Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction

Name: Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
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ISBN: 9780819569554

ISBN-10: 0819569550

ISBN-13: 9780819569554

Edition: 2010

Authors: Arthur B. Evans, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Joan Gordon, Veronica Hollinger, Rob Latham

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The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction features over a 150 years' worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and startling futuristic speculations, these stories will appeal to all readers as they chart the emergence and evolution of science fiction as a modern literary genre. They also provide a fascinating look at how our Western technoculture has imaginatively expressed its hopes and fears from the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century to the digital age of today. A free online…

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List price: $42.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Publication date: 8/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 792
Size: 6.17" wide x 9.25" long x 1.70" tall
Weight: 2.662
Language: English

ARTHUR B. EVANS is Professor of French at DePauw University and Managing Editor of the scholarly journal Science Fiction Studies. He is series editor for Wesleyan's Early Classics of Science Fiction series. STANFORD LUCE is Professor Emeritus of French at Miami University in Ohio. WALTER JAMES MILLER is Professor of English at The School of Professional and Continuing Studies at New York University.



Introduction


Chronological Listing of Stories


ï¿½Rappaccini's Daughterï¿½ (1844)



from Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)



ï¿½The Starï¿½ (1897)



ï¿½The Machine Stopsï¿½ (1909)



ï¿½The Man Who Evolvedï¿½ (1931)



ï¿½The Conquest of Golaï¿½ (1931)



ï¿½Shambleauï¿½ (1933)



ï¿½A Martian Odysseyï¿½ (1934)



ï¿½Reasonï¿½ (1941)



ï¿½Desertionï¿½ (1944)



ï¿½Thunder and Rosesï¿½ (1947)



ï¿½That Only a Motherï¿½ (1948)



ï¿½Coming Attractionï¿½ (1950)



ï¿½There Will Come Soft Rainsï¿½ (1950)



ï¿½The Sentinelï¿½ (1951)



ï¿½Specialistï¿½ (1953)



ï¿½The Liberation of Earthï¿½ (1953)



ï¿½Fondly Fahrenheitï¿½ (1954)



ï¿½The Golemï¿½ (1955)



ï¿½The Game of Rat and Dragonï¿½ (1955)



ï¿½'All You Zombies-'ï¿½ (1959)



ï¿½The Cage of Sandï¿½ (1962)



ï¿½Slow Tuesday Nightï¿½ (1965)



ï¿½'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockmanï¿½ (1965)



ï¿½Day Millionï¿½ (1966)



ï¿½We Can Remember It for You Wholesaleï¿½ (1966)



ï¿½Aye, and Gomorrah …ï¿½ (1967)



ï¿½The Heat Death of the Universeï¿½ (1967)



ï¿½Passengersï¿½ (1968)



ï¿½Super-Toys Last All Summer Longï¿½ (1969)



ï¿½Nine Livesï¿½ (1969)



ï¿½Seed Stockï¿½ (1970)



ï¿½The Seventh Voyage,ï¿½ from The Star Diaries (1971)



ï¿½When It Changedï¿½ (1972)



ï¿½And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Sideï¿½ (1972)



ï¿½Air Raidï¿½ (1977)



ï¿½Abominableï¿½ (1980)



ï¿½Burning Chromeï¿½ (1982)



ï¿½Speech Soundsï¿½ (1983)



ï¿½Out of All Them Bright Starsï¿½ (1985)



ï¿½Pretty Boy Crossoverï¿½ (1986)



ï¿½Forever Yours, Annaï¿½ (1987)



ï¿½We See Things Differentlyï¿½ (1989)



ï¿½Chippoke Na Gomiï¿½ (1989)



ï¿½Computer Friendlyï¿½ (1989)



ï¿½Invadersï¿½ (1990)



ï¿½Useful Phrasesï¿½ (1992)



ï¿½Closerï¿½ (1992)



ï¿½Think Like a Dinosaurï¿½ (1995)



ï¿½Everywhereï¿½ (1999)



ï¿½Rogue Farmï¿½ (2003)



ï¿½Exhalationï¿½ (2008)



Thematic Listing of Stories


Alien Encounters


ï¿½Shambleauï¿½ (1933)



ï¿½A Martian Odysseyï¿½ (1934)



ï¿½The Sentinelï¿½ (1951)



ï¿½Specialistï¿½ (1953)



ï¿½Passengersï¿½ (1968)



ï¿½Out of All Them Bright Starsï¿½ (1985)



ï¿½Useful Phrasesï¿½ (1992)



ï¿½Think Like a Dinosaurï¿½ (1995)



Apocalypse and Post-apocalypse


ï¿½The Starï¿½ (1897)



ï¿½Coming Attractionï¿½ (1950)



ï¿½There Will Come Soft Rainsï¿½ (1950)



ï¿½The Cage of Sandï¿½ (1962)



ï¿½Speech Soundsï¿½ (1983)



ï¿½Chippoke Na Gomiï¿½ (1989)



Artificial/Posthuman Life-forms


ï¿½Rappaccini's Daughterï¿½ (1844)



ï¿½Reasonï¿½ (1941)



ï¿½Fondly Fahrenheitï¿½ (1954)



ï¿½The Golemï¿½ (1955)



ï¿½Super-Toys Last All Summer Longï¿½ (1969)



ï¿½Nine Livesï¿½ (1969)



ï¿½Exhalationï¿½ (2008)



Computers and Virtual Reality


ï¿½We Can Remember It for You Wholesaleï¿½ (1966)



ï¿½Burning Chromeï¿½ (1982)



ï¿½Pretty Boy Crossoverï¿½ (1986)



ï¿½Computer Friendlyï¿½ (1989)



Evolution and Environment


from Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)



ï¿½The Man Who Evolvedï¿½ (1931)



ï¿½Desertionï¿½ (1944)



ï¿½Seed Stockï¿½ (1970)



ï¿½Rogue Farmï¿½ (2003)



Gender and Sexuality


ï¿½The Conquest of Golaï¿½ (1931)



ï¿½Day Millionï¿½ (1966)



ï¿½Aye, and Gomorrah …ï¿½ (1967)



ï¿½The Heat Death of the Universeï¿½ (1967)



ï¿½When It Changedï¿½ (1972)



ï¿½And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Sideï¿½ (1972)



ï¿½Abominableï¿½ (1980)



ï¿½Closerï¿½ (1992)



Time Travel and Alternate History


ï¿½'All You Zombies-'ï¿½(1959)



ï¿½The Seventh Voyageï¿½ from Star Diaries (1971)



ï¿½Air Raidï¿½ (1977)



ï¿½Forever Yours, Annaï¿½ (1987)



ï¿½Invadersï¿½ (1990)



Utopias/Dystopias


ï¿½The Machine Stopsï¿½ (1909)



ï¿½Slow Tuesday Nightï¿½ (1965)



ï¿½'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockmanï¿½ (1965)



ï¿½Everywhereï¿½ (1999)



War and Conflict


ï¿½Thunder and Rosesï¿½ (1947)



ï¿½That Only a Motherï¿½ (1948)



ï¿½The Liberation of Earthï¿½ (1953)



ï¿½The Game of Rat and Dragonï¿½ (1955)



ï¿½We See Things Differentlyï¿½ (1989)



Acknowledgments


Further Reading