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Galactic Empires. volume I / edited by Brian W. Aldiss.
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- Format:
- Book
- 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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