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Beyond Tomorrow: An Anthology of Modern Science Fiction
Beyond Tomorrow An Anthology of Modern Science Fiction Author:Lee Harding (Editor) The leading writers in Science Fiction create a galaxy of entertainment in these startling stories set in deep space, beneath very alien skies and seas, on various planets with the solar system, and at varying times on planet Earth. Memorable adventures with a satisfying touch of wonder and always plausible. Modern science fiction ha... more »s come a long way from its early beginnings in specialist American magazines of the early Thirties: its rapid growth and current world-wide popularity represents a literary phenomenon unique to the twentieth century. This collection brings together some of the best contemporary SF by American, British and Australian writers.
Contents:
Foreword: The Bad News and the Good (1976) • essay by Isaac Asimov
Idiot Stick (1958) / shortstory by Damon Knight
Nine Lives (1969) / novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Commuter (1953) / shortstory by Philip K. Dick
The Oath (1960) / novelette by James Blish
Takeover Bid (1965) / novelette by John Baxter
Comes Now the Power (1966) / shortstory by Roger Zelazny
Litterbug (1969) / novelette by Tony Morphett
Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons [The Instrumentality of Mankind] (1961) / novelette by Cordwainer Smith
A Song Before Sunset (1976) / shortstory by David Grigg
Sundance (1969) / shortstory by Robert Silverberg
The Oh in Jose (1966) / shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
The Man Who Came Early (1956) / novelette by Poul Anderson
Call Him Lord (1966) / novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
The Garden of Time (1962) / shortstory by J. G. Ballard