The Road To Science Fiction - Volume 4: From Here To Forever

Volume 4: From Here To Forever

(Signet, 1982; White Wolf, January 1997; Scarecrow Press, 2003)

Stories selected for their quality of writing.

Contents:

  • "Born of Man and Woman", by Richard Matheson
  • "The Luckiest Man in Denv", by C. M. Kornbluth (not included in the Signet edition)
  • "Common Time", by James Blish (not included in the Signet edition)
  • "My Boy Friend's Name is Jello", by Avram Davidson
  • "The First Canticle", by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • "Nobody Bothers Gus", by Algis Budrys
  • "Flowers for Algernon", by Daniel Keyes
  • "The Moon Moth", by Jack Vance
  • "The Library of Babel", by Jorge Luis Borges
  • excerpt from Dune, by Frank Herbert
  • "Light of Other Days", by Bob Shaw
  • "The First Sally (A), or Trurl's Electronic Bard", by Stanisław Lem
  • "The Heat Death of the Universe", by Pamela Zoline
  • "The Planners", by Kate Wilhelm
  • "The Dance of the Changer and the Three", by Terry Carr
  • "The Last Flight of Dr. Ain", by James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon)
  • "Where No Sun Shines", by Gardner Dozois
  • "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories", by Gene Wolfe
  • "Angouleme", by Thomas M. Disch
  • "Gather Blue Roses", by Pamela Sargent
  • "With a Finger in My I", by David Gerrold
  • "The Ghost Writer" by George Alec Effinger (Signet edition)
  • "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand", by Vonda N. McIntyre
  • "Air Raid", by John Varley
  • "Uncoupling", by Barry Malzberg
  • "Rogue Tomato", by Michael Bishop
  • "This Tower of Ashes", by George R. R. Martin
  • "Particle Theory", by Edward Bryant
  • "View from a Height", by Joan D. Vinge
  • "The Word Sweep", by George Zebrowski
  • "The World Science Fiction Convention of 2080", by Ian Watson
  • "Abominable", by Carol Emshwiller
  • "Exposures", by Gregory Benford
  • "Schrödinger's Kitten", by George Alec Effinger (not included in the Signet edition)

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