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The Best of Analog
| Author: | Ben Bova |
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Ace Books, 1979 Baronet Publishing Co., 1978 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
Fifteen stories from 1972-78. Favorites: "Child Of All Ages"-P.J.Plauger.-Melissa is twelve years old. She claims to be twenty-four hundred years old. "A Thing Of Beauty"-Norman Spinrad.- America has been destroyed by an insurrection. Mr.Ito of Japan wants to buy an artifact of historical interest to take back to his estate. He turns down a headless Statue of Liberty. His hunt continues. "Home Is The Hangman"-Roger Zelazny.-An A.I. robot named The Hangman is designed to explore other planets. It's later thought his ship has come back to Earth empty. Then it looks like he's back to kill the four who designed him. This story won the Hugo and Nebula awards. Other authors in the anthology are: Scott W. Schumack, David Lewis, Alfred Bester, Gene Wolf, George R.R. Martin, Hayford Peirce, Joe Haldeman, Gordon R. Dickson, Larry Niven, Vonda N. McIntyre, Joe Allred and Tim Joseph.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Best and the Brightest - essay by Ben Bova
- Persephone and Hades - (1973) - shortstory by Scott W. Schumack
- Common Denominator - (1972) - novelette by David Lewis
- The Four-Hour Fugue - (1974) - shortstory by Alfred Bester
- How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion - (1973) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
- A Song for Lya - (1974) - novella by George R. R. Martin
- Unlimited Warfare - (1974) - shortstory by Hayford Peirce
- Tricentennial - (1976) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
- The Present State of Igneos Research - (1975) - shortstory by Gordon R. Dickson
- Child of All Ages - (1975) - shortstory by P. J. Plauger
- The Hole Man - (1974) - shortstory by Larry Niven
- Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand - (1973) - novelette by Vonda N. McIntyre
- A Thing of Beauty - (1973) - shortstory by Norman Spinrad
- When I Was in Your Mind - (1972) - shortstory by Joe Allred
- Unified Field Theory - (1975) - poem by Tim Joseph
- Home is the Hangman - (1975) - novella by Roger Zelazny
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