Galactic empires. volume 2 / edited by Brian W. Aldiss.

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:

278 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : St. Martins, 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 12 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:

Introduction

Section 2: Maturity or bust. "You can't impose civilization by force": Escape to chaos / John D. Macdonald ; Concealment / A.E. van Vogt ; To civilize / Algis Budrys ; Beep / James Blish

The other end of the stick: Down the river / Mack Reynolds ; The bounty hunter / Avram Davidson ; Not yet the end / Frederic Brown

Section 3: Decline and free fall. All things are cyclic: Tonight the stars revolt! / Gardner F. Fox

Final encounter / Harry Harrison

Big ancestors and descendants: Lord of a thousand sons / Poul Anderson ; Big ancestor / F.L. Wallace

The interlopers / Roger Dee.

Notes:

Jacket illustration by Karel Thole.

First printing has gutter code "I10" on page 277, 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 has dustjacket. Has gutter code.

Cited in:

Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 224289

OCLC:

21435177

Publisher Number:

02456 Science Fiction Book Club