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From Wells to Heinlein

James Gunn

First published 1979
Publisher Mentor / New American Library
Format Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Paul Stinson
Pages 535
Price $2.50
ISBN 0451617363

  • First Mentor Printing, February, 1979
  • Full numberline (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9).
  • Cover artist is credited on the copyright page.
  • LCCN 78-070642 on copyright page.
  • Printed in the US

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction (From Wells to Heinlein) James Gunn Essay
17 Science: The New Accelerator James Gunn Essay
20 The New Accelerator H. G. Wells Short Story
34 The Literary Dissent James Gunn Essay
36 The Machine Stops E. M. Forster Novelette
67 Island in the Sky, or Romance Triumphant James Gunn Essay
70 From The Chessmen of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs Short Fiction
90 More Things Under Heaven and Earth James Gunn Essay
92 The People of the Pit A. Merritt Short Story
108 The Call of the Fantastic James Gunn Essay
110 The Red One Jack London Novelette
134 The Horror Out of Providence James Gunn Essay
137 Dagon H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
143 The Science-Fiction Magazine Begins It's Amazing Career James Gunn Essay
145 The Tissue-Culture King Julian Huxley Novelette
167 Pedestrian Words, Soaring Concepts James Gunn Essay
169 The Revolt of the Pedestrians David H. Keller, M.D. Novelette
198 The Philosopher of Time and Space James Gunn Essay
201 From Last and First Men Olaf Stapledon Short Fiction
217 Ford's in His Flivver James Gunn Essay
220 From Brave New World Aldous Huxley Short Fiction
236 The Alien from Milwaukee James Gunn Essay
238 A Martian Odyssey Stanley G. Weinbaum Novelette
264 Who Went There? James Gunn Essay
267 Twilight John W. Campbell Novelette
287 The Idea Machine James Gunn Essay
290 Proxima Centauri Murray Leinster Novella
339 The World-Wrecker on Mars James Gunn Essay
342 What's It Like Out There? Edmond Hamilton Novelette
364 The Legion of Science Fiction James Gunn Essay
367 With Folded Hands ... Jack Williamson Novelette
411 Mission of Levity James Gunn Essay
414 Hyperpilosity L. Sprague de Camp Short Story
426 The Alchemists Gather James Gunn Essay
429 The Faithful Lester del Rey Short Story
438 The Fairy Tales of Science James Gunn Essay
441 Black Destroyer A. E. van Vogt Novelette
472 The Stars Appear James Gunn Essay
475 Nightfall Isaac Asimov Novelette
509 The Man Who Sold the Genre James Gunn Essay
512 Requiem Robert A. Heinlein Short Story
530 A Chronology of Science Fiction uncredited Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
From Wells to Heinlein Cover 1979 Mentor / New American Library of Canada Paperback Anthology Paul Stinson 535
From Wells to Heinlein Cover 2002 Scarecrow Press Trade Paperback Anthology xxii+511