A Work of Art and Other Stories Author:James Blish, Francis Lyall (Editor) Blish is one of many neglected science fiction writers of the '50s and '60s. His short stories have been particularly hard to come by, so this collection of nine tales should be especially welcome. Editor Lyall has selected a wide range of stories, from "Common Time", an intense, moving tale of a space explorer whose expe... more »riences alienate him from his fellow humans, to the brief and peculiar "The Art of the Sneeze",which explicates some of the higher aesthetic principles of that underappreciated art form. Blish maintained a tightly wrought but highly readable prose style, whether venturing onto the surface of a distant frozen moon ("How Beautiful with Banners") or to the farthest reaches of galactic empire ("This Earth of Hours").
Contents:
Introduction (A Work of Art and Other Stories) • essay by Francis Lyall
Common Time (1953) / short story by James Blish
Testament of Andros (1953) / novelette by James Blish
The Art of the Sneeze (1982) / short story by James Blish
Statistician's Day (1970) / short story by James Blish
Who's in Charge Here? (1962) / short story by James Blish
How Beautiful With Banners (1966) / short story by James Blish
This Earth of Hours (1959) / novelette by James Blish
There Shall Be No Darkness (1950) / novelette by James Blish