''Space Mail, Volume II'' is an
anthology
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of
science fiction short works edited by
Isaac Asimov
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Martin H. Greenberg,
Charles G. Waugh
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. It was first published in paperback by
Fawcett Crest
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It kicked off with the publication of the bawdy humor magazine ''Captain Billy's Whiz B ...
in January 1982.
The book collects twenty-two short stories written in the form of a
letters,
diary entries, or
memorandums
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, together with an introduction by Asimov.
Contents
*"Introduction" (
Isaac Asimov
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*"
Extracts from Adam's Diary" (
Mark Twain
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)
*"Aspic's Mystery" (
Arsen Darnay
Arsen Julius Darnay (born July 31, 1936 in Budapest) is a Hungarian-American science fiction writer.
Darnay emigrated to the United States in 1953. )
*"Barney" (
Will Stanton)
*"Evening Primrose" (
John Collier John Collier may refer to:
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*John Collier (caricaturist) (1708–1786), English caricaturist and satirical poet
*John Payne Collier (1789–1883), English Shakespearian critic and forger
*John Collier (painter) (1850–1934), ...
)
*"View from a Height" (
Joan D. Vinge
Joan D. Vinge (; born April 2, 1948 as Joan Carol Dennison) is an American science fiction author. She is known for such works as her Hugo Award–winning novel ''The Snow Queen'' and its sequels, her series about the telepath named Cat, and ...
)
*"First to Serve" (
Algis Budrys)
*"The People's Choice" (
William Jon Watkins)
*"Expedition" (
Anthony Boucher)
Polity and Custom of the Camiroi (
R. A. Lafferty
Raphael Aloysius "R. A." Lafferty (November 7, 1914March 18, 2002) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure, Lafferty also wrote a set of four autobiographical n ...
)
*"Primary Education of the Camiroi" (
R. A. Lafferty
Raphael Aloysius "R. A." Lafferty (November 7, 1914March 18, 2002) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure, Lafferty also wrote a set of four autobiographical n ...
)
*"The Shaker Revival" (
Gerald Jonas)
*"Loophole" (
Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.
He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A Spac ...
)
*"Niche on the Bull Run" (
Sharon Webb
Sharon Lynn Webb (born in Tampa, Florida on February 29, 1936; died in Blairsville, Georgia on April 29, 2010) was a science fiction writer and nurse.
Biography
Born on Tampa, Florida on February 29, 1936, Sharon Lynn Webb began her career as a p ...
)
*"Switch on the Bull Run" (
Sharon Webb
Sharon Lynn Webb (born in Tampa, Florida on February 29, 1936; died in Blairsville, Georgia on April 29, 2010) was a science fiction writer and nurse.
Biography
Born on Tampa, Florida on February 29, 1936, Sharon Lynn Webb began her career as a p ...
)
*"Publish and Perish" (
Paul J. Nahin
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)
*"Letters from Camp" (
Al Sarrantonio)
*"The Several Murders of Roger Ackroyd" (
Barry N. Malzberg
Barry Nathaniel Malzberg (born July 24, 1939) is an American writer and editor, most often of science fiction and fantasy.
Biography
Malzberg originated from a Jewish family and graduated from Syracuse University in 1960. He worked as an investi ...
)
*"A Delightful Comedic Premise" (
Barry N. Malzberg
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Biography
Malzberg originated from a Jewish family and graduated from Syracuse University in 1960. He worked as an investi ...
)
*"The Man from Not-Yet" (
John Sladek
John Thomas Sladek (December 15, 1937 – March 10, 2000) was an American science fiction author, known for his satirical and surreal novels.
Life and work
Born in Waverly, Iowa, in 1937, Sladek was in England in the 1960s for the New Wave ...
)
*"The Leader" (
Murray Leinster)
*"
Aristotle and the Gun
"Aristotle and the Gun" is a time travel and alternate history science fiction story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp.
Publication history
The story was first published in the magazine ''Astounding Science-Fiction'' for February, 1958,Laughli ...
" (
L. Sprague de Camp
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)
*"The Last Evolution" (
John W. Campbell, Jr.
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)
References
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1982 anthologies
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