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Future Quartet: Earth in the Year 2042: A Four-Part Invention
Author: | Frederik Pohl Jerry Pournelle Charles Sheffield Ben Bova |
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AvoNova, 1994 |
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Book Type: | Anthology |
Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Ben Bova, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, and Charles Sheffield share a collection of original stories and essays that speculate on what the world will be like fifty years from now and discuss the sociological and technological implications of their expectations.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - essay by Charles Sheffield
- 2042: A Cautiously Pessimistic View - (1991) - essay by Ben Bova
- Thy Kingdom Come - (1993) - novella by Ben Bova
- A Visit to Belinda - essay by Frederik Pohl
- What Dreams Remain - novella by Frederik Pohl
- Report on Planet Earth - essay by Charles Sheffield
- The Price of Civilization - (1992) - novelette by Charles Sheffield
- Democracy in America in the Year 2042 - essay by Jerry Pournelle
- Higher Education - novella by Jerry Pournelle and Charles Sheffield
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