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TOC: The Secret History of Science Fiction edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel

Here is the table of contents for the upcoming Tachyon Publications anthology The Secret History of Science Fiction edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, which reprints stories published from 1971-2007 making the case for the convergence of mainstream fiction and literary sf:

  1. "Angouleme" by Thomas M. Disch
  2. "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin
  3. "Ladies and gentlemen, This is Your Crisis: by Kate Wilhelm
  4. "Descent of Man" by T.C. Boyle
  5. "Human Moments in World War III" by Don DeLillo
  6. "Homelanding" by Margaret Atwood
  7. "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Carter Scholz
  8. "Interlocking Pieces" by Molly Gloss
  9. "Salvador" by Lucius Shepard
  10. "Schwarzschild Radius" by Connie Willis
  11. "Buddha Nostril Bird" by John Kessel
  12. "The Ziggurat" by Gene Wolfe
  13. "The Hardened Criminals" by Jonathan Lethem
  14. "Standing Room Only" by Karen Joy Fowler
  15. "1016 to 1" by James Patrick Kelly
  16. "93990" by George Saunders
  17. "The Martian Agent, A planetary Romance" by Michael Chabon
  18. "Frankenstein's Daughter" by Maureen F. McHugh
  19. "The Wizard of West Orange" by Steven Millhauser

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Posted by John DeNardo at Thursday August 20, 2009 at 11:29 AM
© 2009 SF Signal

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Once upon a time there was writing. Or literature. Dickens wrote SF. Twain wrote SF. Kipling wrote SF. Poe wrote SF. They also wrote "literature". They also wrote mysteries. They also wrote horror. They also wrote humor.

Etc.

Then somebody (take your pick) decided to knock down the Tower of Babel and create the "category". And all of a sudden it was a no-no for an author to wrote in one genre and then another. Some could do it, most had to reinvent themselves or take on additional names, etc.

Silly people. Just read what you like. Never mind the labels.

Posted by Fred Kiesche on Thursday August 20, 2009 at 11:36 AM

What?!? How can there be no women in this book?!!

Oh wait, wrong TOC post.

Posted by Scott Shaffer on Thursday August 20, 2009 at 11:55 AM

Looks good! But I'm biased :o)

Posted by jenn on Thursday August 20, 2009 at 1:14 PM

*eyes number 7*

Hrrrrm

Posted by J. Andrews on Thursday August 20, 2009 at 6:34 PM

@J. Andrews: At a quick glance, this looks to be a metafictional piece about Arthur C. Clarke's story of the same name.

Posted by John D. on Thursday August 20, 2009 at 9:09 PM

"the ziggurat"? really? i hate that story.

Posted by f. on Friday August 21, 2009 at 7:37 AM

@F: My reading experience with "The Ziggurat" was less than stellar as well.

Posted by John D. on Friday August 21, 2009 at 6:28 PM

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