TOC: ‘The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction’ edited by Arthur B. Evans, et al.
Weslayan University Press has posted the table of contents for the awesome-looking anthology The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Arthur B. Evans, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., Joan Gordon, Veronica Hollinger, Rob Latham, & Carol McGuirk.
Check out this table of contents, organized by story theme:
Alien Encounters
- C. L. Moore, “Shambleau” (1933)
- Stanley Weinbaum, “A Martian Odyssey” (1934)
- Arthur C. Clarke, “The Sentinel” (1951)
- Robert Sheckley, “Specialist” (1953)
- Robert Silverberg, “Passengers” (1968)
- Nancy Kress, “Out of All Them Bright Stars” (1985)
- Gene Wolfe, “Useful Phrases” (1992)
- James Patrick Kelly, “Think Like a Dinosaur” (1995)
Apocalypse and Post-apocalypse
- H. G. Wells, “The Star” (1897)
- Fritz Leiber, “Coming Attraction” (1950)
- Ray Bradbury, “There Will Come Soft Rains” (1950)
- J. G. Ballard, “The Cage of Sand” (1962)
- Octavia E. Butler, “Speech Sounds” (1983)
- Misha Nogha, “Chippoke Na Gomi” (1989)
Artificial/Posthuman Life-forms
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Rappaccini’s Daughter” (1844)
- Isaac Asimov, “Reason” (1941)
- Alfred Bester, “Fondly Fahrenheit” (1954)
- Avram Davidson, “The Golem” (1955)
- Brian Aldiss, “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” (1969)
- Ursula K. Le Guin, “Nine Lives” (1969)
- Ted Chiang, “Exhalation” (2008)
Computers and Virtual Reality
- Philip K. Dick, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” (1966)
- William Gibson, “Burning Chrome” (1982)
- Pat Cadigan, “Pretty Boy Crossover” (1986)
- Eileen Gunn, “Computer Friendly” (1989)
Evolution and Environment
- Jules Verne, from Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)
- Edmond Hamilton, “The Man Who Evolved” (1931)
- Clifford D. Simak, “Desertion” (1944)
- Frank Herbert, “Seed Stock” (1970)
- Charles Stross, “Rogue Farm” (2003)
Gender and Sexuality
- Leslie F. Stone, “The Conquest of Gola” (1931)
- Frederik Pohl, “Day Million” (1966)
- Samuel R. Delany, “Aye, and Gomorrah . . .” (1967)
- Pamela Zoline, “The Heat Death of the Universe” (1967)
- Joanna Russ, “When It Changed” (1972)
- James Tiptree Jr., “And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side” (1972)
- Carol Emshwiller, “Abominable” (1980)
- Greg Egan, “Closer” (1992)
Time Travel and Alternate History
- Robert A. Heinlein, ” ‘All You Zombies-‘” (1959)
- Stanislaw Lem, “The Seventh Voyage” from Star Diaries (1971)
- John Varley, “Air Raid” (1977)
- Kate Wilhelm, “Forever Yours, Anna” (1987)
- John Kessel, “Invaders” (1990)
Utopias/Dystopias
- E. M. Forster, “The Machine Stops” (1909)
- R. A. Lafferty, “Slow Tuesday Night” (1965)
- Harlan Ellison, “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” (1965)
- Geoff Ryman, “Everywhere” (1999)
War and Conflict
- Theodore Sturgeon, “Thunder and Roses” (1947)
- Judith Merril, “That Only a Mother” (1948)
- William Tenn, “The Liberation of Earth” (1953)
- Cordwainer Smith, “The Game of Rat and Dragon” (1955)
- Bruce Sterling, “We See Things Differently” (1989)
There’s also an Online Teacher’s Guide.
[via Anya Weber]
I could never buy this. That image on the cover has creeped me out ever since I first saw it as a child.
what a great TOC!!!! i especially love the inclusion of “We See Things Differently,” though it should be said that the last 20 years are a bit underrepresented.