num_pages: 476
description: Edited with Martin Harry Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander, this anthology contains: ix · Prefatory Comments · Frederik Pohl · pr xi · Prefatory Comments · Thomas D. Clareson · pr xv · Introduction: Mythic Patterns · Patricia S. Warrick · in 1 · Science Fiction Myths and Their Ambiguity · Patricia S. Warrick · ar * 9 · Goat Song · Poul Anderson · nv F&amp;SF Feb ’72 39 · The Remarkable Adventure · Philip José Farmer &amp; Beverly Friend · ar * 49 · Brightside Crossing · Alan E. Nourse · nv Galaxy Jan ’56 67 · Before Eden · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Jun ’61 77 · The Game of Rat and Dragon · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Oct ’55 92 · Beyond Reality’s Barriers: New Dimensions · Robert Silverberg &amp; Charles Elkins · ar * 101 · Common Time · James Blish · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Aug ’53 120 · The Shadow of Space · Philip José Farmer · nv If Nov ’67 146 · Aliens · Pamela Sargent &amp; James E. Gunn · ar * 157 · Specialist · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy May ’53 171 · The Dance of the Changer and the Three · Terry Carr · ss The Farthest Reaches, ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968 185 · The Father-Thing · Philip K. Dick · ss F&amp;SF Dec ’54 197 · The Scientist · L. Sprague de Camp &amp; Thomas D. Clareson · ar * 206 · A Scientist Divides · Donald Wandrei · ss Astounding Sep ’34 219 · Memorial · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Apr ’46 231 · The Hole Man · Larry Niven · ss Analog Jan ’74 244 · The Machine and the Robot · Isaac Asimov · ar *; selections by David Hartwell. 254 · Twilight [as by Don A. Stuart; Dying Earth] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ss Astounding Nov ’34 273 · The New Father Christmas · Brian W. Aldiss · ss F&amp;SF Jan ’58 278 · Computers Don’t Argue · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Analog Sep ’65 294 · More Than Human?: Androids, Cyborgs, and Others · George Zebrowski &amp; Patricia S. Warrick · ar * 307 · Nine Lives · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Playboy Nov ’69 331 · Masks · Damon Knight · ss Playboy Jul ’68 342 · Sea Change · Thomas N. Scortia · ss Astounding Jun ’56 354 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue Feb/Mar ’66 359 · The City · Theodore R. Cogswell &amp; Ralph S. Clem · ar * 365 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Nov ’61 379 · A Happy Day in 2381 [Urban Monad] · Robert Silverberg · ss Nova 1, ed. Harry Harrison, Delacorte, 1970 393 · Utopias and Dystopias · Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg &amp; Joseph D. Olander · ar * 401 · New York A.D. 2660 [“Ralph 124C 41+”, part V] · Hugo Gernsback · ex Modern Electrics Aug ’11 412 · Coming Attraction · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Nov ’50 424 · The Luckiest Man in Denv [as by Simon Eisner] · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Galaxy Jun ’52 435 · Apocalypse · Jack Williamson &amp; David Ketterer · ar * 441 · The Game of Blood and Dust · Roger Zelazny · ss Galaxy Apr ’75 445 · All the Last Wars at Once · George Alec Effinger · ss Universe 1, ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1971 459 · Notes on the Contributors · Misc. · bg 469 · Index · Misc. · ix
language: English
title: Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology
titlecomplete: Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology
genres: Anthologies, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers