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Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories by Tom Shippey (2003, Trade Paperback)
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A collection of classic science fiction short stories features tales by H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clark, Frederik Pohl, Clifford Simak, Brian Aldiss, Ursala K. LeGuin, and many others. Edited by the author of.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100192803816
ISBN-139780192803818
eBay Product ID (ePID)2320564
Product Key Features
Book TitleOxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
Number of Pages624 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicScience Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, Anthologies (Multiple Authors)
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorTom Shippey
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight14.1 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-265368
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"[Tom Shippey's] new anthology not only is useful and important, it illuminates the field with the editor's insights and selections." --James Gunn, ''travels through ninety years' development from mechanical to fantastical... first rate''Daily Telegraph, 'Review from previous edition 'both authoritative and audacious, up-to-date and historically wise, the best yet introduction to a bewildering field''Greg Benford''travels through ninety years' development from mechanical to fantastical ... first rate''Daily Telegraph''ideal ... even contains much to convert the sceptics, with its survey of highlights from Wells to Kipling, via Arthur C. Clarke and J.G. Ballard, to David Brin''Independent on Sunday''[Tom Shippey's] new anthology not only is useful and important, it illuminates the field with the editor's insights and selections.''James Gunn, "Tom Shippey is a major contributor in science fiction, as well as in medieval and language studies, and his new anthology not only is useful and important, it illuminates the field with the editor's insights and selections."--James Gunn, Director, The Center for the Study of Science Fiction, University of Kansas "A vindication for all of us [science fiction fans] who have had to defend the genre as deserving serious consideration...This book collects 30 classic science-fiction stories by some of the field's msot famous authors....It's a great selection of intelligent and intriguing work."--The Cleveland Plain Dealer "A collection that makes us feel the uniqueness of this discipline so freshly is doing its job."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "Tom Shippey is a major contributor in science fiction, as well as in medieval and language studies, and his new anthology not only is useful and important, it illuminates the field with the editor's insights and selections."--James Gunn, Director, The Center for the Study of Science Fiction, University of Kansas"A vindication for all of us [science fiction fans] who have had to defend the genre as deserving serious consideration...This book collects 30 classic science-fiction stories by some of the field's msot famous authors....It's a great selection of intelligent and intriguing work."--The Cleveland Plain Dealer"A collection that makes us feel the uniqueness of this discipline so freshly is doing its job."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram, ''ideal ... even contains much to convert the sceptics, with its survey ofhighlights from Wells to Kipling, via Arthur C. Clarke and J.G. Ballard, toDavid Brin''Independent on Sunday, Review from previous edition: "both authoritative and audacious, up-to-date and historically wise, the best yet introduction to a bewildering field" --Greg Benford, 'Review from previous edition 'both authoritative and audacious,up-to-date and historically wise, the best yet introduction to a bewilderingfield''Greg Benford, "Tom Shippey is a major contributor in science fiction, as well as in medieval and language studies, and his new anthology not only is useful and important, it illuminates the field with the editor's insights and selections."--James Gunn, Director, The Center for the Study of Science Fiction, University of Kansas "A vindication for all of us [science fiction fans] who have had to defend the genre as deserving serious consideration...This book collects 30 classic science-fiction stories by some of the field's msot famous authors....It's a great selection of intelligent and intriguing work."--The ClevelandPlain Dealer "A collection that makes us feel the uniqueness of this discipline so freshly is doing its job."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "travels through ninety years' development from mechanical to fantastical ... first rate" --Daily Telegraph, ''[Tom Shippey's] new anthology not only is useful and important, itilluminates the field with the editor's insights and selections.''James Gunn, "ideal ... even contains much to convert the sceptics, with its survey of highlights from Wells to Kipling, via Arthur C. Clarke and J.G. Ballard, to David Brin" --Independent on Sunday
Dewey Decimal823/.0876208
Table Of ContentIntroductionThe Land IroncladsFinisAs Easy as ABCThe Metal ManA Martian OdysseyNightDesertionThe Piper's SonThe MonsterThe Second Night of SummerSecond DawnCrucifixus EtiamThe Tunnel Under the WorldWho Can Replace a Man?BillenniumThe Ballard of Lost C'mellSemley's NecklaceHow Beautiful with BannersA Criminal ActProblems of CreativenessHow the Whip Came BackCloak of AnarchyA Thing of BeautyThe Screwfly SolutionThe Way of Cross and DragonSwarmBurning ChromeSilicon MuseKarl and the OgrePieceworkSelect BibliographySources
SynopsisThis is the definitive collection of the twentieth-century's most characteristic genre--science fiction. The tales are organized chronologically to give readers a sense of how the genre's range, vitality, and literary quality have evolved over time. Each tale offers a unique vision, an altered reality, a universe all its own. Readers can sample H.G. Well's 1903 story "The Land Ironclads" (which predicted the stalemate of trench warfare and the invention of the tank), Jack Williamson's "The Metal Man," a rarely anthologized gem written in 1928, Clifford D. Simak's 1940s classic, "Desertion," set on "the howling maelstrom that was Jupiter," Frederik Pohl's 1955 "The Tunnel Under the World" (with its gripping first line, "On the morning of June 15th, Guy Burckhardt woke up screaming out of a dream"), right up to the current crop of writers, such as cyberpunks Bruce Sterling and William Gibson, whose 1982 story "Burning Chrome" foreshadows the idea of virtual reality, and David Brin's "Piecework," written in 1990. In addition, Shippey provides an informative Introduction, examining the history of the genre, its major themes, and its literary techniques., The definitive collection of the twentieth century's most characteristic genre-from H.G. Wells's prophetic vision of technological warfare to contemporary cyberspace and up-to-the-minute myths of genetic engineering., 'As good an introduction to SF as you can buy.' Iain BanksThe definitive collection of the twentieth-century's most characteristic genre-from H.G. Wells's prophetic vision of technological warfare to contemporary cyberspace, and up-to-the-minute myths of genetic engineering.
LC Classification NumberPR1309.S3
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