"A Tom Doherty Associates book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 792-798).
Contents:
Critics (chapter one of In Search of Wonder) / 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 / 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 yu mean...human? / John W. Campbell, Jr. -- Bears discover fire / Terry Bisson -- One down, one to go / Philip JoseĢ Farmer -- Sur / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Introduction to England Swings SF / Judith Merril -- Doing Lennon / Gregory Benford -- A tupoley too far / Brian W. Aldiss -- Them old hyannis blues / Judith Tarr -- Paradise charted / 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 (excerpt) / Robert Jordan -- Split light / Lisa Goldstein -- Science fiction & the adventures of the spherical cow / Kathryn Cramer -- The sun spider / Lucius Shepard -- Science fiction and "Literature"--or, The conscience of the king / 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 / 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 / Brian Stableford -- Spider silk / Andre Norton -- A braver thing / Charles Sheffield -- Getting real / Susan Shwartz -- True names / Vernor Vinge.
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