Wondrous beginnings
By: edited by Steven H. Silver and Martin H. Greenberg.
Contributors: Silver, Steven H.; Greenberg, Martin Harry.; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
Series: DAW book collectors ;; no. 1245
Publisher: DAW Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Short stories
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- Steven H. Silver; title: Introduction to "The runaway skyscraper" -- Betty Dehardit; title: Runaway skyscraper -- Murray Leinster; title: Introduction to "The Isolinguals" --; title: The Isolinguals -- L. Sprague de Camp; title: Introduction to "Freedom of the race" --; title: Freedom of the race -- Anne McCaffrey; title: About "Proof," of course --; title: Proof -- Hal Clement; title: Introduction to "Loophole" --; title: Loophole -- Arthur C. Clarke; title: "Deadeye, writing 'The dead man'" --; title: Dead man -- Gene Wolfe; title: Introduction to "We're coming through the window" --; title: We're coming through the window; title: Barry N. Malzberg --; title: Introduction to "The hero" --; title: Hero -- George R. R. Martin; title: My (other) world and welcome to it, writing "Lunchbox" --; title: Lunchbox -- Howard Waldrop; title: The origin of "Ender's game" --; title: Ender's game -- Orson Scott Card; title: Introduction to "The Emerson effect" --; title: Emerson effect -- Jack McDevitt; title: The writing of "Much ado about nothing" --; title: Much ado about nothing -- Jerry Oltion; title: Introduction  to "Barter" --; title: Barter -- Lois McMaster Bujold; title: Introduction to "The Xeelee flower" --; title: Xeelee flower -- Stephen Baxter; title: Introduction to "Dance in blue" --; title: Dance in blue -- Catherine Asaro; title: Introduction to "TeleAbsence" --; title: TeleAbsence -- Michael A. Burstein; title: Introduction to "First Contact, Inc." --; title: First Contact. Inc. -- Julie E. Czerneda.