''Tin Stars'' is an
anthology
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of
science fiction
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short stories edited by
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...
,
Martin H. Greenberg
Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ...
and
Charles G. Waugh
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...
as the fifth volume in their
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction series. It was first published in paperback by
Signet/New American Library in July 1986.
The book collects fifteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with an introduction by Asimov.
Contents
*"Introduction" (
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...
)
*"Into the Shop" (
Ron Goulart
Ronald Joseph Goulart (; January 13, 1933 – January 14, 2022) was an American popular culture historian and mystery, fantasy and science fiction author.
He worked on novels and novelizations (and other works) being published under various ps ...
)
*"Cloak of Anarchy" (
Larry Niven
Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel ''Ringworld'' won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus, Ditmar Award, Ditmar, and Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula award ...
)
*"The King's Legions" (
Christopher Anvil
Christopher Anvil (March 11, 1925 – November 30, 2009) is a pseudonym used by American author Harry Christopher Crosby.
Biography and work
Crosby was born in Norwich, Connecticut, the only child of Harry Clifton Crosby and Rose Glasbrenner. ...
)
*"Finger of Fate" (
Edward Wellen
Edward Wellen (born Edward Paul Levy;Peacock, Scot, editor (2002). Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. Volume 108'. Farmington Hills, MI: The Gale Group. pp. 454–455. . October 2, 1919 – January 15, 2011"United States Social Secu ...
)
*"Arm of the Law" (
Harry Harrison)
*"Voiceover" (
Edward Wellen
Edward Wellen (born Edward Paul Levy;Peacock, Scot, editor (2002). Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. Volume 108'. Farmington Hills, MI: The Gale Group. pp. 454–455. . October 2, 1919 – January 15, 2011"United States Social Secu ...
)
*"The Fastest Draw" (
Larry Eisenberg
Lawrence Eisenberg (December 21, 1919 – December 25, 2018) was an American biomedical engineer and science fiction writer. He is best known for his short story "What Happened to Auguste Clarot?", published in Harlan Ellison's anthology ' ...
)
*"
Mirror Image
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" (
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...
)
*"Brillo" (
Ben Bova
Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. During a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fac ...
and
Harlan Ellison
Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave science fiction, New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. His published wo ...
)
*"The Powers of Observation" (
Harry Harrison)
*"Faithfully Yours" (
Lou Tabakow)
*"Safe Harbor" (
Donald Wismer
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)
*"Examination Day" (
Henry Slesar
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)
*"The Cruel Equations" (
Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 – December 9, 2005) was an American writer. First published in the science-fiction magazines of the 1950s, his many quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, Absurdist fiction, absurdist, and ...
)
*"Animal Lover" (
Stephen R. Donaldson
Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13, 1947) is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist, most famous for ''The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant'', his ten-novel fantasy series. His work is characterized by psychological complexity ...
)
Notes
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1986 anthologies
Science fiction anthologies
Martin H. Greenberg anthologies
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