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Medea: Harlan's World
| Author: | Harlan Ellison |
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Bantam Spectra, 1985 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
Medea is a collection of 11 stories set on a world created by science fiction authors at the instigation of Harlan Ellison. The scientific details established by Hal Clement, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson and Frederick Phol are also included. There is a transcript of the idea session held at a graduate seminar in which Frank Herbert, Thomas M. Disch, Robert Silverberg and Theodore Sturgeon discussed their interpretations of Medea and invented story ideas, helped by contributions from the audience. Some of the bizarre concepts used in the stories include cannibalism as a means of sharing life memories and death by combustion as the ultimate transcendental experience. These ideas are not used for shock value but rather to create and explore alien cultures. The stories themselves are arranged chronologically, from the early days of human colonization on Medea to the time of a cataclysm that will wipe out any remaining inhabitants.
Table of Contents:
- Cosmic Hod-Carriers - essay by Harlan Ellison
- Introduction: The Specs - essay by Harlan Ellison
- Basic Concepts, Astrophysics, Geology - (1975) - essay by Hal Clement
- Geology, Meteorology, Oceanography, Geography, Nomenclature, Biology - (1975) - essay by Poul Anderson
- Biology, Ecology, Xenology - (1975) - essay by Larry Niven
- Xenology, Sociology, Politics, Theology, Mathematics - (1975) - essay by Frederik Pohl
- The Concept Seminar - essay by Robert Silverberg, Frank Herbert, Thomas M. Disch, Harlan Ellison and Theodore Sturgeon
- The Extrapolation, the Questions - essay by Audience
- Second Thoughts - essay by Larry Niven, Thomas M. Disch, Hal Clement. Frederik Pohl and Poul Anderson
- Farside Station - (1978) - novella by Jack Williamson
- Flare Time - (1978) - novella by Larry Niven
- With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole - (1985) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
- Swanilda's Song - (1978) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
- Seasoning - (1978) - novelette by Hal Clement
- Concepts - (1978) - novelette by Thomas M. Disch
- Songs of a Sentient Flute - (1979) - novelette by Frank Herbert
- Hunter's Moon - (1978) - novelette by Poul Anderson
- The Promise - (1983) - shortfiction by Kate Wilhelm
- Why Dolphins Don't Bite - (1980) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
- Waiting for the Earthquake - (1981) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
- The Contributors - essay by Harlan Ellison
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