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Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science
Skylife Space Habitats in Story and Science Author:Gregory Benford (Editor), George Zebrowski (Editor) Respected science fiction author-editors Gregory Benford and George Zebrowski present an anthology, with unique color illustrations, that is filled with the excitement, poetry, and adventure awaiting us in the limitless final frontier that is the sky. For years, science fiction has portrayed humankind growing away from the cradle of Earth throug... more »h spacecraft, space stations, and space homes. Skylife features stories by such masters of science fiction as Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Larry Niven, Joan Vinge, and James Blish-in addition to several essays by scientists-all of which come together in one spectacular volume to provide a picture of our possible future beyond Earth.
Contents:
Eight unpaginated pages of color art.
Introduction and notes by Gregory Benford and George Zebrowski, surveying the changing visions - literary, artistic, and scientific - of life in space.
* The End of the Beginning / Ray Bradbury;
Bigger Than Worlds by Larry Niven;
* The Other Side of the Sky / Arthur C. Clarke;
* Tank Farm / David Brin;
* Breakaway, Backdown / James Patrick Kelly;
* The Wind From a Burning Woman / Greg Bear;
* View From a Height / Joan D. Vinge;
* The Voyage That Lasted Six Hundred Years / Don Wilcox;
* Redeemer / Gregory Benford;
* Bindlestiff / James Blish;
* Open Loops / Stephen Baxter;
Spomelife by Isaac Asimov;
* Reef / Paul J. McAuley;
* A Dream of Time / George Zebrowski;
Space stations and space habitats: a selective bibliography by Gary Westfahl.