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Cover of Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology

Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology

Willis E. McNelly & Leon E. Stover

First published 1972
Publisher Goodyear Publishing
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art B. Buerge
Pages viii+387
ISBN 087620003X

  • On copyright page: "Current Printing (Last Number): 10 9 8 ... 3 2 1", "Copyright (c) 1972 by Goodyear Publishing Company", LCCN, and ISBNs for both trade paper and this "cloth" (hardcover) edition.
  • No price on book or jacket. No credit for jacket art, but signature "B. Buerge" visible on front. On back of jacket is ISBN for this cloth edition.
  • The stories are divided into 5 sections, each of which starts with an uncredited essay, likely by the editors.

Year Reviewer Publication
1972 Thomas D. Clareson Extrapolation, December 1972

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 one: Communities Are for People ... uncredited Essay
3 The Highway Ray Bradbury Short Story
7 The Waveries Fredric Brown Short Story
27 The Mother of Necessity Chad Oliver Short Story
39 Black Is Beautiful Robert Silverberg Short Story
51 Golden Acres Kit Reed Novelette
69 two: Systems Are for People ... uncredited Essay
71 Adrift on the Policy Level Chandler Davis Short Story
87 "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman Harlan Ellison Short Story
97 Balanced Ecology James H. Schmitz Short Story
113 Positive Feedback Christopher Anvil Short Story
135 Poppa Needs Shorts Walt Richmond & Leigh Richmond Short Story
141 three: Technology Is for People uncredited Essay
143 The Great Radio Peril Eric Frank Russell Short Story
153 Rescue Operation Harry Harrison Short Story
166 Slow Tuesday Night R. A. Lafferty Short Story
173 Light of Other Days Bob Shaw Short Story
181 Who Can Replace a Man? Brian W. Aldiss Short Story
191 four: People Create Realities ... uncredited Essay
193 What We Have Here Is Too Much Communication Leon E. Stover Short Story
205 The Handler Damon Knight Short Story
209 They Robert A. Heinlein Short Story
223 Carcinoma Angels Norman Spinrad Short Story
231 Shattered Like a Glass Goblin Harlan Ellison Short Story
239 The New Sound Charles Beaumont Short Story
245 five: Tomorrow Will Be B(e/i)tter uncredited Essay
247 Rat Race Raymond F. Jones Short Story
261 Coming-of-Age Day A. K. Jorgensson Short Story
272 Ecce Femina! Bruce McAllister Novelette
300 Seventh Victim Robert Sheckley Short Story
312 Roommates Harry Harrison Novelette
332 Mr. Costello, Hero Theodore Sturgeon Novelette
355 Science Fiction as Culture Criticism Willis E. McNelly & Leon E. Stover Essay
375 Preface to Appendix uncredited Essay
377 Apeman, Superman-or 2001's Answer to the World Riddle Leon E. Stover Essay
383 Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five: Science Fiction as Objective Correlative Willis E. McNelly Essay
vii Introduction (Above the Human Landscape) Willis E. McNelly & Leon E. Stover Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology Cover 1972 Goodyear Publishing Trade Paperback Anthology B. Buerge viii+387