| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Description |
x, 966 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"A Tor book"--Title page verso. |
| Contents |
Travel by wire -- How we went to Mars -- Retreat from Earth -- Reverie -- The awakening -- Whacky -- Loophole -- Rescue party -- Technical error -- Castaway -- The fires within -- Inheritance -- Nightfall -- History lesson -- Transience -- The wall of darkness -- The lion of Comarre -- The forgotten enemy -- Hide and seek -- Breaking strain -- Nemesis -- Guardian angel -- Time's arrow -- A walk in the dark -- Silence please -- Trouble with the natives -- The road to the sea -- The sentinel -- Holiday on the moon -- Earthlight -- Second dawn -- Superiority -- If I forget Thee, Oh Earth ... -- All the time in the world -- The nine billion names of God -- The possessed -- The parasite -- Jupiter five -- Encounter in the dawn -- The other tiger -- Publicity campaign -- Armaments race -- The deep range -- No morning after -- Big game hunt -- Patent pending -- Refugee -- The star -- What goes up -- Venture to the moon -- The pacifist -- The reluctant orchid -- Moving spirit -- The defenestration of Ermintrude Inch -- The ultimate melody -- The next tenants -- Cold war -- Sleeping beauty -- Security check -- The man who ploughed the sea -- Critical mass -- The other side of the sky -- Let there be light -- Out of the sun -- Cosmic Casanova -- The songs of distant Earth -- A slight case of sunstroke -- Who's there? -- Out of the cradle, endlessly orbiting -- I remember Babylon -- Trouble with time -- Trouble with time -- Into the comet -- Summertime on Icarus -- Saturn rising -- Death and the Senator -- Before Eden -- Hate -- Love that universe -- Dog star -- Maelstrom II -- An ape about the house -- The shining ones -- The secret -- Dial F for Frankenstein -- The wind from the sun -- The food of the gods -- The last command -- Light of darkness -- The longest science-fiction story ever told -- Playback -- The cruel sky -- Herbert George Morley Roberts Wells, Esq. -- Crusade -- Neutron tide -- Reunion -- Transit of Earth -- A meeting with Medusa -- Quarantine -- "siseneG" -- The steam-powered word processor -- On golden seas -- The hammer of God -- The wire continuum (with Stephen Baxter) -- Improving the neighborhood. |
| Summary |
Introduces readers to the author's shorter works, spanning his entire writing career, including "The Nine Billion Names of God," "Nemesis," "The Sentinel," and "The Songs of Distant Earth." |
| Subject |
Science fiction, English -- 20th century.
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Short stories.
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Science fiction.
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Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01108566
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Science fiction, English. (OCoLC)fst01108670
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01117043
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Science fiction.
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Short stories.
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Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726489
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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| Added Title |
Short stories
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Awakening.
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Fires within.
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Wall of darkness.
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Lion of Comarre.
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Forgotten enemy.
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Walk in the dark.
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Road to the sea.
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Sentinel.
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If I forgot thee, oh Earth ...
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Nine billion names of God.
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Possessed.
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Parasite.
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Other tiger.
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Deep range.
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Star.
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Pacifist.
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Reluctant orchid.
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Defenestration of Ermintrude Inch.
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Ultimate melody.
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Next tenants.
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Man who ploughed the sea.
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Other side of the sky.
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Songs of distant Earth.
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Slight case of sunstroke.
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Ape about the house.
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Shining ones.
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Secret.
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Wind from the Sun.
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Food of the Gods.
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Last command.
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Longest science-fiction story ever told.
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Cruel sky.
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Meeting with Medusa.
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SiseneG.
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Steam-powered word processor.
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Hammer of God.
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Wire continuum (with Stephen Baxter)
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| ISBN |
0312878214 |
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9780312878214 |
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