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Decades of Science Fiction

Applewhite Minyard

First published 1997
Publisher NTC Publishing Group
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art François Robert
Pages xvi+557
Price $26.95
ISBN 0844259942


• Student edition, the Instructor's edition contains a 72-page manual bound in with ISBN 0-8442-5995-0 • First printing by number line 7 8 9 0 1 VL 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 though © is 1998 • Month and price from Locus1, neither in/on book • "Cover illustration: François Robert" on copyright page, no visible signature on the artwork which is repeated as a frontispiece in B&W and on each chapter's title page • Each chapter concerns a single decade from Through World War I to The Nineties, each is prefaced by an essay with sections: Timeline; Historical Context; Developments in Science Fiction; Science Fiction in Other Media [except for chapter 1], noted in the contents as single essays • Each story is preceded by a titled Author bio and each has Discussion Questions and Writing Topics at the end • Every paragraph of every story is numbered [tie-in to teaching manual] • $37.95 in Canada, from a publisher's barcode sticker

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Page Title Author(s) Type
2 Through World War I Applewhite Minyard Essay
10 Jules Verne (1828 - 1905) Applewhite Minyard Essay
11 Master Zacharius Jules Verne Novelette
41 H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) Applewhite Minyard Essay
42 The Crystal Egg H. G. Wells Short Story
58 The Twenties Applewhite Minyard Essay
64 Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) Applewhite Minyard Essay
65 The Disintegration Machine Arthur Conan Doyle Short Story
77 Jack Williamson (1908 - ) Applewhite Minyard Essay
78 The Metal Man Jack Williamson Short Story
90 The Thirties Applewhite Minyard Essay
97 Stanley Weinbaum (1900 - 1935) Applewhite Minyard Essay
98 The Mad Moon Stanley Weinbaum Novelette
118 Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988) Applewhite Minyard Essay
119 Misfit Robert A. Heinlein Novelette
140 The Forties Applewhite Minyard Essay
148 Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992) Applewhite Minyard Essay
149 Robbie Isaac Asimov Short Story
167 Clifford D. Simak (1904 - 1988) Applewhite Minyard Essay
168 Desertion Clifford D. Simak Short Story
179 Judith Merril (b. 1923) Applewhite Minyard Essay
180 That Only a Mother Judith Merril Short Story
190 The Fifties Applewhite Minyard Essay
200 Ray Bradbury (b. 1920) Applewhite Minyard Essay
201 The Exiles Ray Bradbury Short Story
213 Cordwainer Smith (1913 - 1966) Applewhite Minyard Essay
214 Scanners Live in Vain Cordwainer Smith Novelette
245 Marion Zimmer Bradley (b. 1930) Applewhite Minyard Essay
246 Death Between the Stars Marion Zimmer Bradley Short Story
262 The Sixties Applewhite Minyard Essay
271 Anne McCaffrey (b. 1926) Applewhite Minyard Essay
272 The Ship Who Sang Anne McCaffrey Novelette
289 Harlan Ellison (b. 1934) Applewhite Minyard Essay
290 "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman Harlan Ellison Short Story
301 Philip K. Dick (1928 - 1982) Applewhite Minyard Essay
302 The Electric Ant Philip K. Dick Short Story
320 The Seventies Applewhite Minyard Essay
331 Philip José Farmer (b. 1918) Applewhite Minyard Essay
332 The Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World Philip José Farmer Short Story
346 Larry Niven (b. 1938) Applewhite Minyard Essay
347 Cloak of Anarchy Larry Niven Novelette
365 Doris Beetem (b. 1951) Applewhite Minyard Essay
366 The Hunting Doris Beetem Short Story
377 Tanith Lee (b. 1947) Applewhite Minyard Essay
378 The Thaw Tanith Lee Novelette
398 The Eighties Applewhite Minyard Essay
408 Gregory Benford (b. 1941) Applewhite Minyard Essay
409 Valhalla Gregory Benford Short Story
417 Kristine Kathryn Rusch (b. 1960) Applewhite Minyard Essay
418 Skin Deep Kristine Kathryn Rusch Short Story
432 Mike Resnick (b. 1942) Applewhite Minyard Essay
433 For I Have Touched the Sky Mike Resnick Novelette
456 Connie Willis (b. 1945) Applewhite Minyard Essay
457 At the Rialto Connie Willis Novelette
480 The Nineties Applewhite Minyard Essay
488 Thomas Disch (b. 1940) Applewhite Minyard Essay
489 The Abduction of Bunny Steiner, or a Shameless Lie Thomas Disch Novelette
508 Vonda McIntyre (b. 1948) Applewhite Minyard Essay
509 Steelcollar Worker Vonda McIntyre Short Story
524 Arthur C. Clarke (b. 1917) Applewhite Minyard Essay
525 The Hammer of God Arthur C. Clarke Short Story
537 Laura Anne Gilman (b. 1967) Applewhite Minyard Essay
538 Clean Up Your Room! Laura Anne Gilman Short Story
ix Preface (Decades of Science Fiction) Applewhite Minyard Essay
xi Introduction (Decades of Science Fiction) Applewhite Minyard Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Decades of Science Fiction Cover 1997 NTC Publishing Group Trade Paperback Anthology François Robert xvi+557+vi+72