num_pages: 657
description: Gardner Dozois, editor of many anthologies, collects important novellas in Science Fiction the 1960's to the 1980's.Contents ix • Preface (Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction) • (1994) • essay by Gardner Dozois1 • The Miracle Workers • (1958) • novella by Jack Vance (aka The Miracle-Workers)65 • The Longest Voyage • (1960) • novelette by Poul Anderson94 • On the Storm Planet • [Casher O'Neill] • (1965) • novella by Cordwainer Smith164 • The Star Pit • (1967) • novella by Samuel R. Delany221 • Total Environment • (1968) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss260 • The Merchants of Venus • [Heechee] • (1972) • novella by Frederik Pohl321 • The Death of Doctor Island • [Archipelago] • (1973) • novella by Gene Wolfe (aka The Death of Dr. Island)373 • Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang • (1974) • novella by Kate Wilhelm415 • Souls • (1982) • novella by Joanna Russ459 • A Traveler's Tale • (1984) • novella by Lucius Shepard504 • Sailing to Byzantium • (1985) • novella by Robert Silverberg561 • Mr. Boy • (1990) • novella by James Patrick Kelly617 • And Wild for to Hold • (1991) • novella by Nancy Kress
language: English
title: Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction
titlecomplete: Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction
genres: Science Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies
ratings_count: 83
publisher: St Martins Pr