Damon Knight byl americký autor vědeckofantastické literatury, známý svým pronikavým pohledem na lidskou psychiku a společnost v kontextu futuristických vizí. Jeho díla často zkoumají etické dilemata a existenciální otázky, které vznikají v důsledku technologického pokroku. Svým kritickým přístupem a inovativním vyprávěním ovlivnil směřování žánru a inspiroval generace spisovatelů.
Duplikátor měl přinést lidstvu blahobyt, ale výsledek je úplně jiný, než si jeho vynálezce představoval: Amerika se společensky vrací do období před válkou Severu proti Jihu. Prosadí se Dick z Buckhillu na dvoře coloradského Vládce? K čemu slouží věž v Eagles? Dostal se duplikátor skutečně do rukou divochů? Akční příběh ze "zlatého věku" americké science fiction.... celý text
The leading writers in SF create a galaxy of entertainment in these startling, often nightmarish stories set in deep space, beneath the sea, on Mars, Mercury and Jupiter, and at varying times on planet Earth. Memorable adventures with a satisfying touch of wonder and always plausible. Contents Brightside Crossing • by Alan E. Nourse Coventry (Future History) • by Robert A. Heinlein Desertion (City) • by Clifford D. Simak Happy Ending • by Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore (as Henry Kuttner) Nightfall • by Isaac Asimov The Deep Range • by Arthur C. Clarke The Mile-Long Spaceship • by Kate Wilhelm The Seesaw (Weapon Shops of Isher) • by A. E. van Vogt Twilight (Twilight #1) • by John W. Campbell Jr. (as Don A. Stuart) The Million-Year Picnic (The Martian Chronicles) • by Ray Bradbury
First Voyages is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Damon Knight, Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander, first published in paperback by Avon Books in May 1981. It is a compilation of the first published stories of twenty prominent authors in the genre, and an expansion of Knight's earlier First Maiden Voyages in Space and Time (Lancer Books, 1963), which covered ten of the same stories and authors.
Many Mansions story by Gene Wolfe To the Dark Tower Came story by Gene Wolfe Lollipop & the Tar Baby/8 Worlds novelette by John Varley State of Grace story by Kate Wilhelm The Disguise novella by Kim Stanley Robinson Tomus story by Stephen Robinett Night Shift story by Kevin O'Donnell Jr Fall of Pebble-Stones story by R.A. Lafferty Going Down story by Eleanor Arnason Beings of Game P-U story by Phillip Teich Vamp novelette by Mike Conner Under Jupiter novelette by Michael W. McClintock The Veil Over the River novelette by Felix C. Gotschalk Arcs & Secants essay by Damon Knight The Memory Machine essay by Damon Knight They Say essay by Damon Knight
The Ugly Little Boy, 1958 novelette-Isaac Asimov (aka Lastborn) The Man Who Sold the Moon, 1950 novella-Robert A. Heinlein The Saliva Tree, 1965 novella-Brian W. Aldiss The Marching Morons, 1951 novelette-C.M. Kornbluth Fiddler's Green, 1967 novella-Richard McKenna
The Millennium is here. No more wars, no more gang killings, no more drunken accidents. Because you have to be good, when there's an Analogue in your brain! You're a sheep, in a world of sheep...yes, the world is perfect, until a wolf comes along - the man without an Analogue, the enemy, the man outside the law. then what are you going to do, sheep - run, or turn wolf?
This volume is an anthology of science fiction short stories. It collects eighteen tales by various authors originally published in the 1930s, exemplifying American magazine science fiction of that decade, together with a foreword and three essays on the period by the editor, and a bibliography. The stories were originally published in premier science fiction magazines of the time and this work reproduces period illustrations that originally accompanied the stories.
Fourth in the celebrated series includes stories by Kate Wilhelm, Charles L. Harness, James Sallis, Jacob Transue, Carol Emshwiller, R. A. Lafferty, Robert Silverberg, Vernor Vinge, Harlan Ellison, more.
