science fiction, english

Presents 2,000-word analyses on 75 literary works dealing with meetings between humans and extraterrestrial intelligent beings.

Includes "The War of the Worlds, " "The Time Machine, " and seven short stories.

Twelve science fiction stories which explore the complexities and limitations of the human mind as it responds to unusual situations, bizarre societies, and unorthodox problems. Includes a brief analysis of each story.

Contains twenty-nine short science fiction stories chosen by the editors as favorites of their youth, featuring selections dating from the 1930s onward, by such authors as Arthur C. Clarke, L. Sprague de Camp, Isaac Isomov, Theodore Sturgeon, and others.

Collects thirty-two space operas by such writers as Jack Williamson, Cordwainer Smith, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Charles Stross, spanning the 1950s through the twenty-first century, and includes an introduction on the history of the genre.