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The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 1
''The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 1'' is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by Frederik Pohl. It was first published in hardcover by Tor Books in June 1999, and in trade paperback by the same publisher in August 2001. It has been translated into Italian. The book collects eighteen novelettes, short stories and essays by Robert A. Heinlein, Jack Williamson, Clifford D. Simak, L. Sprague de Camp and Fritz Leiber, the five initial SFWA Grand Masters named by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America between 1975 and 1981, together with a general introduction and introductions and recommended reading lists for each Grand Master by the editor. Contents *"Introduction" (Frederik Pohl) *"Robert A. Heinlein 1907-1988" (Frederik Pohl) **"The Roads Must Roll" (Robert A. Heinlein) **"The Year of the Jackpot" (Robert A. Heinlein) **" Jerry Was a Man" (Robert A. Heinlein) **"The Farthest Place" (excerpt from ''Tramp Royale'') (Robert A. Heinlein) **"The Long Watch" (Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Of America
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, doing business as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, commonly known as SFWA ( or ) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. While SFWA is based in the United States, its membership is open to writers worldwide. The organization was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight under the name Science Fiction Writers of America. The president of SFWA as of July 1, 2021 is Jeffe Kennedy. As of 2022, SFWA has about 2,300 members worldwide. Active SFWA members may vote for the Nebula Awards, one of the principal English-language science fiction awards. Mission SFWA informs, supports, promotes, defends and advocates for its members. SFWA activities include informing science fiction and fantasy writers on professional matters, protecting their interests, 26 (4): 40. and helping them deal effectively with agents, editors, anthologists, and producers in print and non-print media; 26 (4) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Anthologies
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Living Fossil (short Story)
"Living Fossil" is a science fiction story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, on the concepts of human extinction and future evolution. It was first published in the magazine ''Astounding Science-Fiction'' for February 1939.Laughlin, Charlotte, and Levack, Daniel J. H. ''De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography''. San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1983, page 204. It first appeared in book form in the anthology '' A Treasury of Science Fiction'' (Crown Publishers, 1948); it later appeared in the anthologies ''Gates to Tomorrow'' (Atheneum, 1973), and ''The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 1'' (Tor Books, 1999). The story has been translated into Danish, Swedish and Italian. It is perhaps the earliest work of fiction dealing with the afterwards popular theme of humanity being replaced by other intelligent primates in the future, later epitomized by Pierre Boulle's ''Planet of the Apes''. Plot summary In the far future (perhaps five to ten million years from now), humans and much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gun For Dinosaur
"A Gun for Dinosaur" is a classic time travel science fiction storyMiller, P. Schuyler. "The Reference Library", in ''Analog Science Fact - Science Fiction'', v. 71, no. 5, July 1963, p. 90.D'Ammassa, Don. "de CAMP, L. Sprague", in ''Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers'' (3rd ed.), Chicago : St. James Press, c1991, p. 192.Turtledove, Harry. "Introduction," in ''Years in the Making: The Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp'', Framingham, MA : NESFA Press, 2005, p. 12-13. by American writer L. Sprague de Camp as part of his Rivers of Time series. It tells the story of four men who travel into the past to hunt dinosaurs. It was first published in the magazine ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' for March, 1956, and first appeared in book form in the anthology '' The World That Couldn't Be and 8 Other SF Novelets'' ( Doubleday, 1959). It has since been reprinted in numerous other anthologies, including ''The Time Curve'' (1968), '' 3000 Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' (1972), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grotto Of The Dancing Deer
"Grotto of the Dancing Deer" is a science fiction short story by American writer Clifford D. Simak, one of his last short works. It won the 1980 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the 1981 Hugo Award for Best Short Story and Locus Award for Best Short Story The Locus Award for Best Short Story is one of a series of Locus Awards given every year by ''Locus Magazine''. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. Originally known as the Locus Award for Best Sho .... The story involves an archaeologist discovering a comical, ancient cave-painting and then meeting with its original painter, an immortal still living nearby. References External links * 1980 short stories Short stories by Clifford D. Simak Hugo Award for Best Short Story winning works Works originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact Nebula Award for Best Short Story-winning works 1980s science fiction works {{1980s-sf-story-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
With Folded Hands
"With Folded Hands ..." is a 1947 science fiction novelette by American writer Jack Williamson. Willamson's influence for this story was the aftermath of World War II and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and his concern that "some of the technological creations we had developed with the best intentions might have disastrous consequences in the long run." The novelette, which first appeared in the July 1947 issue of ''Astounding Science Fiction'', was included in ''The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two'' (1973) after being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965. It was the first of several ''Astounding'' stories adapted for NBC's radio series '' Dimension X''. The story was followed by a novel-length rewrite, with a different setting and inventor and, at the behest of ''Astounding'' editor-in-chief John W. Campbell, an ending that shows the robots being defeated by means of psionics In American science fiction of the 1950s and 1960s, psionics was a prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Watch
"The Long Watch" is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It is about a military officer who faces a ''coup d'état'' by a would-be dictator. Originally titled "Rebellion on the Moon", the story originally appeared in an edited version in the December 1949 ''American Legion Magazine''. site: Robert A. Heinlein - Archives It also featured in April 1955 ''Nebula Science Fiction Number 12'', illustrated by John J. Greengrass. It appears in Heinlein's short story collections ''The Green Hills of Earth (short story collection), The Green Hills of Earth'' and ''The Past Through Tomorrow''. While it is included in collections of Future History (novel), Future History stories and appears on Heinlein's timeline chart, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tramp Royale
''Tramp Royale'' is a nonfiction travelogue by science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, describing how he and his wife, Ginny, went around the world by ship and plane between 1953 and 1954. It was published posthumously in 1992, and subsequently went out of print. Much of the book is devoted to social and political commentary and observation, including two lengthy but half-hearted defenses of the McCarthy hearings, about which the Heinleins were interrogated repeatedly in the countries they visited. Although Heinlein has been adopted as somewhat of a posterboy by the libertarian movement, the political commentary reveals that Heinlein was far from being a doctrinaire adherent of any particular political philosophy. For example, he compares the social welfare state of New Zealand unfavorably to that of Uruguay and says that he cannot explain why the one was so much more successful than the other. Heinlein devoted an entire chapter to his (almost) visit to Tristan da Cunha, argua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Was A Man
"Jerry Was a Man" (1947) is a short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It is about an attempt by a genetically modified Common chimpanzee, chimpanzee to achieve human rights. The main theme of the story is civil liberties, in this case extended towards a group of genetically enhanced chimpanzees to allow them Social equality, equal rights under the law. The story was originally published in ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', October 1947, and is collected in the book ''Assignment in Eternity''. TV version "Jerry Was a Man" was adapted for television and aired as part of the anthology series ''Masters of Science Fiction'', on U.S. network American Broadcasting Company, ABC during the summer of 2007. The TV version has manufactured "anthropoid workers", produced through a combination of biological growth and engineering, ready made with some innate abilities and training to perform their allotted tasks. When the so-called "Joes" wore out or their jobs were completed, they wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Year Of The Jackpot
"The Year of the Jackpot" is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, first published 1952, and collected in one of Heinlein's anthologies, ''The Menace from Earth''. In the story, a trend-following statistician finds romance and a disturbing conclusion. The story touches on recurrent Heinlein themes of survivalism and the prudishness of social mores of the time. Plot summary Potiphar Breen is a middle-aged bachelor with a settled, orderly life, and a rather unusual hobby. We meet him first at breakfast in a Los Angeles diner, where he orders his usual meal, takes notes of various apparently unrelated items in several newspapers, and carefully counts out his payment, adding an exactly calculated tip. He then walks out to a bus stop, where a young lady is removing all her clothes. A pair of passing transvestites try to provoke a beat cop into arresting her, but the cop refrains for fear that the publicity will simply inspire more kooks to disrobe. Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Roads Must Roll
"The Roads Must Roll" is a 1940 science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It was selected for ''The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929–1964'' anthology in 1970. The story is set in the near future, when "roadtowns" (wide rapidly moving passenger platforms similar to moving sidewalks, but reaching speeds of 100 mph) have replaced highways and railways as the dominant transportation method in the United States. Heinlein's themes are technological change and social cohesion. The fictional social movement he calls "functionalism" (which is unrelated to the real-life sociology, sociological theory functionalism (sociology), of the same name), advances the idea that one's status and level of material reward in a society must and should depend on the functions one performs for that society. Plot summary In the first section of the narrative, a stormy meeting takes place at a Sacramento Sector Guild Hall of the technicians working "down inside", am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
