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Looking Ahead

Dick Allen & Lori Allen

First published 1975
Publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Alex Harsley
Pages viii+408
Price $5.50
ISBN 015551184X


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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction (Looking Ahead) Dick Allen & Lori Allen Essay
7 Part I. About Now (Looking Ahead) uncredited Essay
9 The Listeners Walter de la Mare Poem
11 From The Fall of Japan (excerpt) William Craig Essay
14 The Ultimate Horror R. W. Thompson Essay
17 From The Limits to Growth (excerpt) Donella H. Meadows & Dennis L. Meadows & Jorgen Randers & William W. Behrens Essay
39 From Of a Fire on the Moon (excerpt) Norman Mailer Short Fiction
53 Survival U: Prospectus for a Really Relevant University John Fischer Essay
63 Part II. Earth Bound (Looking Ahead) uncredited Essay
65 A New Age Dick Allen Poem
67 The Artist of the Beautiful Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story
87 Interurban Queen R. A. Lafferty Short Story
96 Corona Samuel R. Delany Short Story
113 The Marching Morons C. M. Kornbluth Novelette
166 The Star-Splitter Robert Frost Poem
171 Part III. Breaking Outward (Looking Ahead) uncredited Essay
173 On Shooting Particles Beyond the World Richard Eberhart Poem
175 The Far Look Theodore L. Thomas Novelette
201 Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand Vonda N. McIntyre Novelette
219 Stranger Station Damon Knight Novelette
240 The Ship Who Sang Anne McCaffrey Novelette
256 The Last True God Philip St. John Short Story
265 Part IV. Aftermath (Looking Ahead) uncredited Essay
267 Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Short Story
280 The Man Who Walked Home James Tiptree, Jr. Short Story
294 The Year of the Jackpot Robert A. Heinlein Novelette
324 A Vision of Judgement H. G. Wells Short Story
330 The Horses Edwin Muir Poem
333 Part V. Theories (Looking Ahead) uncredited Essay
335 Cross the Border, Close the Gap Leslie A. Fiedler Essay
352 Utopia Sam Lundwall Essay
363 The Theory and Practice of Time Travel Larry Niven Essay
373 The Obsolescence of Man Arthur C. Clarke Essay
385 The Outer Limits of Space Edward Edelson Essay
393 Topics for Shorter and Longer Papers (Looking Ahead) uncredited Essay
398 A Chronology of Science Fiction (Looking Ahead) uncredited Essay
401 Suggestions for Further Reading and Viewing (Looking Ahead) uncredited Essay
v Preface (Looking Ahead) Dick Allen & Lori Allen Essay