''Analog's Expanding Universe'' is the tenth in a series of
anthologies
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of
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stories drawn from ''
Analog'' magazine and edited by then-current ''Analog'' editor
Stanley Schmidt
Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' magazine.
Biography
Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduate ...
. It was first published in hardcover by
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in 1986.
The book collects fourteen short stories, novelettes and novellas first published in ''Analog'' and its predecessor title ''Astounding'', together with an introduction by Schmidt.
Contents
*"Introduction" (
Stanley Schmidt
Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' magazine.
Biography
Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduate ...
)
*"Downeast Encounter" (
Thomas A. Easton)
*"
The Parasite Planet" (
Stanley G. Weinbaum)
*"Sunspot" (
Hal Clement)
*"A Flash of Darkness" (
Stanley Schmidt
Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' magazine.
Biography
Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduate ...
)
*"Desertion" (
Clifford D. Simak
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)
*"Saturn Alia" (
Grant D. Callin)
*"Meet Me at Apogee" (
Bill Johnson)
*"The Pacifists" (
Jayge Carr)
*"
With Morning Comes Mistfall" (
George R. R. Martin
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)
*"Pathway" (
Edward A. Byers)
*"
Nightfall" (
Isaac Asimov
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*"Starfog" (
Poul Anderson)
*"Beer Run" (
Michael McCollum
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)
*"Heart's Desire and Other Simple Wants" (
W. Macfarlane)
Notes
{{Reflist
1986 anthologies
Science fiction anthologies
Stanley Schmidt anthologies
Davis Publications books