Visions of Wonder

For years, those bringing SF into the classroom have had to improvise their course materials from anthologies and collections not designed for classwork. Now, David G. Hartwell, award-winning anthologist, and Professor Milton T. Wolf, Vice President of the Science Fiction Research Association, present a carefully selected reading anthology reflecting the SF field in all its modern diversity. Here are Golden Age writers like John W. Campbell and Jack Williamson, and here also are towering latter-day titans like Gene Wolfe and Ursula K. Le Guin, along with today's popular writers such as Greg Bear, Robert Jordan, and Vernor Vinge.Contents11 • Introduction (Visions of Wonder) • essay by David G. Hartwell and Milton T. Wolf13 • Critics • [In Search of Wonder] • (1956) • essay by Damon Knight17 • The Ship Who Sang • [The Ship Who . . .] • (1961) • novelette by Anne McCaffrey31 • Blood Music • (1983) • novelette by Greg Bear49 • Paperjack • [Newford] • (1991) • novelette by Charles de Lint71 • Forever Yours, Anna • (1987) • shortstory by Kate Wilhelm81 • The Golden Age of Science Fiction Is Twelve • (1984) • essay by David G. Hartwell97 • Mr. Boy • (1990) • novella by James Patrick Kelly141 • Jamboree • [Humanoids] • (1969) • shortstory by Jack Williamson149 • The Death of Doctor Island • [Archipelago] • (1973) • novella by Gene Wolfe (variant of The Death of Dr. Island)188 • Ender's Game • [Ender Wiggin] • (1977) • novelette by Orson Scott Card216 • "What Do You Mean . . . Human?" • [Editorial (Astounding)] • (1959) • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.222 • Bears Discover Fire • (1990) • shortstory by Terry Bisson230 • One Down, One to Go • (1990) • shortstory by Philip José Farmer239 • Sur • (1982) • shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin250 • Introduction (England Swings SF) • (1968) • essay by Judith Merril253 • Doing Lennon • (1975) • shortstory by Gregory Benford263 • A Tupolev Too Far • (1989) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss285 • Them Old Hyannis Blues • (1992) • shortstory by Judith Tarr292 • Paradise Charted • (1980) • essay by Algis Budrys339 • Masque of the Red Shift • [Berserker] • (1965) • novelette by Fred Saberhagen353 • Redemption in the Quantum Realm • (1994) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl366 • Devil You Don't Know • [Val Clarke] • (1978) • novelette by Dean Ing395 • The Eye of the World (extract) • [Wheel of Time] • (1990) • shortstory by Robert Jordan404 • Split Light • (1994) • shortstory by Lisa Goldstein414 • Science Fiction & The Adventures of the Spherical Cow • (1988) • essay by Kathryn Cramer (variant of Science Fiction and the Adventures of the Spherical Cow)419 • The Sun Spider • (1987) • novelette by Lucius Shepard442 • Science Fiction and "Literature" — or, The Conscience of the King • (1979) • essay by Samuel R. Delany458 • Souls • (1982) • novella by Joanna Russ491 • Overdrawn at the Memory Bank • [Eight Worlds] • (1976) • novelette by John Varley514 • The Girl Who Was Plugged In • (1973) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.540 • Burning Chrome • (1982) • novelette by William Gibson555 • Towards an Aesthetic of Science Fiction • (1975) • essay by Joanna Russ564 • Identifying the Object • (1990) • novelette by Gwyneth Jones (variant of Forward Echoes)585 • The Mountain to Mohammed • (1992) • shortstory by Nancy Kress598 • Wall, Stone, Craft • (1993) • novella by Walter Jon Williams655 • Boobs • (1989) • shortstory by Suzy McKee Charnas669 • To Bring in Fine Things: The Significance of Science Fiction Plots • (1989) • essay by Brian Stableford [as by Brian M. Stableford ]676 • Spider Silk • (1976) • novelette by Andre Norton704 • A Braver Thing • (1990) • novelette by Charles Sheffield726 • Getting Real • (1991) • novelette by Susan Shwartz740 • True Names • (1981) • novella by Vernor Vinge791 • Science Fiction: A Selective Guide to Scholarship • (1996) • essay by Gary K. Wolfe