Masterpieces : The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
by Card, Orson ScottEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-03-02
Publisher(s): INGRAM
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Summary
An overview of the best science fiction short stories of the 20th century as selected and evaluated by critically-acclaimed author Orson Scott Card. Featuring stories from the genre's greatest authors: Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ray Bradbury, Frederik Pohl, Harlan Ellison, George Alec Effinger, Brian W. Aldiss, William Gibson & Michael Swanwick, Theodore Sturgeon, Larry Niven, Robert Silverberg, Harry Turtledove, James Blish, George R. R. Martin, James Patrick Kelly, Karen Joy Fowler, Lloyd Biggle, Jr., Terry Bisson, Poul Anderson, John Kessel, R.A. Lafferty, C.J. Cherryh, Lisa Goldstein, and Edmond Hamilton
Author Biography
Orson Scott Card is a multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Golden Age | |
| Call Me Joe | p. 7 |
| "All You Zombies--" | p. 36 |
| Tunesmith | p. 47 |
| A Saucer of Loneliness | p. 80 |
| Robot Dreams | p. 91 |
| Devolution | p. 97 |
| The Nine Billion Names of God | p. 110 |
| A Work of Art | p. 116 |
| Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed | p. 130 |
| The New Wave | |
| "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman | p. 145 |
| Eurema's Dam | p. 156 |
| Passengers | p. 166 |
| The Tunnel under the World | p. 177 |
| Who Can Replace a Man? | p. 203 |
| The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas | p. 212 |
| Inconstant Moon | p. 218 |
| The Media Generation | |
| Sandkings | p. 243 |
| The Road Not Taken | p. 276 |
| Dogfight | p. 297 |
| Face Value | p. 316 |
| Pots | p. 327 |
| Snow | p. 351 |
| Rat | p. 364 |
| Bears Discover Fire | p. 375 |
| A Clean Escape | p. 384 |
| Tourists | p. 396 |
| One | p. 408 |
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