num_pages: 464
description: Distant planets, galaxies, alien races--the universe is vast and filled with an almost unimaginable range of possibilities. But imagine it we can. Here are more than twenty stories from the most inventive writers in the field, including:Poul Anderson * Stephen Baxter * Greg Bear * Gregory Benford * Arthur C. Clarke * Hal Clement * Greg Egan * H. B. Fyfe * R. A. Lafferty * Geoffrey A. Landis * Ursula K. Le Guin * Jack McDevitt * Larry Niven * G. David Nordley * Edgar Pangborn * Kim Stanley Robinson * James H. Schmitz * Cordwainer Smith * Michael Swanwick * James Tiptree, Jr. * John Varley * Vernor VingeThese are the stories of discovering those possibilities-the stories of the explorers and pioneers who push the envelope further out--exciting tales of alien landscapes and adventures on far distant shores that are the heart and soul of science fiction.Contents ix • Preface (Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons) • essay by Gardner Dozois1 • The Sentinel • [2001] • (1951) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke9 • Moonwalk • (1952) • novelette by H. B. Fyfe41 • Grandpa • (1955) • novelette by James H. Schmitz60 • The Red Hills of Summer • (1959) • novelette by Edgar Pangborn90 • The Longest Voyage • (1960) • novelette by Poul Anderson115 • Hot Planet • (1963) • shortstory by Hal Clement133 • Drunkboat • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith158 • Becalmed in Hell • [Known Space] • (1965) • shortstory by Larry Niven169 • Nine Hundred Grandmothers • (1966) • shortstory by R. A. Lafferty178 • The Keys to December • (1966) • novelette by Roger Zelazny198 • Vaster Than Empires and More Slow • (1971) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin222 • A Meeting With Medusa • (1971) • novelette by Arthur C. Clarke255 • The Man Who Walked Home • (1972) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.268 • Long Shot • (1972) • shortstory by Vernor Vinge279 • In the Hall of the Martian Kings • (1976) • novella by John Varley313 • Ginungagap • (1980) • novelette by Michael Swanwick339 • Exploring Fossil Canyon • (1982) • novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson359 • Promises to Keep • (1984) • novelette by Jack McDevitt374 • Lieserl • (1993) • shortstory by Stephen Baxter389 • Crossing Chao Meng Fu • (1997) • novelette by G. David Nordley416 • Wang's Carpets • (1995) • novelette by Greg Egan443 • A Dance to Strange Musics • (1998) • novelette by Gregory Benford462 • Approaching Perimelasma • (1998) • novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis
language: English
title: Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons
titlecomplete: Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Science Fiction, Anthologies
ratings_count: 39
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin