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Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science
| Author: | Gregory Benford George Zebrowski |
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Harcourt, Inc., 2000 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
Respected science fiction author-editors Gregory Benford and George Zebrowski present an anthology, with unique color illustrations, that is filled with the excitement, poetry, and adventure awaiting us in the limitless final frontier that is the sky. For years, science fiction has portrayed humankind growing away from the cradle of Earth through spacecraft, space stations, and space homes. Skylife features stories by such masters of science fiction as Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Larry Niven, Joan Vinge, and James Blish-in addition to several essays by scientists-all of which come together in one spectacular volume to provide a picture of our possible future beyond Earth.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: We All Live in the Sky - essay by George Zebrowski and Gregory Benford
- The End of the Beginning - (1956) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
- Bigger Than Worlds - (1974) - essay by Larry Niven
- Special Delivery - (1957) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
- Feathered Friend - (1957) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
- Take a Deep Breath - (1957) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
- Freedom of Space - (1957) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
- Passer By - (1957) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Call of the Stars - (1957) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
- Tank Farm - novelette by David Brin
- Breakaway, Backdown - (1996) - shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
- The Wind from a Burning Woman - (1978) - novelette by Greg Bear
- View from a Height - (1978) - shortstory by Joan D. Vinge
- The Voyage That Lasted Six Hundred Years - (1940) - novelette by Don Wilcox
- Redeemer - (1979) - shortstory by Gregory Benford
- Bindlestiff - (1950) - novelette by James Blish
- Open Loops - novelette by Stephen Baxter
- Spomelife: The Universe and the Future - (1965) - essay by Isaac Asimov
- Reef - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
- A Dream of Time - shortstory by George Zebrowski
- Space Stations and Space Habitats: A Selective Bibliography - essay by Gary Westfahl
- About the Authors - essay by George Zebrowski
- About the Artists - essay by George Zebrowski
- About the Editors - essay by George Zebrowski
- Permissions Acknowledgments - essay by George Zebrowski
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