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Series of science fiction anthologies edited by James Gunn
The Road to Science Fiction is a series of
science fiction anthologies edited by American science fiction author, scholar and editor
James Gunn . Composed as a textbook set to teach the evolution of science fiction literature, the series is now available as mass market publications. The six-volume set collects many of the most influential works of the genre. It was published originally by
Signet and then by
White Wolf Games Studio . Volumes 1 through 4 are currently being reprinted in paperback format by the company
Scarecrow Press .
Reception
Everett Franklin Bleiler described the first two volumes as follow: "A historical anthology... A good selection, with good headnotes".
[1]
Volume 1 and 2 was also reviewed by:
[2]
Volume 3 was reviewed by:
Volume 4 was reviewed by:
Neil Barron (1983) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review , #11, January-February 1983
Frank Borsch (1994) in Blizz , #29 (in German)
Clinton Lawrence (1997) in
Science Fiction Weekly , 5 May 1997
Thomas A. Easton [as Tom Easton] (1997) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact , September 1997
Volume 5 was reviewed by:
Contents
Volume 1: From Gilgamesh to Wells
The anthology was published Signet in 1979 and reprinted by Scarecrow Press in December 2002.
Volume 2: From Wells to Heinlein
Published by Signet, 1979, reptinted by Scarecrow Press, September, 2002.
Volume 3: From Heinlein to Here
Contained work published between 1940 and 1977.
"
All You Zombies " by
Robert A. Heinlein
"
Reason " by
Isaac Asimov
"
Desertion "' by
Clifford D. Simak
"
Mimsy Were the Borogoves " by
Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore)
"
The Million-Year Picnic " by
Ray Bradbury
"Thunder and Roses" by
Theodore Sturgeon
"
That Only a Mother " by
Judith Merril
"Brooklyn Project," by
William Tenn (Philip Klass)
"Coming Attraction" by
Fritz Leiber
"
The Sentinel " by
Arthur C. Clarke
"
Sail On! Sail On! " by
Philip José Farmerr
"Critical Factor" by
Hal Clement
"
Fondly Fahrenheit " by
Alfred Bester
"
The Cold Equations " by
Tom Godwin
"
The Game of Rat and Dragon ," by
Cordwainer Smith
"Pilgrimage to Earth" by
Robert Sheckley
"
Who Can Replace a Man? " by
Brian W. Aldiss
"
Harrison Bergeron " by
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
"
The Streets of Ashkelon " by
Harry Harrison
"
The Terminal Beach " by
J. G. Ballard
"Dolphin's Way," by
Gordon R. Dickson
"Slow Tuesday Night" by
R. A. Lafferty
"
Day Million ," by
Frederik Pohl
"
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale ," by
Philip K. Dick
"
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream ," by
Harlan Ellison
"
Aye, and Gomorrah ," by
Samuel R. Delany
"
The Jigsaw Man ," by
Larry Niven
"Kyrie," by
Poul Anderson
"
Masks ," by
Damon Knight
Stand on Zanzibar (excerpt) by
John Brunner
"The Big Flash" by
Norman Spinrad
"Sundance," by
Robert Silverberg
The Left Hand of Darkness (excrpt) by
Ursula K. Le Guin
"When It Changed," by
Joanna Russ
"The Engine at Heartspring's Center," by
Roger Zelazny
"Tricentennial" by
Joe Haldeman
First published by Signet in 1979, reprinted by Scarecrow Press, May 2002.
Volume 4: From Here to Forever
"
Born of Man and Woman ," by
Richard Matheson
"The Luckiest Man in Denv," by
C. M. Kornbluth (not included in the Signet edition)
"
Common Time ," by
James Blish (not included in the Signet edition)
"My Boy Friend's Name is Jello," by
Avram Davidson
"The First Canticle," by
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
"
Nobody Bothers Gus ," by
Algis Budrys
"
Flowers for Algernon ," by
Daniel Keyes
"
The Moon Moth " by
Jack Vance
"The Library of Babel" by
Jorge Luis Borges
Dune (excerpt) by
Frank Herbert
"Light of Other Days," by
Bob Shaw
"
The First Sally (A), or Trurl's Electronic Bard " by
Stanisław Lem
"The Heat Death of the Universe," by
Pamela Zoline
"The Planners" by
Kate Wilhelm
"The Dance of the Changer and the Three" by
Terry Carr
"
The Last Flight of Dr. Ain ," by
James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon)
"Where No Sun Shines" by
Gardner Dozois
"The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories" by
Gene Wolfe
"
Angouleme " by
Thomas M. Disch
"Gather Blue Roses," by
Pamela Sargent
"With a Finger in My I," by
David Gerrold
"The Ghost Writer," by
George Alec Effinger (Signet edition)
"Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand," by
Vonda N. McIntyre
"Air Raid," by
John Varley
"Uncoupling," by
Barry N. Malzberg
"Rogue Tomato," by
Michael Bishop
"This Tower of Ashes," by
George R. R. Martin
"Particle Theory," by
Edward Bryant
"View from a Height," by
Joan D. Vinge
"The Word Sweep" by
George Zebrowski
"The World Science Fiction Convention of 2080" by
Ian Watson
"Abominable" by
Carol Emshwiller
"Exposures" by
Gregory Benford
"Schrödinger's Kitten," by
George Alec Effinger (not included in the Signet edition)
First published by Signet, 1982, reprinted by
White Wolf , January 1997 and Scarecrow Press, 2003)
Volume 5: The British Way
(White Wolf, March 1998)
Influential British SF published prior to 1986'
The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer (excerpt) by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Tomkyns Chesney
Flatland (excerpt) by
Edwin A. Abbott
After London; or, Wild England (excerpt) by
Richard Jefferies
"The Doom of London," by
Robert Barr
"
A Corner in Lightning ," by
George Griffith
"The Country of the Blind" by
H. G. Wells
"As Easy as A.B.C." by
Rudyard Kipling
"A Negligible Experiment" by
John D. Beresford
"
The Horror of the Heights " by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"The Rat" by
S. Fowler Wright
Star Maker (excerpt) by
Olaf Stapledon
"The Great Fog," by H. F. Heard
"Hobbyist" by
Eric Frank Russell
"Dreams Are Sacred, by
Peter Phillips
"Made in U.S.A." by
J. T. McIntosh
"
The Star " by
Arthur C. Clarke
"The Emptiness of Space," by
John Wyndham
"
The Voices of Time ," by
J. G. Ballard
"The Drowned Giant," by
J. G. Ballard
"The Totally Rich," by
John Brunner
"Mouth of Hell," by
David I. Masson
"The Discontinuous," by
D. G. Compton
"It's Smart to Have an English Address" by
D. G. Compton
"The Muse" by
Anthony Burgess
"The Nature of the Catastrophe," by
Michael Moorcock
"The Power of Time" by
Josephine Saxton
"Mason's Life" by
Kingsley Amis
"Settling the World" by
M. John Harrison
"Working in the Spaceship Yards," by
Brian W. Aldiss
"Appearance of Life" by
Brian W. Aldiss
"
An Infinite Summer " by
Christopher Priest
"Custom Fitting" by
James White
"Written in Water" by
Tanith Lee
"The Great Atlantic Swimming Race" by
Ian Watson
"And He Not Busy Being Born" by
Brian M. Stableford
Volume 6: Around the World
(White Wolf, July 1998)
France
Germany
Scandinavia and Finland
Eastern Europe
Russia
Italy
Spain and Latin America
India
"Einstein the Second," by Laxman Londhe
China
Japan
References