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The Penguin world omnibus of science fiction : an anthology / edited by Brian Aldiss and Sam J. Lundwall.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Penguin world omnibus
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction.
- Genre:
- Science fiction.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin, 1987.
- Summary:
- Compiled and edited by Brian Aldiss, author of the bestselling Helliconia series, this volume brings together science fiction stories from all four corners of the world, from China to Chile, Africa to North America. A new per spective and possibility for the future of science fiction.
- Contents:
- The half-wit of Xeenemuende / Josef Nesvadba
- Alter ego / Hugo Correa
- A perfect marriage / André Carneiro
- The legend of the paper spaceship / Tetsu Yano
- Small world / Bob Shaw
- The whore of Babylon / Leon Zeldis
- Cost of living / Robert Sheckley
- Night broadcast / Ion Hobana
- A perfect Christmas evening / Konrad Fialkowski
- A meeting in Georgestown / Jon Bing
- Victims of time / B. Sridhar Rao
- Myxomatosis forte / Bertil Mårtensson
- BCO equipment / Karl Michael Armer
- Six matches / Arkadi and Boris Strugatsky
- The ring / Goran Hudec
- 'Oh, Lenore!' came the echo / Carlos María Federici
- Quo vadis, Francisco? / Lino Aldani
- Forward, Mankind! / Lyuben Dilov
- The mirror image of the Earth / Zheng Wenguang
- The new prehistory / René Rebetez-Cortes
- Equality / Quah Kung Yu
- Rising sun / Péter Lengyel
- The lens / Annemarie van Ewyck
- Progenitor / Philippe Curval
- The cage / Bertram Chandler
- An imaginary journey to the Moon / Victor Sabah.
- Notes:
- Cover art: Alan Craddock.
- This is actually a reissue of the original, distributed for the first time in the U.S. with a $4.95 American price on the back.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 174261
- ISBN:
- 0140080678
- 9780140080674
- OCLC:
- 983698910
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