934) ⢠shortstory by John W. Campbell, Jr.
* What's It Like Out There? ⢠(1952) ⢠novelette by Edmond Hamilton
* With Folded Hands . . . ⢠[Humanoids] ⢠(1947) ⢠novelette by Jack Williamson


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