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The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2
''The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2'' is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by Frederik Pohl. It was first published in hardcover by Tor Books in April 2000, and in trade paperback by the same publisher in April 2001. It has been translated into Italian language, Italian. The book collects twenty-three novellas, novelettes, short stories and essays by Andre Norton, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester and Ray Bradbury, the sixth through tenth Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, SFWA Grand Masters named by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America between 1984 and 1989, together with a general introduction and introductions and recommended reading lists for each Grand Master by the editor. Contents *"Introduction" (Frederik Pohl) *"Andre Norton" (Frederik Pohl) **"Recommended Reading by Andre Norton" **"Mousetrap" (Andre Norton) **"Were-Wrath" (Andre Norton) **"All Cats Are Gray" (Andre Norton) **"Serpent's Tooth" (Andre Norton) *"Arthur C. Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Of America
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, doing business as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, commonly known as SFWA ( or ) is a Non-profit organization, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. While SFWA is based in the United States, its membership is open to writers worldwide. The organization was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight under the name Science Fiction Writers of America. The president of SFWA as of July 1, 2021 is Jeffe Kennedy. As of 2022, SFWA has about 2,300 members worldwide. Active SFWA members may vote for the Nebula Awards, one of the principal English-language science fiction awards. Mission SFWA informs, supports, promotes, defends and advocates for its members. SFWA activities include informing science fiction and fantasy writers on professional matters, protecting their interests, 26 (4): 40. and helping them deal effectively with agents, editors, anthologists, and producers in print an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There Will Come Soft Rains (short Story)
"There Will Come Soft Rains" is a science fiction short story by author Ray Bradbury written as a chronicle about a lone house that stands intact in a California city that has otherwise been obliterated by a nuclear bomb, and then is destroyed in a fire caused by a windstorm. The title is from a 1918 poem of the same name by Sara Teasdale that was published during World War I and the Spanish flu pandemic. First published in 1950 about future catastrophes in two different versions in two separate publications, a one-page short story in ''Collier's'' magazine and a chapter of the fix-up novel ''The Martian Chronicles'', the author regarded it as "the one story that represents the essence of Ray Bradbury". Bradbury's foresight in recognizing the potential for the complete self-destruction of humans by nuclear war in the work was recognized by the Pulitzer Prize Board in conjunction with awarding a Special Citation in 2007 that noted, "While time has (mostly) quelled the li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Summer In A Day
"All Summer in a Day" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in the March 1954 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. Plot synopsis The story is about a class of students on Venus, which, in this story, is a world of constant rainstorms, where the Sun is only visible for one hour every seven years. One of the children, Margot, moved to Venus from Earth five years earlier, and she is the only one who remembers sunshine, since the sun shines regularly on Earth. When the teacher asks them to write a poem about the sun, hers is: : "I think the sun is a flower, : That blooms for just one hour". She describes the Sun as "penny", or "like fire in the stove". The other children, being too young ever to have seen it themselves, do not believe her. Led by a boy named William, they bully and antagonize her, and just before the sun comes out, William rallies the other children, and they lock her in a closet down a tunnel. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Four-Hour Fugue
"The Four-Hour Fugue" is a science fiction short story by American writer Alfred Bester, originally published in ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' in 1974. It deals with the mysterious behaviour of a valuable scientist and his relationship with the private investigator tasked with investigating him. Plot summary Blaise Skiaki is a brilliant perfume developer, an industry which has become vitally important since water scarcity has made regular bathing impossible for most people. Skiaki's employers have become concerned about his erratic behaviour, in particular his habit of disappearing for several hours some nights, which they initially suspect to be evidence of corporate espionage of some kind. They hire Gretchen Nunn, a famed private investigator, who becomes Skiaki's lover and discovers that he vanishes for exactly four hours every time, that he appears to be in a fugue state during these periods, and that every state terminates with a murder. She is, however, unable to trail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fondly Fahrenheit
"Fondly Fahrenheit" is a science fiction short story by American writer Alfred Bester, first published in the August 1954 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. Synopsis A rich playboy, James Vandaleur, and his expensive "multiple aptitude android" have become two aspects of a single insane murderous personality. Vandaleur's father is dead, having lost the family fortune, and Vandaleur only has the android which, if it works correctly, can bring in more than enough income to support him in the manner to which he had become accustomed. However, the android becomes erratic when his immediate environment exceeds a certain temperature - when the android is put to work in a foundry, it begins to sing and subsequently pours molten metal on the human supervisor when she investigates the singing. When the android is destroyed during a high-speed chase, Vandeleur is shown as continuing his murder spree after purchasing a cheaper model of android. Reception In 1999, "Fond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Martian Way
''The Martian Way'' is a science fiction novella by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the November 1952 issue of ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' and reprinted in the collections '' The Martian Way and Other Stories'' (1955), '' The Best of Isaac Asimov'' (1973), and '' Robot Dreams'' (1986). It was also included in '' The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two'' (1973) after being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965. There were originally no female characters in "The Martian Way", but ''Galaxy'' editor H. L. Gold insisted that one be included. Asimov complied by giving Richard Swenson a shrewish wife. It was not what Gold had in mind, but he accepted the story anyway. When Asimov wrote "The Martian Way" in 1952, it was thought that the fragments making up Saturn's rings might be over a mile in diameter. It is now known that none of the ring fragments is more than a few meters in diameter. The final journey back to Mars is described to be under constan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strikebreaker (short Story)
"Strikebreaker" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the January 1957 issue of ''The Original Science Fiction Stories'' under the title "Male Strikebreaker" and reprinted in the 1969 collection ''Nightfall and Other Stories'' under the original title "Strikebreaker". Asimov has stated the editorial decision to run the story as "Male Strikebreaker" "represents my personal record for stupid title changes". "Strikebreaker had its genesis in June 1956 when Asimov, who then lived in Boston, Massachusetts, was planning a trip to New York City. A group of some three dozen technicians was threatening to go on strike, which would have the effect of shutting down the New York subway system. The threatened strike did not happen, and Asimov was able to make the trip, but the situation inspired him to write a story about a strike by a single man that would shut down an entire world. Plot summary The world of Elsevere is an extrasolar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Such A Beautiful Day
"It's Such A Beautiful Day" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published in 1955 in '' Star Science Fiction Stories No.3'', an anthology of original stories edited by Frederik Pohl, and later reprinted in the 1969 collection ''Nightfall and Other Stories''. Plot summary Set in the year 2117, the story presents District A-3, a newly built suburb of San Francisco, and the world's first community to be built entirely using Doors, a method of travel via teleportation. When the Door that transfers him from home to school fails, Richard "Dickie" Hanshaw takes a dislike to the method and starts to wander outside in the unfamiliar open, exposed to the elements. When he catches a cold, Mrs. Hanshaw is horrified and takes him to see Dr. Sloane, a psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Question
"The Last Question" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the November 1956 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and was anthologized in the collections Nine Tomorrows (1959), The Best of Isaac Asimov (1973), Robot Dreams (1986), The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (1986), the retrospective Opus 100 (1969), and in Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories, Vol. 1 (1990). While he also considered it one of his best works, “The Last Question” was Asimov's favorite short story of his own authorship, and is one of a loosely connected series of stories concerning a fictional computer called Multivac. Through successive generations, humanity questions Multivac on the subject of entropy. The story overlaps science fiction, theology, and philosophy. History In conceiving Multivac, Asimov was extrapolating the trend towards centralization that characterized computation technology planning in the 1950s to an ultimate centrally-manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Meeting With Medusa
''A Meeting with Medusa'' is a science fiction novella by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It was originally published in 1971 and has since been included in the anthology '' Nebula Award Stories Eight'' as well as several collections of Clarke's writings. A sequel, '' The Medusa Chronicles'', was published in 2016 as a collaborative effort between Alastair Reynolds and Stephen Baxter. Plot summary Taking place partly on Earth and partly in the atmosphere of Jupiter, the story tells of Howard Falcon, the captain of a new and experimental giant-sized helium-filled airship. When an accident causes the ship to crash, Falcon is badly injured and takes over a year to fully recover. Later, Falcon promotes an expedition to explore the atmosphere of Jupiter. After several years and many trials, the expedition is launched, with Falcon at the controls of the ''Kon-Tiki'', a hot-hydrogen balloon-supported craft that descends through the upper atmosphere of Jupiter. As the craft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
