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Science fiction : contemporary mythology : the SFWA-SFRA anthology / editors, Patricia Warrick, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: İngilizce Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, 1978Description: xviii, 476 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0060116269
  • 9780060116262
  • 0060469439
  • 9780060469436
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN3433.5 .S35 1978
Contents:
Introduction: Mythic patterns / Patricia Warrick -- Science fiction myths and their ambiguity / Patricia Warrick. "Goat song" / Poul Anderson -- The remarkable adventure / Philip José Farmer and Beverly Friend. "Brightside crossing" / Alan E. Nourse ; "Before Eden" / Arthur C. Clarke ; "The game of rat and dragon" / Cordwainer Smith -- Beyond reality's barriers : new dimensions / Robert Silverberg and Charles Elkins. "Common time" / James Blish ; "The shadow of space" / Philip José Farmer -- Aliens / Pamela Sargent and James Gunn. "Specialist" / Robert Sheckley ; "The dance of the charger and the three" / Terry Carr ; "The father-thing" / Philip K. Dick -- The scientist / L. Sprague de Camp and Thomas D. Clareson. "A scientist divides" / Donald Wandrei ; "Memorial" / Theodore Sturgeon ; "The hole man" / Larry Niven -- The machine and the robot / Isaac Asimov with selections by David Martwell. "Twilight" / John W. Campbell, Jr. ; "The new father Christmas" / Brian W. Aldiss ; "Computers don't argue" / Gordon R. Dickson -- More than human? : androids, cyborgs and others / George Zebrowski and Patricia Warrick. "Nine lives" / Ursula K. Le Guin ; "Masks" / Damon Knight ; "Sea change" / Thomas N. Scortia ; "Day million" / Frederik Pohl -- The city / Theodore R. Cogwell and Ralph S. Clem. "Billenium" / J.G. Ballard ; "A happy day in 2381" / Robert Silverberg -- Utopias and dystopias / Frederik Pohl, Martin Harry Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander. "New York A.D. : 2660" / Hugo Gernsback ; "Coming attraction" / Fritz Leiber ; "The luckiest man in Denv'" / C.M. Kornbluth -- Apocalypse / Jack Williamson and David Ketterer. "The game of blood and dust" / Roger Zelazny ; "All the last wars at once" / George Alec Effinger.
Summary: Essays by noted science-fiction writers and critics on the nine major themes of the genre are accompanied by representative, exemplary stories.
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Book Book Tıp Fakültesi Medikal Kütüphane Genel Koleksiyon / Main Collection Tıp Fakültesi Medikal Kütüphane Genel Koleksiyon PN3433.5 .S35 1978 TıpFaK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Ödünç Verilemez-Kurumiçi kullanım / Not for loan-For inhouse use Donated by Prof. Dr. Şükrü Cin

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Mythic patterns / Patricia Warrick -- Science fiction myths and their ambiguity / Patricia Warrick. "Goat song" / Poul Anderson -- The remarkable adventure / Philip José Farmer and Beverly Friend. "Brightside crossing" / Alan E. Nourse ; "Before Eden" / Arthur C. Clarke ; "The game of rat and dragon" / Cordwainer Smith -- Beyond reality's barriers : new dimensions / Robert Silverberg and Charles Elkins. "Common time" / James Blish ; "The shadow of space" / Philip José Farmer -- Aliens / Pamela Sargent and James Gunn. "Specialist" / Robert Sheckley ; "The dance of the charger and the three" / Terry Carr ; "The father-thing" / Philip K. Dick -- The scientist / L. Sprague de Camp and Thomas D. Clareson. "A scientist divides" / Donald Wandrei ; "Memorial" / Theodore Sturgeon ; "The hole man" / Larry Niven -- The machine and the robot / Isaac Asimov with selections by David Martwell. "Twilight" / John W. Campbell, Jr. ; "The new father Christmas" / Brian W. Aldiss ; "Computers don't argue" / Gordon R. Dickson -- More than human? : androids, cyborgs and others / George Zebrowski and Patricia Warrick. "Nine lives" / Ursula K. Le Guin ; "Masks" / Damon Knight ; "Sea change" / Thomas N. Scortia ; "Day million" / Frederik Pohl -- The city / Theodore R. Cogwell and Ralph S. Clem. "Billenium" / J.G. Ballard ; "A happy day in 2381" / Robert Silverberg -- Utopias and dystopias / Frederik Pohl, Martin Harry Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander. "New York A.D. : 2660" / Hugo Gernsback ; "Coming attraction" / Fritz Leiber ; "The luckiest man in Denv'" / C.M. Kornbluth -- Apocalypse / Jack Williamson and David Ketterer. "The game of blood and dust" / Roger Zelazny ; "All the last wars at once" / George Alec Effinger.

Essays by noted science-fiction writers and critics on the nine major themes of the genre are accompanied by representative, exemplary stories.

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