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Transmutations: A Book of Personal Alchemy

Alexei Panshin

First published 1982
Publisher Elephant Books
Format Trade Paperback
Type Collection
Cover art Barclay Shaw
Pages 214
Price $8.00

No ISBN, trade paperback edition of 1000 copies.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Bob Beaver's Book: An Introduction Alexei Panshin Essay
12 Precis Alexei Panshin Poem
13 To a Teacup Held for Murder Alexei Panshin Poem
14 Frisson Alexei Panshin Poem
15 A Fine Night to Be Alive Alexei Panshin Short Story
22 Bread, Love and Dreams Alexei Panshin Poem
24 A Phonebook Alphabet Alexei Panshin Essay
26 The Story of Rite of Passage Alexei Panshin Essay
38 How to Write Science Fiction Alexei Panshin Essay
41 Creativity Alexei Panshin Essay
42 The Seventies Alexei Panshin Essay
43 Bright Sam, Charming Ned and the Ogre Alexei Panshin Short Fiction
51 Interesting Alexei Panshin Essay
52 Rational People Alexei Panshin Poem
53 Tamerlane's Error Alexei Panshin Short Fiction
54 The Sufis on First Impression Alexei Panshin Essay
61 Patterns of Illusion Alexei Panshin Essay
63 Rhythmic Events Alexei Panshin Essay
68 "Found in Space" Alexei Panshin Short Story
78 Fiction and Human Development Alexei Panshin Essay
85 Dog Puzzle Alexei Panshin Essay
86 The Destiny of Milton Gomrath Alexei Panshin Short Story
90 John W. Campbell's Vision Alexei Panshin & Cory Panshin Essay
99 How Georges Duchamps Discovered a Plot to Take Over the World Alexei Panshin Short Story
101 A Time of Change Alexei Panshin Essay
102 Dylan Stirs Alexei Panshin Essay
108 The Mantle of Shakespeare Alexei Panshin Poem
109 Now I'm Watching Roger Alexei Panshin Short Story
114 The Arrogance of Emotion Alexei Panshin Essay
115 The Promise of the Sixties Alexei Panshin Essay
119 Naked in a Snowstorm Alexei Panshin Short Fiction
121 An Era of Change Alexei Panshin Essay
122 The Future of Science Fiction Alexei Panshin Essay
124 Coming Home in the Dark Alexei Panshin Short Story
131 You Are the Sea Alexei Panshin Poem
132 Doin' God's Work Alexei Panshin Essay
137 The Green Elephant Alexei Panshin Short Story
139 Proverb and Comment Alexei Panshin Essay
140 The Special Nature of Fantasy Alexei Panshin Essay
143 Rockworld Alexei Panshin Short Fiction
148 The Amoeba's Dream Alexei Panshin Short Fiction
150 Limited Knowledge and Temporary Expedients Alexei Panshin Essay
155 Night Thoughts Alexei Panshin Poem
156 Night Passage Alexei Panshin Short Fiction
162 The Case of A. E. van Vogt Alexei Panshin Essay
171 A Universe of Change Alexei Panshin Essay
172 Letter to Ian Watson Alexei Panshin Essay
183 The Old Space Ranger Alexei Panshin Short Story
189 Sky Blue Alexei Panshin & Cory Panshin Short Story
204 Why I No Longer Pretend to Write Science Fiction Alexei Panshin Essay
214 Aftermath Alexei Panshin Essay
|38.1 How to Write Science Fiction Robert Sheckley Essay
|38.2 How to Write Science Fiction Damon Knight Essay
|38.3 How to Write Science Fiction Isaac Asimov Essay
|38.4 How to Write Science Fiction A. E. van Vogt Essay
|38.5 How to Write Science Fiction Philip K. Dick Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Transmutations: A Book of Personal Alchemy 1982 Elephant Books Hardcover Collection 214