science fiction

Nineteen essays by such writers as Brian W. Aldiss, Philip K. Dick, Erich Fromm, and Ursula K. Le Guin examine science fiction's place within the literary tradition and its movements, literary conventions, themes, and assessment. Also includes a chronology and a bibliography.

A collection of twenty-eight science fiction stories, judged by the editor to be the best of 1997, including selections by Gregory Benford, Robert Silverberg, Nancy Kress, and others.

Contains a selection of critical essays in which the authors examine the writings of twentieth-century American novelist Kurt Vonnegut.

A collection of stories in which science fiction writers revisit the imaginary worlds they created and made famous in previous books.

A guide to reading and understanding "A Brave New World" with a chronology of Aldous Huxley's life and career, critical essays about "A Brave New World", and primary and secondary bibliographies for further reading.

Kristin Bjornsen is kidnapped by an alien people, the Cattenis. After refusing to be a slave, she is dropped on an uninhabited planet, along with others, to survive on her own.

Intersperses a story about a glitch in the space-time continuum that forces people to relive the ten years between February 17, 1991 to February 13, 2001 exactly as they did the first time, with Vonnegut's thoughts and experiences during the summer and autumn of 1996.

Kalgash is a world on the edge of chaos, torn between religious fanaticism and scientific rationalism. Their civilization is threatened by Nightfall, the first sunset in over two thousand years.

When a man from Mars establishes a religious sect on Earth and teaches his planet's language and customs, conflict results.

Presents the details of his life, offers a broad overview of his work, and discusses his influence on later science fiction.