A collection of introductions written by James Gunn for leather-bound collectors' editions called Masterpieces of science fiction and Masterpieces of Fantasy (published by Easton Press), and with the addition of original prefaces to several of his own works. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prefaces (to books by James Gunn). Star bridge; Station in space; Breaking point; The immortals; The joy makers; The magicians; Some dreams are nightmares; The burning; The listeners; Human voices; Gift from the stars; The dreamers; Kampus -- Masterpieces of science fiction. Masterpieces and me; The foundation trilogy / Isaac Asimov; Stranger in a strange land / Robert A. Heinlein; The world of null-a / A.E. Van Vogt; A canticle for Leibowitz / Walter M. Miller, Jr.; 1984 / George Orwell; A clockwork orange / Anthony Burgess -- Fury / Henry Kuttner; Out of the silent planet / C.S. Lewis; The moon pool / A. Merritt; What mad universe / Fredric Brown; Blood music / Greg Bear; Speaker for the dead / Orson Scott Card -- Islands in the net / Bruce Sterling -- The postman / David Brin; When gravity fails / George Alec Effinger; Do androids dream of electric sheep / Philip K. Dick; The hitchhiker;s guide to the universe / Douglas Adams; Childhood's end / Arthur C. Clarke; Doomsday book / Connie Willis; Brute orbits / George Zebrowski; City / Clifford D. Simak -- Flatland / Edwin A. Abbott; Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes; The island of Dr. Moreau / H.G. Wells; The sword of the lictor / Gene Wolfe; Jem / Frederik Pohl; The lost world / Arthur Conan Doyle; The dead zone / Stephen King -- Masterpieces of fantasy. The other side of the mirror; Princes in amber / Roger Zelazny; Magician / Raymond E. Feist; The Malacia tapestry / Brian W. Aldiss; Mythago wood / Robert Holdstock; The unpleasant profession of Jonathan Hoag / Robert A. Heinlein; The Belgariad, pawn of prophecy / David Eddings; The chronicles of Thomas Covenant the unbeliever, Lord Foul's bane / Stephen Donaldson -- The mists of Avalon / Marion Zimmer Bradley; Hearts and three lions / Poul Anderson; The complete compleat enchanter / L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt -- Darker than you think / Jack Williamson; Black Easter and the day after judgment / James Blish; Gather, darkness! / Fritz Leiber -- Gormenghast / Mervyn Peake; The last unicorn / Peter Beagle; Little, big / John Crowley; The lord of the rings / J.R.R. Tolkien; Lord Valentine's castle / Robert Silverberg -- Signed first editions of science fiction. Falling free / Lois McMaster Bujold; Ancient shores / Jack McDevitt; Blue Mars / Kim Stanley Robinson; Cloud's rider / C.J. Cherry; Cosm / Gregory Benford; Destiny's road, / Larry Niven; Dragon's eye / Anne McCaffrey; Dreamfall / Joan D. Vinge; Evolution's shore / Ian McDonald; A fisherman of the inland sea / Ursula K. Leguin; Illegal alien / Robert J. Sawyer; Lifehouse / Spider Robinson; The memory cathedral / Jack Dann -- Moonrise / Ben Bova.
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