Publisher:
Fawcett Popular Library, a unit of CBS Publications
Published:
1980
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
9325590326
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Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Light Creasing on Front Cover, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. A fantastic journey through time and space by science fiction storytellers Bob Shaw, John Varley, Paul David Novitski, Mary C. Pangborn, Greg Bear, Marta Randall, John Shirley, Juleen Brantingham, Gregory Benford. CONTENTS: Frost Animals-Bob Shaw; Nuclear Fission-Paul David Novitski; Time Shards-Gregory Benford; The Captain and the Kid-Marta Randall; The Back Road-Mary C. Pangborn; Will the Chill-John Shirley; Chicken of the Tree-Juleen Brantingham; The White Horse Child-Greg Bear; Options-John Varley. SYNOPSIS: A JOURNEY Bob Shaw's Frost Animals, in which a galactic traveler's return to earth is complicated by temporal adjustments-and a murder charge. A JOURNEY Mary C. Pangborn's The Back Road, a quiet tale of a New England country family who share the secret of a doorway to another dimension. A JOURNEY John Varley's Options, which follows a happily married mother of three as she explores the idea of sex change. A JOURNEY through the most imaginative minds in science fiction and their unsurpassed narrative power to explore other times, other places-the eagerly awaited new collection in the most renowned science fiction anthology series of our time, Terry Carr's Universe 9. SPECULATIVE GLIMPSES AT FUTURE LIFESTYLES...GALACTIC ESCAPADES...UNEARTHLY CONCEPTS...All put together by one of the most respected editors in modern science fiction-Terry Carr.