The Universe Author:Byron Preiss (Editor), Andrew Fraknoi (Scientific Editor) Gathered together are the scientists, the intellectuals, and the artists, to learn about and speculate upon the cosmos. The world right now desperately needs both the physicist and the dreamer. This book book is divided into ten sections. Each section includes a short scientific essay on a particular astronomical phenomenon, a science fict... more »ion short story loosely based on the same subject, and a piece of artwork done by one of the better known science fiction illustrators. Offerings include writings by many familiar writers on scientific themes, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Frederik Pohl, Eric Chaisson, Rudy Rucker, and Allan Sandage. Associate Editor for Science Fiction: David M. Harris. Associate Editor for Science: Ruth Ashby. Phtot Editor: E. Bruce Stevenson.
Contents:
The Universe (frontspiece) (1987) • interior artwork (1987) by David Malin
Frontier (1987) • essay by Byron Preiss
The Universe: An Introduction (1987) • essay by Andrew Fraknoi
What is the Universe? (1987) • essay by Isaac Asimov; • interior artwork (1987) by Darrel Anderson
Art and Science Fiction: Unbuilt Cities / Realized Dreams (1987) • essay by Ray Bradbury; • interior artwork (1987) by Moebius
Our Galaxy (1987) • essay by Eric J. Chaisson
Mandikini (1987) / short story by Gregory Benford; • interior artwork (1987) by B. E. Johnson
Star Birth and Maturity (1987) • essay by Martin Cohen
To Touch a Star (1987) / short story by Ben Bova; • interior artwork (1987) by Pat Rawlings
Supernovae: Creative Catclysms in the Galaxy (1987) • essay by David J. Helfand
The Iron Star (1987) / novelette by Robert Silverberg; • The Iron Star [I] & [II] • interior artwork (1987) by Bob Eggleton;
The Black Hole (1987) • essay by William J. Kaufmann
Schwarzschild Radius (1987) / short story by Connie Willis; • interior artwork (1987) by Jim Burns
Galaxies and Clusters (1987) • essay by Hyron Spinrad
Bubbles (1987) / short story by David Brin; • interior artwork (1987) by David A. Cherry
Quasars and Active Galaxies (1987) • essay by Harding E. Smith
For Thus Do I Remember Carthage (1987) / short story by Michael Bishop; • interior artwork (1987) by John Collier (artist)
The Intergalactic Medium (1987) • essay by Wallace Tucker
The Man Who Was a Cosmic String (1987) / short story by Rudy Rucker; • interior artwork (1987) by Ron Miller
Cosmology: The Quest to Understand the Creation and Expansion of the Universe (1987) • essay by Allan Sandage
Requiem for a Universe (1987) / short story by Poul Anderson; • interior artwork by John Harris
The New Physics and the Universe (1987) • essay by James Trefil
All the Hues of Hell (1987) / short story by Gene Wolfe; • interior artwork (1987) by Kikuo Hayashi
Who Will Speak for Earth? An Essay on Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Contact (1987) • essay by Donald Goldsmith
The Dark Shadow (1987) / short story by Frederik Pohl; • interior artwork (1987) by Lebbeus Woods