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Galactic Empires. volume I / edited by Brian W. Aldiss.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Aldiss, Brian W. (Brian Wilson), 1925-2017, editor.
Thole, Karel, 1914-2000, illustrator.
Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Science fiction, American.
Science fiction, English.
Genre:
Science fiction.
Short stories.
Penn Provenance:
Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
Physical Description:
xii, 305 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
Book club edition.
Other Title:
Galactic Empires, volume 1
Place of Publication:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1978.
Summary:
Galactic Empires is more than an anthology: it is a vast tale of the future by some of the 1970's greatest science fiction writers. The 14 stories that comprise this anthology create a saga that explores the empire's origin, laws, mores, educational systems, as well as the incredible variety of inhabitants and their experience with the natural quirks of the universe.
Contents:
v. 1. Been a long time / R.A. Lafferty
The possessed / Arthur C. Clarke
Protected species / H.B. Fyfe
All the way back / Michael Shaara
The star plunderer / Poul Anderson
Foundation / Isaac Asimov
We're civilized! / Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides
The crime and glory of Commander Suzdal / Cordwainer Smith
The rebel of Valkyr / Alfred Coppel
Brightness falls from the air / Idris Seabright
Immigrant / Clifford Simak
Resident physician / James White
Age of retirement / Hal Lynch
Planting time / P. Adams and Charles Nightingale.
Notes:
Jacket illustration by Karel Thole.
First printing has gutter code "I10" on page 304, indicates a printing in March 1978
Local Notes:
Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
Adams Collection copy wanting dustjacket. Has gutter code.
Cited in:
Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 224285
OCLC:
21435168
Publisher Number:
02456 Science Fiction Book Club

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