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Book Review of Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time

Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time
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1 Introduction (Light Years and Dark) essay by Michael Bishop
7 You and Me and the Continuum (1966) shortstory by J. G. Ballard
16 The Map [Solar Cycle] shortstory by Gene Wolfe
28 Halfjack (1979) shortstory by Roger Zelazny
33 Doing Lennon (1975) shortstory by Gregory Benford
46 Strangeness, Charm and Spin shortstory by Kate Wilhelm
55 Brown Robert (1962) shortstory by Terry Carr
61 The Bloomsday Revolution shortstory by Ian Watson
77 The Dybbuk Dolls (1975) novelette by Jack Dann
93 Dancing Chickens shortstory by Edward Bryant
101 When the Music's Over . . . shortstory by Michael Swanwick
116 Terrific Park (1981) novelette by George Alec Effinger
129 The Tale of the (Man) Who (Met) (God) shortstory by Norman Spinrad
138 The Starry Message to Galileo Galilei (1982) poem by Robert Frazier
139 The Supremacy of Bacteria (1983) poem by Robert Frazier
139 Cetacean Dreams poem by Robert Frazier
139 "We cannot escape humility." (1983) poem by Robert Frazier
141 Summer's Lease (1974) shortstory by Joe Haldeman
153 The Nine Billion Names of God shortstory by Carter Scholz
161 Nor Limestone Islands (1971) shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
173 Fears shortstory by Pamela Sargent
184 SQ (1978) shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
193 Scrimptalon's Test shortstory by Michael Bishop and Gerald W. Page
203 An Infinite Summer (1976) novelette by Christopher Priest
222 The Man Who Was Pregnant (1977) shortstory by Elizabeth A. Lynn
226 Corridors (1982) shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
239 Limits [Draco Tavern] (1981) shortstory by Larry Niven
244 Crossing into Cambodia (1979) shortstory by Michael Moorcock
259 The Lecturer shortstory by John Kessel
268 Under the Hollywood Sign (1975) novelette by Tom Reamy
289 The Lords of Misrule [Viriconium] (1984) shortstory by M. John Harrison
298 Ralph 4F...H*g* G*rnsb*ck (Hugogre N. Backs) (1973) shortstory by John Sladek
303 Solar Shoe-Salesman...Ph*l*p K. D*ck (Chipdip K. Kill) (1973) shortstory by John Sladek
309 The Sublimation World...J.G. B*ll*rd (J.G. B-) (1968) shortstory by John Sladek (aka The Sublimation World)
313 School Days shortstory by Suzette Haden Elgin
323 The Wanda Lake Number (1979) shortstory by Robert Thurston
340 Chambers of Memory shortstory by Gordon Eklund
351 Painwise in Yucatan (1976) essay by James Tiptree, Jr. (aka How to Have an Absolutely Hilarious Heart Attack, or, So You Want to Get Sick in the Third World)
359 Dinner Party shortstory by Gardner Dozois
372 The Cure shortstory by Lisa Tuttle
383 Paradise Beach (1976) novelette by Richard Cowper
400 Getting Away (1976) shortstory by Steven Utley
407 The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe (1982) shortstory by Angela Carter
418 Dead in Irons (1976) novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
436 Rock On shortstory by Pat Cadigan
444 The Death of Socrates (1972) novelette by Thomas M. Disch (aka Problems of Creativeness 1967 )
466 Helpless, Helpless shortstory by Howard Waldrop
475 Dogs' Lives (1984) novelette by Michael Bishop
491 The Eichmann Variations shortstory by George Zebrowski