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Philosophy and Science Fiction

Michael Philips

First published 1984
Publisher Prometheus Books
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Pages vii+392
Price $12.95
ISBN 0879752483

Locus1 incorrectly gives this as a hardcover and the page count as 292.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction (Philosophy and Science Fiction) Michael Philips Essay
9 Introduction to Part 1: Knowledge and the Meaning of Life (Philosophy and Science Fiction) Michael Philips Essay
17 Solaris (excerpt) Stanislaw Lem Short Fiction
88 They Robert A. Heinlein Short Story
102 The Library of Babel Jorge Luis Borges Short Story
113 Introduction to Part 2: Trips Through Time and Logical Space (Philosophy and Science Fiction) Michael Philips Essay
117 "All You Zombies—" Robert A. Heinlein Short Story
128 The Weed of Time Norman Spinrad Short Story
139 Introduction to Part 3: The Elusive Self (Philosophy and Science Fiction) Michael Philips Essay
143 Catch That Zeppelin! Fritz Leiber Short Story
160 Impostor Philip K. Dick Short Story
177 Introduction to Part 4: Persons, Minds, and the Essentially Human (Philosophy and Science Fiction) Michael Philips Essay
183 The Bicentennial Man Isaac Asimov Novelette
217 The Show Must Go On James Causey Short Story
225 Who Can Replace a Man? Brian W. Aldiss Short Story
239 Introduction to Part 5: Moral Dilemmas (Philosophy and Science Fiction) Michael Philips Essay
247 Soul Mate Lee Sutton Short Story
260 Balaam Anthony Boucher Short Story
273 A Word to Space Winston P. Sanders Short Story
278 Seventh Victim Robert Sheckley Short Story
297 Introduction to Part 6: Technology and Human Self-Transformation (Philosophy and Science Fiction) Michael Philips Essay
301 Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep Thomas F. Monteleone Short Story
315 The Machine Stops E. M. Forster Novelette
341 R. U. R. Karel Čapek Novella