''Meeting in Infinity'' is a collection of

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

stories by American writer

John Kessel John Joseph Vincent Kessel (born September 24, 1950) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. He is a prolific short story writer, and the author of four solo novels, '' Good News From Outer Space'' (1989), ''Corrupting Dr. Nice'' ( ...

. It was released in

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and was the author's first book published by

Arkham House Arkham House is an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had pr ...

. It was published in an edition of 3,547 copies. Most of the stories originally appeared in ''

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy named after science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It is currently published by Penny Publications. From January 2017, the publication ...

'' and ''

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher a ...

''. "Another Orphan" won a

Nebula Award The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a nonprofit association of profe ...

in 1982.

''Meeting in Infinity'' contains the following stories: # "Meeting in Infinity" # "The Pure Product" # "Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner" # "The Big Dream" # "The Lecturer" # "Hearts Do Not in Eyes Shine" # "Faustfeathers" # "A Clean Escape" # "Not Responsible! Park and Lock It!" # "Man" # "Invaders" # "Judgment Call" # "Buddha Nostril Bird" # "Another Orphan" # "Buffalo"

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* * * 1992 short story collections Science fiction short story collections Works by John Kessel {{1990s-sf-story-collection-stub

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