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Science Fiction of the 50's
| Author: | Martin H. Greenberg Joseph D. Olander |
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Avon, 1979 |
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Synopsis
The works of Alfred Bester, Algis Budrys, Fritz Leiber, Katherine MaClean, Barry N. Malzberg, Robert Sheckley, Margaret St. Clair, Theodore Sturgeon, William Tenn, Jack Vance, and many other master of the genre are brought together here in a diversified and dynamiv collection of classic stories that nor only raise science fiction to new standards of style and character, but also offer brillian insights into a decase of optimism and disillusionment.
The Fifties were a decase of fear and promise, of witch hunts and phenomenal technological growth. Turning both a piercing critical eye and an entertaining sense of humor and hope toward those years, these stories tell of the fantastic dreams of yesterday and offer prophetic visions of tomorrow.
Table of Contents:
- xi - Preface (Science Fiction of the 50's) - (1979) - essay by Frederik Pohl
- xv - Introduction (Science Fiction of the Fifties) - (1979) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander [as by Martin Harry Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander]
- 1 - Spectator Sport - (1950) - short story by John D. MacDonald
- 9 - Feedback - (1951) - short story by Katherine MacLean
- 31 - Bettyann - [Bettyann - 1] - (1951) - novelette by Kris Neville
- 80 - Dark Interlude - (1951) - short story by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds
- 90 - What Have I Done? - (1952) - short story by Mark Clifton
- 111 - DP! - (1953) - short story by Jack Vance
- 134 - The Liberation of Earth - (1953) - short story by William Tenn
- 156 - A Bad Day for Sales - (1953) - short story by Fritz Leiber
- 164 - Saucer of Loneliness - (1953) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon (variant of A Saucer of Loneliness)
- 181 - Heirs Apparent - (1954) - novelette by Robert Abernathy
- 208 - 5,271,009 - (1954) - novelette by Alfred Bester
- 249 - Short in the Chest - (1954) - short story by Margaret St. Clair
- 260 - The Academy - (1954) - novelette by Robert Sheckley
- 287 - Nobody Bothers Gus - [Gus] - (1955) - short story by Algis Budrys
- 304 - Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus - (1956) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
- 331 - A Work of Art - (1956) - short story by James Blish
- 351 - The Country of the Kind - (1956) - short story by Damon Knight
- 368 - The Education of Tigress McCardle - (1957) - short story by C. M. Kornbluth (variant of The Education of Tigress Macardle)
- 380 - The Cage - (1957) - short story by A. Bertram Chandler
- 394 - The Last of the Deliverers - (1958) - short story by Poul Anderson
- 410 - Adrift on the Policy Level - (1959) - short story by Chan Davis
- 432 - Afterword: Love O Careless Love - (1979) - essay by Barry N. Malzberg
- 436 - Selected Bibliography (Science Fiction of the Fifties) - (1979) - essay by uncredited
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