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Modern classic short novels of science fiction / edited by Gardner Dozois.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Modern classic short novels
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction, American.
- Genre:
- Science fiction.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 657 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Book club edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.
- Summary:
- Anthology of thirteen science fiction short novels.
- Contents:
- The miracle workers / Jack Vance
- The longest voyage / Poul Anderson
- On the storm planet / Cordwainer Smith
- The star pit / Samuel R. Delaney
- Total environment / Brian W. Aldiss
- The merchants of Venus / Frederick Pohl
- The death of Doctor Island / Gene Wolfe
- Where late the sweet birds sang / Kate Wilhelm
- Souls / Joanna Russ
- A traveler's tale / Lucius Shepard
- Sailing to Byzantium / Robert Silverberg
- Mr. Boy / James Patrick Kelly
- And wild for to hold / Nancy Kress.
- Notes:
- Jacket painting: View from a distant canyon, by Kim Poor.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 301657
- ISBN:
- 0312105045
- 9780312105044
- OCLC:
- 966521902
- Publisher Number:
- 02508 Science Fiction Book Club
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