Skylife
Subtitle: space habitats in story and science
By: edited, with an introduction and notes by Gregory Benford and George Zebrowski.
Contributors: Benford, Gregory, 1941-; Zebrowski, George, 1945-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: Science fiction, American.; Science fiction, English.; Space colonies -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-342).
Table of contents: title: The end of the beginning / Ray Bradbury; title: Bigger than worlds / Larry Niven; title: The other side of the sky / Arthur C. Clarke; title: Tank farm / David Brin; title: Breakaway, backdown / James Patrick Kelly; title: The wind from a burning woman / Greg Bear; title: View from a height / Joan D. Vinge; title: The voyage that lasted six hundred years / Don Wilcox; title: Redeemer / Gregory Benford; title: Bindlestiff / James Blish; title: Open loops / Stephen Baxter; title: Spomelife / Isaac Asimov; title: Reef / Paul J. McAuley; title: A dream of time / George Zebrowski; title: Space stations and space habitats : a selective bibliography / Gary Westfahl.