Decades of Science Fiction Author:Applewhite Minyard (Compiler) This is the student edition — An anthology of science fiction short stories, grouped by decade from the late 1800s to the present. Includes chapter openers providing historical and social context, headnotes about the authors, and writing and discussion questions. — Decades of Science Fiction is an anthology of 27 short stories that illustra... more »te the development and popularity of the genre. Through its collection of well-chosen, classic stories, it allows students to trace the evolution of science fiction from the days of H.G Wells and Verne through the present. The text contains important historical and contextual information and demonstrates how science fiction, the adaptable genre, relates to the important issues of our lives.
Through World War I: Timeline --
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Master Zacharius / Jules Verne --
Crystal Egg / H.G. Wells --
Twenties: Timeline --
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Disintegration Machine / Arthur Conan Doyle --
Metal Man / Jack Williamson --
Thirties: Timeline --
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Mad Moon / Stanley Weinbaum --
Misfit / Robert Heinlein --
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Robbie / Isaac Asimov --
Desertion / Clifford D. Simak --
That Only a Mother / Judith Merrill --
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Exiles / Ray Bradbury --
Scanners Live in Vain / Cordwainer Smith --
Death between the Stars / Marion Zimmer Bradley --
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Ship Who Sang / Anne McCaffrey --
"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman / Harlan Ellison --
Electric Ant / Philip K. Dick --
Seventies: Timeline --
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Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World / Philip Jose Farmer --
Cloak of Anarchy / Larry Niven --
Hunting / Doris Beetem --
Thaw / Tanith Lee --
Eighties: Timeline --
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Valhalla / Gregory Benford --
Skin Deep / Kristine Kathryn Rusch --
For I Have Touched the Sky / Mike Resnick --
At the Rialto / Connie Willis --
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Abduction of Bunny Steiner, or a Shameless Lie / Thomas Disch --