Visions of Wonder Author:David G. Hartwell (Editor), Milton T. Wolf (Editor) The third volume from The Science Fiction Research Association Reading Anthology. This volume spotlights SF of the '90s. — There are nine essays, 32 stories, and a selective guide to SF scholarship by Gary K. Wolfe — For years, those bringing SF into the classroom have had to improvise their course materials from anthologies and collecti... more »ons not designed for classwork. Now, David G. Hartwell, award-winning anthologist, and Professor Milton T. Wolf, Vice President of the Science Fiction Research Association, present a carefully selected reading anthology reflecting the SF field in all its modern diversity.
Here are Golden Age writers like John W. Campbell and Jack Williamson, and here also are towering latter-day titans like Gene Wolfe and Ursula K. Le Guin, along with today's popular writers such as Greg Bear, Robert Jordan, and Vernor Vinge.
-Introduction by David G. Hartwell & Milton T. Wolf;
-Critics by Damon Knight;
* The Ship Who Sang / Anne McCaffrey;
* Blood Music / Greg Bear;
* Paperjack / Charles de Lint;
* Forever Yours, Anna / Kate Wilhelm;
-The Golden Age of Science Fiction Is Twelve by David G. Hartwell;
* Mr. Boy / James Patrick Kelly;
* Jamboree / Jack Williamson;
* The Death of Doctor Island / Gene Wolfe;
* Ender’s Game / Orson Scott Card;
-“What Do You Mean...Human?” by John W. Campbell, Jr.;
* Bears Discover Fire / Terry Bisson;
* One Down, One to Go / Philip José Farmer;
* Sur / Ursula K. Le Guin;
-Introduction by Judith Merril;
* Doing Lennon / Gregory Benford;
* A Tupolev Too Far / Brian W. Aldiss;
* Them Old Hyannis Blues / Judith Tarr;
-Paradise Charted by Algis Budrys;
* Masque of the Red Shift / Fred Saberhagen;
* Redemption in the Quantum Realm / Frederik Pohl;
* Devil You Don’t Know / Dean Ing;
* The Eye of the World / Robert Jordan;
* Split Light / Lisa Goldstein;
-Science Fiction & The Adventures of the Spherical Cow by Kathryn Cramer;
* The Sun Spider / Lucius Shepard;
-Science Fiction and ‘Literature’ or the Conscience of the King by Samuel R. Delany;
* Souls / Joanna Russ;
* Overdrawn at the Memory Bank / John Varley;
* The Girl Who Was Plugged In / James Tiptree, Jr.;
* Burning Chrome / William Gibson;
-Towards an Aesthetic of Science Fiction by Joanna Russ;
* Identifying the Object / Gwyneth Jones;
* The Mountain to Mohammed / Nancy Kress;
* Wall, Stone, Craft / Walter Jon Williams;
* Boobs / Suzy McKee Charnas;
-To Bring in Fine Things: The Significance of Science Fiction Plots by Brian M. Stableford;
* Spider Silk / Andre Norton;
* A Braver Thing / Charles Sheffield;
* Getting Real / Susan Shwartz;
* True Names . Vernor Vinge;
-Science Fiction: A Selective Guide to Scholarship by Gary K. Wolfe 1996.« less