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The Seven Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction
| Author: | Isaac Asimov Martin H. Greenberg Charles G. Waugh |
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Crown Publishers, 1982 |
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| Book Type: | Omnibus |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
This is a combined edition of
The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction: Science fiction stories deal with the themes of sloth, lust, envy, pride, anger, gluttony, avarice, and covetousness.
The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction: Science fiction stories center on the themes of temperance, justice, faith, prudence, fortitude, hope, charity, and love.
Contents:
- Introduction (The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction) (1980) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
- Sail 25 (1962) - novelette by Jack Vance (variant of Gateway to Strangeness)
- Peeping Tom (1954) - novelette by Judith Merril
- The Invisible Man Murder Case (1958) - novelette by Henry Slesar
- Galley Slave [Susan Calvin] (1957) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
- Divine Madness (1966) - short story by Roger Zelazny
- The Midas Plague (1954) - novella by Frederik Pohl
- The Man Who Ate the World (1956) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
- Margin of Profit [Nicholas Van Rijn] (1956) - novelette by Poul Anderson
- The Hook, the Eye and the Whip [The Peninsula] (1974) - novelette by Michael G. Coney
- Introduction (The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction) (1981) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
- Superiority (1951) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
- Whosawhatsa? (1967) - novelette by Jack Wodhams
- Riding the Torch (1974) - novella by Norman Spinrad
- The Nail and the Oracle (1965) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
- Jean Duprès (1970) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
- Nuisance Value (1957) - novella by Eric Frank Russell
- The Sons of Prometheus (1966) - novelette by Alexei Panshin
- The Ugly Little Boy (1958) - novelette by Isaac Asimov (variant of Lastborn)
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