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Synopsis

Before Robert Silverberg won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards and became Grand Master of science fiction, he was a young man learning the art and craft of writing the genre. In Science Fiction: 101, Silverberg reveals the roots of modern science fiction with thought-provoking essays about some of the field’s most groundbreaking stories—included in this volume—which inspired him and taught him to write. These insightful analyses, along with the skills and strategies Silverberg developed to build his successful career, make this an indispensable volume for readers interested in science fiction history. 

Contents:

ix • Introduction (Science Fiction: 101) • (2001) • essay by Greg Bear

xi • Foreword (Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder) • [Silverberg's Essays: Others' Work] • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

1 • Introduction: The Making of a Science-Fiction Writer • [Silverberg's Essays: Others' Work] • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

47 • Four in One • (1953) • novelette by Damon Knight

81 • Four in One: Complications, with Elegance • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

89 • Fondly Fahrenheit • (1954) • novelette by Alfred Bester

112 • Fondly Fahrenheit: Who Am I, Which Are You? • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

121 • No Woman Born • (1944) • novella by C. L. Moore

172 • No Woman Born: Flowing from Ring to Ring • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

187 • Home Is the Hunter • (1953) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]

199 • Home Is the Hunter: The Triumph of Honest Roger Bellamy • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

209 • The Monsters • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley

220 • The Monsters: Don't Forget to Kill Your Wife • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

229 • Common Time • (1953) • short story by James Blish

253 • Common Time: With All of Love • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

265 • Scanners Live in Vain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1950) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith

303 • Scanners Live in Vain: Under the Wire with the Habermans • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

313 • Hothouse • [Hothouse] • (1961) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss

351 • Hothouse: The Fuzzypuzzle Odyssey • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

359 • The New Prime • (1951) • novelette by Jack Vance

385 • The New Prime: Six Plots for the Price of One • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

391 • Colony • (1953) • novelette by Philip K. Dick

412 • Colony: I Trusted the Rug Completely • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

419 • The Little Black Bag • (1950) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth

450 • The Little Black Bag: Press Button for Triple Bypass • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

459 • Light of Other Days • [Slow Glass] • (1966) • short story by Bob Shaw

469 • Light of Other Days: Beyond the Radius of Capture • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

477 • Day Million • (1966) • short story by Frederik Pohl

483 • Day Million: A Boy, a Girl, a Love Story • (1987) • essay by Robert Silverberg

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