The Expert Dreamers

The expert dreamers have forseen: A world threatened with extinction.A vast face appearing in the center of the Andromeda Nebula.A wicked twist in the dream of growing younger.The obsolescence of humanity....and many other strange things. This is science fiction with an extra dimension - fiction written by men who are themselves practicing scientists.Take one step beyond with the men who live there!Contents:Introduction (The Expert Dreamers) • (1962) • essay by Frederik Pohl At the End of the Orbit • (1961) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke (aka Hate)On the Feasibility of Coal-Driven Power Stations • (1956) • shortstory by O. R. Frisch A Feast of Demons • (1958) • novelette by William Morrison The Heart on the Other Side • (1962) • shortstory by George Gamow Lenny • [Susan Calvin (Robot)] • (1958) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov The Singers • (1956) • shortstory by W. Grey Walter The Invasion • (1940) • novelette by Willy Ley [as by Robert Willey ] To Explain Mrs. Thompson • (1951) • shortstory by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham ] Adrift on the Policy Level • (1959) • shortstory by Chan Davis [as by Chandler Davis ] The Black Cloud (Excerpt) • (1957) • shortfiction by Fred Hoyle Chain Reaction • (1956) • shortstory by Lyle G. Boyd and William C. Boyd [as by Boyd Ellanby ] The Miracle of the Broom Closet • (1952) • shortstory by Norbert Wiener [as by W. Norbert ] Heavyplanet • (1939) • shortstory by Milton A. Rothman (aka Heavy Planet)The Test Stand • (1955) • shortstory by G. Harry Stine [as by Lee Correy ] Amateur in Chancery • (1961) • shortstory by George O. Smith The Mark Gable Foundation • (1961) • novelette by Leo Szilard