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Cover of Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far

Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far

George H. Scithers

First published 1981
Series Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (anthologies) #5
Publisher The Dial Press
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art George Barr
Pages 285
Price $10.95
ISBN 0385272057

  • On copyright page: "FIRST PRINTING", "Copyright (c) 1981 by Davis Publications, Inc." and LCCN for the "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (anthologies)" series.
  • With the book title on Title Page are "Edited by George Scithers" and "Volume 5".
  • Publication month from Locus #252 (January 1982).
  • $10.95 price and "27205" on front flap of jacket. ISBN on back of jacket. No credit for jacket cover art in book or on jacket.

Page Title Author(s) Type
9 Extraordinary Voyages Isaac Asimov Essay
12 Farside Station Jack Williamson Novella
51 Pink, Blue, and Green Martin Gardner Short Story
52 Tank Francis E. Izzo Short Story
58 Author Plus Elizabeth Anne Hull & Frederik Pohl Short Story
59 Answer to Pink, Blue, and Green Martin Gardner Essay
60 Illusions Paul David Novitski & Tony Sarowitz Novelette
91 Improbable Bestiary: The Yeti F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre Poem
92 Twist Ending Barry B. Longyear Short Story
96 Particle Hypothesis Camp Lee Russell Poem
97 On Faster-Than-Light Paradoxes Milton A. Rothman Essay
115 Second Solution to Pink, Blue, and Green Martin Gardner Essay
116 Psycho-Stars Rory Harper Short Story
126 Ben Franklin's Aeroplane S. Dale Poem
127 Where Are You, Stephanie Tobin? Juleen Brantingham Short Story
136 The Suicide of Man John Brunner Novelette
162 Rabid in Mallworld Somtow Sucharitkul Novelette
186 Blasterfight at the P. U. Corral Barry B. Longyear Poem
186 Where a Star Is a Ship or When Is a Micron a Parsec? or When Is TV Going to Start Hiring Science Fiction Writers? Tol E. Rant Poem
187 Doo-Dah Chemistry William Tuning Short Story
188 Travels Carter Scholz Short Story
199 Third Solution to Pink, Blue, and Green Martin Gardner Essay
200 Relatively Speaking Lee Weinstein & Darrell Schweitzer Short Story
202 Switch on the Bull Run Sharon Webb Short Story
213 Computer Song Julie Flores Poem
214 Millennial Ted Reynolds Novelette
235 The Adventure of the Solitary Engineer John M. Ford Short Story
239 Vital Truncation Seth S. Horowitz Poem
240 The Far King Richard Wilson Novelette