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The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3
''The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3'' is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by Frederik Pohl. It was first published in hardcover by Tor Books in June 2001, and in trade paperback by the same publisher in April 2002. It has been translated into Italian language, Italian. The book collects twenty novellas, novelettes and short stories by Lester del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Damon Knight, A. E. van Vogt and Jack Vance, the eleventh through fifteenth Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, SFWA Grand Masters named by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America between 1991 and 1997, together with a general introduction and introductions and recommended reading lists for each Grand Master, in most instances by the editor, but in his case (he being one of the honorees) by his wife, Elizabeth Anne Hull. Contents *"Introduction" (Frederik Pohl) *"Lester del Rey 1915-1993" (Frederik Pohl) **"Recommended Reading by Lester del Rey" **"The Faithful" (Lester del Rey) **"The P ... [...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] |
Elizabeth Anne Hull
Elizabeth Anne Hull (January 10, 1937 – August 3, 2021) was an American academic, political activist and science fiction expert. She was Professor Emerita of William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, where she taught English for over 30 years. She was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, and educated at Illinois State University (1954–55); City Colleges of Chicago (A.A., 1965); Northwestern University and Loyola University (M.A., 1970, Ph.D., 1975)."Elizabeth Anne Hull" Frederik Pohl. ''The Way the Future Blogs''. In 1993, Hull was regional judge for the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing. Science fiction She has served as president of the |
2001 Anthologies
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Ullward's Retreat
"Ullward's Retreat" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Jack Vance John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote several mystery novels under pen names. ..., first published in the December 1958 issue of '' Galaxy'' magazine. In the preface to the story in the anthology ''The Best of Jack Vance'', the author stated that this was one of his favorite stories. On an overcrowded Earth, privacy and living space is at a premium. To impress his friends, a wealthy man named Ullward leases a continent from a spaceman who has laid claim to an entire habitable world, but the result is not what he had hoped for. References External links * 1958 short stories Science fiction short stories Short stories by Jack Vance Works originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction {{1950s-sf-story-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gateway To Strangeness
"Gateway to Strangeness", also titled "Dust of Far Suns" and "Sail 25", is a science fiction novelette by American writer Jack Vance. It was first published in the August 1962 issue of ''Amazing Stories'' magazine. Plot Eight space trainees apprehensively await their new instructor, Henry Belt. Despite the many strange and outrageous stories they have heard about him, including his legendary drunkenness, one of them notes that ''all'' of the top men in space seem to have trained under him. Since only six trainees can go on the space journey, Belt first assigns each man the task of building three specific devices using identical piles of assorted parts. The two men who become the most frustrated by the nearly impossible tasks are dropped. The others board a small spaceship (Sail 25) propelled solely by a solar sail for a flight to Mars. Belt leaves the navigation entirely in their hands. All the while, he makes careful note of their faults (according to his idiosyncratic standard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear Pen Pal
"Dear Pen Pal" is a humorous, epistolary 1949 science-fiction story by Canadian-American writer A. E. van Vogt. Plot summary The one-sided dialogue takes the form of correspondence from Skander, an alien, to an unnamed human whose replies are not presented. In his initial letters, Skander spends some time describing himself and his home planet of Aurigae II, a world circling a star in the constellation Auriga whose intelligent lifeforms are chromium-based, highly radioactive, and very long-lived, thriving at a temperature of around 900 degrees Kelvin. Skander admits that he intercepted the human's pen pal program application, but explains that he is lonely and in need of conversation, as he is serving a lengthy prison sentence for conducting an illegal scientific experiment which is implied to have harmed many of his fellow Aurigans. Oddly anxious to see his pen pal, he sends the human several photographic plates that can be exposed by simply thinking a mental command at them. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vault Of The Beast
"Vault of the Beast" is a science fiction short story by Canadian writer A. E. van Vogt. Plot summary Beings from another dimension have sent a living plastic "robot" to Earth to find the "greatest mathematical mind in the Solar System," and get that person to open a vault on Mars, containing one of the race of its creators. It is able to imitate any form of matter, and to tap the thoughts of the being it duplicates. The creature kills its way to one man, Jim Brender, who it believes is the man. The creature, in the form of another man, reveals that the Martian vault was built by the Ancient Martians, made up of an 'ultimate metal'. The vault is known as the "Tower of the Beast", located in a buried Martian city. It says that the key to opening it is 'factoring the ultimate prime number'. Brender does not believe the tale and the creature causes a stock market crash, bankrupting Brender to achieve its aim. Brender is forced by his circumstances to take a job as a space pilot. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far Centaurus
''Far Centaurus'' is a science fiction short story by Canadian-American writer A. E. van Vogt, first published in ''Astounding Science Fiction'' in 1944. Writer and critic P. Schuyler Miller called it "unforgettable and unforgotten." The story involves the crew of a spaceship that arrive at Centaurus after hundreds of years, only to find it settled by people who arrived in faster ships. The basic idea of technological progress rendering previous advances obsolete, has been explored in many works. Plot summary Pelham invents Eternity, a drug that puts the body into a hibernation-like state that can last decades. Realizing that this makes interstellar space travel possible, his rich college friend Jim Renfrew builds an atomically powered spacecraft capable of missions lasting hundreds of years. To fill out the crew, they are joined by two of their other college friends, Ned Blake and Bill Endicott. The ship is launched some time in the 23rd century making for Alpha Centauri, a 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
