Table of Contents
Decades of Science Fiction
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Through World War I
Timeline
Historical Context
Developments in Science Fiction
Master Zacharius by Jules Verne
The Crystal Egg by H.G. Wells
Chapter 2: The Twenties
Timeline
Historical Context
Developments in Science Fiction
Science Fiction in Other Media
The Disintegration Machine by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Metal Man by Jack Williamson
Chapter 3: The Thirties
Timeline
Historical Context
Developments in Science Fiction
Science Fiction in Other Media
The Mad Moon by Stanley Weinbaum
Misfit by Robert Heinlein
Chapter 4: The Forties
Timeline
Historical Context
Developments in Science Fiction
Science Fiction in Other Media
Robbie by Isaac Asimov
That Only a Mother by Judith Merril
Chapter 5: The Fifties
Timeline
Historical Context
Developments in Science Fiction
Science Fiction in Other Media
The Exiles by Ray Bradbury
Scanners Live in Vain by Cordwainer Smith
Death Between the Stars by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Chapter 6: The Sixties
Timeline
Historical Context
Developments in Science Fiction
Science Fiction in Other Media
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison
The Electric Ant by Phillip K. Dick
Chapter 7: The Seventies
Timeline
Historical Context
Developments in Science Fiction
Science Fiction in Other Media
The Sliced-Crosswise-Only-on-Tuesday-World by Phillip José Farmer
Cloak of Anarchy by Larry Niven
The Hunting by Doris Beetem
The Thaw by Tanith Lee
Chapter 8: The Eighties
Timeline
Historical Context
Developments in Science Fiction
Science Fiction in Other Media
Valhalla by Gregory Benford
Skin Deep by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
For I Have Touched the Sky by Mike Resnick
At the Rialto by Connie Willis
Chapter 9: The Nineties
Timeline
Historical Context
Developments in Science Fiction
Science Fiction in Other Media
The Abduction of Bunny Steiner, or a Shameless Lie by Thomas Disch
Steelcollar Worker by Vonda N. McIntyre
The Hammer of God by Arthur C. Clarke
Clean Up Your Room! by Laura Anne Gilman
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index of Authors and Titles
