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Starships
Starships
Author: Isaac Asimov (Editor), Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor), Charles Waugh (Editor)
A dazzling fleet of starships: —
  • Glide with Robert Sheckley on a search to recover you Earthly memory in Potential.
  • Travel with A. E. Van Vogt on a voyage that bends the rules of space and time into astonishing new shapes in Far Centaurus.
  • Join Frank Robinson on a journey to a bittersweet New Earth in The Oceans are Wide.<...  more »
  • Touchdown with Isaac Asimov in a ceremony of last rites that invokes the great cosmic ghain of being in Founding Father.
  • Race wtih James McConnell against a terrifying ultimatum set by all-powerful aliens in Avoidance Situation.


The complement.

  • Captain: The burning brain / Cordwainer Smith.
  • Crew: Home the hard way / Richard McKenna.
  • Passengers:Potential / Robert Sheckley.
  • Cargo: Bill for delivery / Christopher Anvil


The type.

  • Time relativity ships: Story of a curse / Doris Pitkin Buck
  • Generation ships: The oceans are wide / Frank M. Robinson
  • Suspended animation ships: Far Centaurus / A. E. van Vogt.
  • Cybernetic ships:The ship who sang / Anne McCaffrey.
  • Faster than light/hyperspace ships:
  • Avoidance situation / James V. McConnell


The events.

  • First contact: Chance encounter / A. Bertram Chandler.
  • Inspection: Allamagoosa / Eric Frank Russell.
  • Disaster: Founding father / Isaac Asimov.
  • Combat: Wings out of shadow / Fred Saberhagen.
ISBN-13: 9780449201268
ISBN-10: 0449201260
Publication Date: 3/12/1983
Pages: 342
Edition: Reissue
Rating:
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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Publisher: Fawcett Crest
Book Type: Paperback
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An easy approach to Sci-Fi for me: A collection of short stories that pull you in quickly. I sometimes can't fathom the detail and imagination required in writing and reading these, but enjoy them for the change of pace. Good stories, solid writing.


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