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Masterpieces – The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century – edited by Orson Scott Card

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"Masterpieces - The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century" edited by Orson Scott Card.

“Masterpieces – The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century” edited by Orson Scott Card.


Title: Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century
Author(s): Brian W. Aldiss, Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Lloyd Biggle Jr., Terry Bisson, James Blish, Ray Bradbury, C.J. Cherryh, Arthur C. Clarke, John Crowley, George Alec Effinger, Harlan Ellison, Karen Joy Fowler, William Gibson, Lisa Goldstein, Edmond Hamilton, Robert A. Heinlein, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, R.A. Lafferty, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg, Theodore Sturgeon, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove
Editor(s): Orson Scott Card
Cover Artist: Pyrographx
Language: English
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: March 2004
ISBN-10: 0441011330
ISBN-13: 9780441011339
Contents:
   “Call Me Joe” by Poul Anderson
   “‘All You Zombies—'” by Robert A. Heinlein
   “Tunesmith” by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
   “A Saucer of Loneliness” by Theodore Sturgeon
   “Robot Dreams” by Isaac Asimov
   “Devolution” by Edmond Hamilton
   “The Nine Billion Names of God” by Arthur C. Clarke
   “A Work of Art” by James Blish
   “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” by Ray Bradbury
   “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” by Harlan Ellison
   “Eurema’s Dam” by R.A. Lafferty
   “Passengers” by Robert Silverberg
   “The Tunnel Under the World” by Frederik Pohl
   “Who Can Replace a Man?” by Brian W. Aldiss
   “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin
   “Inconstant Moon” by Larry Niven
   “Sandkings” by George R.R. Martin
   “The Road Not Taken” by Harry Turtledove
   “Dogfight” by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson
   “Face Value” by Karen Joy Fowler
   “Pots” by C.J. Cherryh
   “Snow” by John Crowley
   “Rat” by James Patrick Kelly
   “Bears Discover Fire” by Terry Bisson
   “A Clean Escape” by John Kessel
   “Tourists” by Lisa Goldstein
   “One” by George Alec Effinger

Visions of Fantasy – Tales from the Masters – edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg

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Title: Visions of Fantasy – Tales from the Masters
Author(s): Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Bruce Coville, Howard Goldsmith, Elizabeth S. Helfman, William M. Lee, Madeleine L’Engle, Anne McCaffrey, Al Sarrantonio, Edith Shiner, Lewis Shiner, Jane Yolen
Editor(s): Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg
Cover Artist: Larry Elmore
Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: October 1989
ISBN-10: 0385263597
ISBN-13: 9780385263597
Contents:
   “Introduction” by Isaac Asimov
   “The Smallest Dragonboy” by Anne McCaffrey
   “A Message from Charity” by William M. Lee
   “The Seventh Mandarin” by Jane Yolen
   “The Voices of El Dorado” by Howard Goldsmith
   “The Box” by Bruce Coville
   “The Lake” by Ray Bradbury
   “A Dozen of Everything” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
   “Poor Little Saturday” by Madeleine L’Engle
   “The Fable of the Three Princes” by Isaac Asimov
   “Letters from Camp” by Al Sarrantonio
   “Things That Go Quack in the Night” by Lewis Shiner and Edith Shiner
   “Voices in the Wind” by Elizabeth S. Helfman

100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories – edited by Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, and Martin H. Greenberg

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Title: 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories
Series: Dream Cycle
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Bruce J. Balfour, John Gregory Betancourt, Bruce Boston, Richard Bowker, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fredric Brown, Doris Pitkin Buck, F.M. Busby, Terry Carr, Gregg Chamberlain, Theodore R. Cogswell, Rick Conley, Lawrence C. Connolly, Wil Creveling, Jack Dann, Avram Davidson, Calvin W. Demmon, Gardner Dozois, Harlan Ellison, Janet Fox, Charles E. Fritch, Mel Gilden, Stephen Goldin, Lawrence Goldman, Judith Gorog, James Gunn, Jack C. Haldeman II, Edward D. Hoch, C. Bruce Hunter, George Clayton Johnson, Phyllis Ann Karr, Damon Knight, Joe R. Lansdale, John R. Little, Robert Lipsyte, H.P. Lovecraft, Katherine MacLean, Barry N. Malzberg, Richard Christian Matheson, André Maurois, Katherine MacLean, Raylyn Moore, John Morressy, William F. Nolan, Rick Norwood, Edgar Pangborn, Alexei Panshin, Arthur Porges, Jonathan V. Post, Bill Pronzini, Mack Reynolds, Joanna Russ, Eric Frank Russell, James Sallis, Scott Sanders, Al Sarrantonio, Robert J. Sawyer, Robert Sheckley, Clark Ashton Smith, Evelyn E. Smith, Margaret St. Clair, Steve Rasnic Tem, William F. Temple, William Tenn, Gordon Van Gelder, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Edward Wellen, Richard Wilson, Gene Wolfe, Donald A. Wollheim, Jane Yolen, Roger Zelazny
Editor(s): Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, Martin H. Greenberg
Cover Artist: unknown
Language: English
Original Publisher: Doubleday
Originally Published: March 1984
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: September 1988
ISBN-10: 0380699176
ISBN-13: 9780380699179
Contents:
   “The Widest Field” essay by Isaac Asimov
   “The Abraham Lincoln Murder Case” by Rick Norwood
   “A Dozen of Everything” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
   “The Anatomy Lesson” by Scott Sanders
   “And I Only Am Escaped to Tell Thee” by Roger Zelazny
   “Angelica” by Jane Yolen
   “Apocryphal Fragment” by Edward Wellen
   “A Prophecy of Monsters” by Clark Ashton Smith
   “At the Bureau” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Aunt Agatha” by Doris Pitkin Buck
   “The Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Harlan Ellison
   “But Not the Herald” by Roger Zelazny
   “Chained” by Barry N. Malzberg
   “Chalk Talk” by Edward Wellen
   “Climacteric” by Avram Davidson
   “The Contest” by Robert J. Sawyer
   “Controlled Experiment” by Rick Conley
   “The Curse of Hooligan’s Bar” by Charles E. Fritch
   “The Dark Ones” by Richard Christian Matheson
   “Dead Call” by William F. Nolan
   “Deadline” by Mel Gilden
   “Deal with the D.E.V.I.L.” by Theodore R. Cogswell
   “The Devil Finds Work” by Mack Reynolds
   “Devlin’s Dream” by George Clayton Johnson
   “Displaced Person” by Eric Frank Russell
   “Echoes” by Lawrence C. Connolly
   “Ex Oblivione” (Dream Cycle) by H.P. Lovecraft
   “Farewell Party” by Richard Wilson
   “Feeding Time” by James Gunn
   “Final Version” by John Morressy
   “Five Minutes Early” by Robert Sheckley
   “Freedom” by Rick Norwood
   “Garage Sale” by Janet Fox
   “Getting Back to Before It Began” by Raylyn Moore
   “The Giveaway” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Give Her Hell” by Donald A. Wollheim
   “God’s Nose” by Damon Knight
   “The Good Husband” by Evelyn E. Smith
   “The Handler” by Damon Knight
   “The Haters” by Donald A. Wollheim
   “The House” by André Maurois
   “How Georges Duchamps Discovered a Plot to Take Over the World” by Alexei Panshin
   “The Human Angle” by William Tenn
   “The Importance of Being Important” by Calvin W. Demmon
   “Interview with a Gentleman Farmer” by Bruce Boston
   “Judgment Day” by Jack C. Haldeman II
   “Just One More” by Edward D. Hoch
   “The Lady and the Merman” by Jane Yolen
   “The Last Unicorns” by Edward D. Hoch
   “The Last Wizard” by Avram Davidson
   “Letters from Camp” by Al Sarrantonio
   “L is for Loup-Garou” by Harlan Ellison
   “Love Filter” by Gregg Chamberlain
   “The Maiden’s Sacrifice” by Edward D. Hoch
   “Malice Aforethought” by Donald A. Wollheim
   “The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles” by Margaret St. Clair
   “Miranda-Escobedo” by James Sallis
   “Mr. Wilde’s Second Chance” by Joanna Russ
   “Mortimer Snodgrass Turtle” by Jack C. Haldeman II
   “Mouse-Kitty” by Rick Norwood
   “Naturally” by Fredric Brown
   “Night Visions” by Jack Dann
   “Once Upon a Unicorn” by F.M. Busby
   “$1.98” by Arthur Porges
   “Opening a Vein” by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
   “The Other” by Katherine MacLean
   “The Other One” by Rick Norwood
   “The Other Train Phenomenon” by Richard Bowker
   “The Painters Are Coming Today” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Paranoid Fantasy #1” by Lawrence Watt-Evans
   “Perchance to Dream” by Katherine MacLean
   “Personality Problem” by Joe R. Lansdale
   “Pharaoh’s Revenge” by C. Bruce Hunter
   “Pick-Up for Olympus” by Edgar Pangborn
   “The Poor” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Prayer War” by Jonathan V. Post
   “The Prophecy” by Bill Pronzini
   “The Rag Thing” by Donald A. Wollheim
   “The Recording” by Gene Wolfe
   “Red Carpet Treatment” by Robert Lipsyte
   “The Sacrifice” by Gardner Dozois
   “Santa’s Tenth Reindeer” by Gordon Van Gelder
   “The Second Short-Shortest Fantasy Story Ever Ever Published” by Barry N. Malzberg
   “Sleep” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Some Days Are Like That” by Bruce J. Balfour
   “Temporarily at Liberty” by Lawrence Goldman
   “The Thing That Stared” by Richard Wilson
   “Thinking the Unthinkable” by Wil Creveling
   “The Third Wish” by Rick Norwood
   “Those Three Wishes” by Judith Gorog
   “Thus I Refute” by Terry Carr
   “The Toe” by Phyllis Ann Karr
   “Tommy’s Christmas” by John R. Little
   “The Tower Bird” by Jane Yolen
   “Vernon’s Dragon” by John Gregory Betancourt
   “Voodoo” by Fredric Brown
   “Weather Prediction” by Evelyn E. Smith
   “Who Rides with Santa Anna?” by Edward D. Hoch
   “Wisher Takes All” by William F. Temple
   “The World Where Wishes Worked” by Stephen Goldin
   “Your Soul Comes C.O.D.” by Mack Reynolds

The 7 Deadly Sins of Science Fiction – edited by Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, and Martin H. Greenberg

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Title: The 7 Deadly Sins of Science Fiction
Series: Susan Calvin, Nicholas Van Rijn
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Michael G. Coney, Judith Merril, Frederik Pohl, Henry Slesar, Jack Vance, Roger Zelazny
Editor(s): Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh
Cover Artist: Jerome Podwil
Language: English
Publisher: Fawcett Crest
Published: November 1980
ISBN-10: 0449243494
ISBN-13: 9780449243497
Contents:
   “Introduction” essay by Martin H. Greenberg
   “Sail 25” by Jack Vance
   “Peeping Tom” by Judith Merril
   “The Invisible Man Murder Case” by Henry Slesar
   “Galley Slave” (Susan Calvin) by Isaac Asimov
   “Divine Madness” by Roger Zelazny
   “The Midas Plague” by Frederik Pohl
   “The Man Who Ate the World” by Frederik Pohl
   “Margin of Profit” (Nicholas Van Rijn) by Poul Anderson
   “The Hook, the Eye and the Whip” by Michael G. Coney

Star Trek – The Motion Picture – Music from the Original Soundtrack / Inside Star Trek with Gene Roddenberry

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Title: Star Trek – The Motion Picture – Music from the Original Soundtrack
Music Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Label: Columbia Records (Legacy)
Genre: Soundtrack
Catalog Number: C2K 66134
Released: December 1979
Language: English
Track Listing:

  1. Ilia’s Theme
  2. Main Title
  3. Klingon Battle
  4. Total Logic
  5. Floating Office
  6. The Enterprise
  7. Leaving Drydock
  8. Spock’s Arrival
  9. The Cloud
  10. Vejur Flyover
  11. The Force Field
  12. Games
  13. Spock Walk
  14. Inner Workings
  15. Vejur Speaks
  16. The Meld
  17. A Good Start
  18. End Title

Bonus Disc Title: Inside Star Trek with Gene Roddenberry
Bonus Disc Track Listing:
Originally Released: 1976

  1. Star Trek Theme
  2. Introduction: Nichelle Nichols
  3. Inside Star Trek
  4. William Shatner Meets Captain Kirk
  5. Introduction to Live Show
  6. About Science Fiction
  7. The Origin of Spock
  8. Sarek’s Son Spock
  9. The Questor Affair
  10. The Genesis II Pilot
  11. Cyborg Tools and E.T. Life Forms
  12. McCoy’s Rx for Life
  13. The Star Trek Philosophy
  14. Asimov’s World of Science Fiction
  15. The Enterprise Runs Around
  16. A Letter from a Network Censor
  17. The Star Trek Dream (Ballad I / Ballad II)
  18. Sign Off: Nichelle Nichols

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Two B – edited by Ben Bova

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Title: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Two B
Series: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Number in Series: 3 (three)
Author(s): Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Algis Budrys, Theodore R. Cogswell, E.M. Forster, Frederik Pohl, James H. Schmitz, T.L. Sherred, Wilmar H. Shiras, Clifford D. Simak, Jack Vance
Editor(s): Ben Bova
Cover Artist: n/a
Interior Artist(s): Frank Kelly Freas
Language: English
Original Publisher: Doubleday
Originally Published: January 1973
Publisher: Easton Press
Published: 2001
ISBN-10: none
ISBN-13: none
Contents:
   “The Martian Way” by Isaac Asimov
   “Earthman, Come Home” (Earthman) by James Blish
   “Rogue Moon” by Algis Budrys
   “The Spectre General” by Theodore R. Cogswell
   “The Machine Stops” by E.M. Forster
   “The Midas Plague” by Frederik Pohl
   “The Witches of Karres” (Karres) by James H. Schmitz
   “E for Effort” by T.L. Sherred
   “In Hiding” (Children of the Atom) by Wilmar H. Shiras
   “The Big Front Yard” by Clifford D. Simak
   “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One – edited by Robert Silverberg

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Title: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One
Series: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Jerome Bixby, James Blish, Anthony Boucher, Ray Bradbury, Frederic Brown, John W. Campbell, Arthur C. Clarke, Lester del Rey, Tom Godwin, Robert A. Heinlein, Daniel Keyes, Damon Knight, C.M. Kornbluth, Fritz Leiber, Murray Leinster, Richard Matheson, Judith Merril, Lewis Padgett, Clifford D. Simak, Cordwainer Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, A.E. van Vogt, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Roger Zelazny
Editor(s): Robert Silverberg
Cover Artist: n/a
Interior Artist(s): Hannes Bok
Language: English
Original Publisher: Avon Books
Originally Published: 1970
Publisher: Easton Press
Published: 2001
ISBN-10: none
ISBN-13: none
Contents:
   “A Martian Odyssey” (Tweel) by Stanley G. Weinbaum
   “Twilight” (Twilight) by John W. Campbell
   “Helen O’Loy” by Lester del Rey
   “The Roads Must Roll” (Future History) by Robert A. Heinlein
   “Microcosmic God” by Theodore Sturgeon
   “Nightfall” by Isaac Asimov
   “The Weapon Shop” (Weapon Shops of Isher) by A.E. van Vogt
   “Mimsy Were the Borogroves” by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore)
   “Huddling Place” (City) by Clifford D. Simak
   “Arena” by Frederic Brown
   “First Contact” by Murray Leinster
   “That Only a Mother” by Judith Merril
   “Scanners Live in Vain” (Instrumentality of Mankind) by Cordwainer Smith
   “Mars Is Heaven!” (Martian Chronicles) by Ray Bradbury
   “The Little Black Bag” by C.M. Kornbluth
   “Born of Man and Woman” by Richard Matheson
   “Coming Attraction” by Fritz Leiber
   “The Quest for Saint Aquin” by Anthony Boucher
   “Surface Tension” (Pantropy) by James Blish
   “The Nine Billion Names of God” by Arthur C. Clarke
   “It’s a Good Life” by Jerome Bixby
   “The Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin
   “Fondly Fahrenheit” by Alfred Bester
   “The Country of the Kind” by Damon Knight
   “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes
   “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” by Roger Zelazny