num_pages: 395
description: Stories deal with the discovery of extraterrestrials, people turned into trees, new religions, alien talk show hosts, brain stimulation addicts, future race cars, androids, and alternate universes.ix • Foreword (The First Omni Book of Science Fiction) • essay by Ellen Datlow15 • Found! • (1978) • short story by Isaac Asimov37 • Standing Woman • (1974) • short story by 筒井康隆? (trans. of 佇むひと?) [as by Tsutsui Yasutaka]53 • St. Amy's Tale • (1980) • novelette by Orson Scott Card87 • The Last Jerry Fagin Show • (1980) • short story by John Morressy107 • God Is an Iron • [Mindkiller] • (1979) • novelette by Spider Robinson137 • Count the Clock That Tells the Time • (1978) • short story by Harlan Ellison165 • Petra • (1982) • short story by Greg Bear195 • Sam and the Sudden Blizzard Machine • (1979) • short story by Dean Ing (variant of The Blizzard Machine)213 • Burning Chrome • (1982) • novelette by William Gibson245 • Ike at the Mike • (1982) • short story by Howard Waldrop267 • The Palace at Midnight • (1981) • short story by Robert Silverberg291 • The Angel's Gift • (1978) • short story by Ben Bova [as by Oxford Williams]301 • The Hitmaker • (1981) • novelette by Cynthia Morgan331 • Sandkings • [Thousand Worlds] • (1979) • novelette by George R. R. Martin
language: English
title: The First Omni Book of Science Fiction
titlecomplete: The First Omni Book of Science Fiction
genres: Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Short Stories, Anthologies
ratings_count: 48
publisher: Kensington Pub Corp