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Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century
| Author: | Orson Scott Card |
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Ace Books, 2001 |
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Synopsis
An overview of the best science fiction short stories of the 20th century as selected and evaluated by critically-acclaimed author Orson Scott Card.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - essay by Orson Scott Card
- Call Me Joe - (1957) - novelette by Poul Anderson
- "All You Zombies--" - (1959) - shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein
- Tunesmith - (1957) - novelette by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
- A Saucer of Loneliness - (1953) - shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
- Robot Dreams - (1986) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
- Devolution - (1936) - shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
- The Nine Billion Names of God - (1953) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
- A Work of Art - (1956) - novelette by James Blish
- Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed - (1949) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
- "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman - (1965) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
- Eurema's Dam - (1972) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
- Passengers - (1968) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
- The Tunnel Under the World - (1955) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
- Who Can Replace a Man? - (1958) - shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
- The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas - (1973) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Inconstant Moon - (1971) - novelette by Larry Niven
- Sandkings - (1979) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
- The Road Not Taken - (1985) - novelette by Harry Turtledove
- Dogfight - (1985) - novelette by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson
- Face Value - (1986) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
- Pots - (1985) - novelette by C. J. Cherryh
- Snow - (1985) - shortstory by John Crowley
- Rat - (1986) - shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
- Bears Discover Fire - (1990) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
- A Clean Escape - (1985) - shortstory by John Kessel
- Tourists - (1985) - shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
- One - (1995) - shortstory by George Alec Effinger
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