Title: Skylife : space habitats in story and science /
Authors: Benford, Gregory, 1941-; Zebrowski, George, 1945-
Publisher: Harcourt,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Science fiction, American.; Science fiction, English.; Space colonies Fiction
Abstract: A collection of tales from such science fiction masters as Bradbury, Asimov, and Vinge focuses on life in space habitats and includes essays by scientists that discuss the potential realities of space stations and homes.
Contents: The end of the beginning / Ray Bradbury -- Bigger than worlds / Larry Niven -- The other side of the sky / Arthur C. Clarke -- Tank farm / David Brin -- Breakaway, backdown / James Patrick Kelly -- The wind from a burning woman / Greg Bear -- View from a height / Joan D. Vinge -- The voyage that lasted six hundred years / Don Wilcox -- Redeemer / Gregory Benford -- Bindlestiff / James Blish -- Open loops / Stephen Baxter -- Spomelife / Isaac Asimov -- Reef / Paul J. McAuley -- A dream of time / George Zebrowski -- Space stations and space habitats : a selective bibliography / Gary Westfahl.