''The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s'' is a themed
anthology
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of
science fiction short works edited by
Isaac Asimov
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,
Martin H. Greenberg, and
Charles G. Waugh
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, the fifth in a series of six samplers of the field from the 1930s through the 1980s. It was first published in trade paperback by
Robinson in 1992. The first American edition was issued in trade
paperback by
Carroll & Graf in the same year.
The book collects ten novellas by various science fiction authors that were originally published in the 1970s.
Contents
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Born with the Dead
"Born with the Dead" is a science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. It describes a near-future world in which the recently dead can be "rekindled" to a new life, but one in which their personalities and attitudes are radically changed; although ...
" (
Robert Silverberg)
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The Moon Goddess and the Son
''The Moon Goddess and the Son'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Donald Kingsbury, published by Baen in 1986. The novel was an expanded version of a novella published in the December 1979 issue of ''Analog'' magazine, which was ...
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Donald Kingsbury
Donald MacDonald Kingsbury (born 12 February 1929, in San Francisco) is an American–Canadian science fiction author. Kingsbury taught mathematics at McGill University, Montreal, from 1956 until his retirement in 1986.
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Tin Soldier" (
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 ...
)
*"In the Problem Pit" (
Frederik Pohl
Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satelli ...
)
*"Riding the Torch" (
Norman Spinrad)
*"Mouthpiece" (
Edward Wellen)
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ARM" (
Larry Niven)
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The Persistence of Vision" (
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* John Varley (author) (born 1947), American science fiction author
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)
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The Queen of Air and Darkness" (
Poul Anderson)
*"The Monster and the Maiden" (
Gordon R. Dickson)
Notes
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1992 anthologies
Science fiction anthologies
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