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This GenreAnthology traces an outline of ScienceFiction trends, from the earliest attempts during the 19th century, through the GoldenAge of science fiction, to the NewWaveScienceFiction. Creator/LeslieAFiedler, editor of this collection, published it in 1975. Each of the three sections contains an additional (but brief) explanation for the purpose of selecting these stories to represent their era in this volume.
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!!Works published in this {{Anthology}}:
* Introduction by Creator/LeslieAFiedler
[[index]]
!!!"The Beginnings"
* "Literature/TheCrystalEgg", by Creator/HGWells (1897)
* "{{Literature/Unprofessional}}", by Creator/RudyardKipling (1930)
* "Literature/TheConversationOfEirosAndCharmion", by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe (1839)
* "Literature/TheTartarusOfMaids", by Creator/HermanMelville (1855)
* "Literature/ThreeThousandYearsAmongTheMicrobes" (excerpt), by Creator/MarkTwain (1966)
* "Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace", by Creator/HPLovecraft (1927)
!!!"The Golden Age"
* "Literature/TheColdEquations", by Creator/TomGodwin (1954)
* "Literature/HelenOLoy", by Creator/LesterDelRey (1938)
* "Literature/ItsAGoodLife", by Creator/JeromeBixby (1953)
* "{{Literature/Resurrection}}", by Creator/AEVanVogt (1948)
* "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein (1947)
* "Literature/{{Liar|1941}}!", by Creator/IsaacAsimov (1941)
* "Literature/TheNineBillionNamesOfGod", by Creator/ArthurCClarke (1953)
* "August 2026: Literature/ThereWillComeSoftRains", by Creator/Ray Bradbury (1950)
* "{{Literature/Mother}}", by Creator/PhilipJoseFarmer (1953)
* "Literature/TheMuse", by Creator/AnthonyBurgess (1968)
!!!"New Directions"
* "Literature/NineLives", by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin (1969)
* "Literature/RepentHarlequinSaidTheTicktockman", by Creator/HarlanEllison (1965)
* "Literature/TimeConsideredAsAHelixOfSemiPreciousStones", by Creator/SamuelRDelany (1968)
* "Literature/TheSecondInquisition", by Creator/JoannaRuss (1970)
* "Literature/PlanForTheAssassinationOfJacquelineKennedy", by Creator/JGBallard (1966)
[[/index]]
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!!This {{Anthology}} provides examples of:
* AngstySurvivingTwin: Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's "Literature/NineLives": The story is about his attempt to [[RogueDrone come to terms with being an individual after the rest of his "siblings" are killed]] (the clones having been bred and raised as SingleMindedTwins).
* ApocalypseHow: Creator/ArthurCClarke's "Literature/TheNineBillionNamesOfGod": The lamas believe that when they have finished recording all of the names of God, their purpose will be done. The computer engineer figures they mean [[ApocalypseHow/ClassX the end of the earth]], but they really mean [[ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 the end of everything]].
* ClocksOfControl: Creator/HarlanEllison's "[[Literature/RepentHarlequinSaidTheTicktockman "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman]]": A ruthless dystopian government is led by a figure known as the Master Timekeeper or the "Ticktockman". Under the Ticktockman's rule, everyone is perpetually bound to an incredibly strict schedule every day, and failing to follow this schedule is punishable by death, which the Ticktockman carries out by stopping one's heart.
* GrailInTheGarbage: Creator/HGWells's "Literature/TheCrystalEgg": The titular sculpture turns up in a obscure second-hand store before being lost again, at least as far as the narrator and reader are concerned.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: Creator/HGWells's "Literature/TheCrystalEgg": The narrator speculates that the titular sculpture was sent from Mars to allow that planet's inhabitants to (evidently idly) view life on Earth.
* LongTitle:
** Creator/SamuelRDelany's "Literature/TimeConsideredAsAHelixOfSemiPreciousStones": For the curious, those semi-precious stones are used by the underworld as a sort of universal codeword. The stone is changed periodically - hence the name.
** Creator/HarlanEllison's "[[Literature/RepentHarlequinSaidTheTicktockman "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman]]"
* TheNamesake: Creator/ArthurCClarke's "Literature/TheNineBillionNamesOfGod": The title refers to every name that could conceivably be used to refer to God.
* OneWordTitle:
** "{{Literature/Mother}}", by Creator/PhilipJoseFarmer
** "{{Literature/Resurrection}}", by Creator/AEVanVogt
** "{{Literature/Unprofessional}}", by Creator/RudyardKipling
* OppositeSexClone: Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's "Literature/NineLives": Earth is in a sorry state, and most people suffer from inborn defects; to remedy the situation, the best people are cloned. Usually the donors are male, since it allows to easily clone both sexes, and mixed-sex groups of clones are proven to function better. The story explores the reaction of normal humans who have to work with a "ten-clone" created from a genius who died young. [[spoiler:And then how the sole survivor reacts to the death of his nine siblings.]] Among other things it's mentioned that clones routinely share sleeping bags and sex seems just as natural for them as breathing.
* PygmalionPlot: Creator/LesterDelRey's "[[Literature/HelenOLoy Helen O'Loy]]": An endocrinologist and a roboticist have a bet as to whether a robot could be made to act like a real woman. The endocrinologist insists no robot could duplicate the complex biological system that created emotions, the roboticist insists it could. The roboticist wins when the endocrinologist not only has to admit that Helen has human-like emotions, but eventually marries her. (The roboticist, who narrates the story, eventually admits to the audience that he fell in love with her as well.)
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Creator/LesterDelRey's "[[Literature/HelenOLoy Helen O'Loy]]": The whole point is an attempt to make a robot indistinguishable from a human woman. [[spoiler:It succeeds.]]
* RoboticSpouse: Creator/LesterDelRey's "[[Literature/HelenOLoy Helen O'Loy]]": A medical student (Phil) and a mechanic (Dave) modify a household robot to have emotions. While Phil is away, Dave activates Helen, who learns about love (from watching soap operas!). When Phil comes back home, Dave has already fled from her affections, but changes his mind and marries her. On his death, Helen requests that Phil shut her down and bury her with Dave.
* RogueDrone: Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's "Literature/NineLives": The story is about his attempt to [[AngstySurvivingTwin come to terms with being an individual after the rest of his "siblings" are killed]] (the clones having been bred and raised as SingleMindedTwins).
* ScrewYourself: Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's "Literature/NineLives": A set of ten clones, five male and five female, join someplace where there were already two normal people working. When the clones have sex with each other, one of the non-clones says, "Oh, let them have their damned incest!" and the other says, "Incest or masturbation?" (The clone-sex wasn't a major plot point, just a part of showing how the clone-group couldn't relate properly to outsiders.)
* TheShangriLa: Creator/ArthurCClarke's "Literature/TheNineBillionNamesOfGod": The Tibetan lamasery is accessible by air, and in a subversion of typical expectations, has been embracing the way technology can be used to assist in their worship. They've even hired a couple of computer engineers to program a printer to output every name of God.
* SingleMindedTwins: Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's "Literature/NineLives": 10 clones who were essentially one being. [[spoiler:When nine of them died in an accident, [[AngstySurvivingTwin the survivor considered himself "nine-tenths dead" and nearly lost his will to live]].]]
* ThemedAliases: Creator/SamuelRDelany's "Literature/TimeConsideredAsAHelixOfSemiPreciousStones": The protagonist/narrator was an orphan, saddled with the name Harold Clancy Everet. Turning to a life of crime, he never used that name again. His aliases, however all have the initials HCE. Indeed, he is identified by that to the reader, i.e. we are introduced to each alias and know it is him by those initials. The initials H.C.E. are also a reference to ''Literature/FinnegansWake'' by Creator/JamesJoyce.
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!!Works published in this {{Anthology}}:
* Introduction by Creator/LeslieAFiedler
[[index]]
!!!"The Beginnings"
* "Literature/TheCrystalEgg", by Creator/HGWells (1897)
* "{{Literature/Unprofessional}}", by Creator/RudyardKipling (1930)
* "Literature/TheConversationOfEirosAndCharmion", by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe (1839)
* "Literature/TheTartarusOfMaids", by Creator/HermanMelville (1855)
* "Literature/ThreeThousandYearsAmongTheMicrobes" (excerpt), by Creator/MarkTwain (1966)
* "Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace", by Creator/HPLovecraft (1927)
!!!"The Golden Age"
* "Literature/TheColdEquations", by Creator/TomGodwin (1954)
* "Literature/HelenOLoy", by Creator/LesterDelRey (1938)
* "Literature/ItsAGoodLife", by Creator/JeromeBixby (1953)
* "{{Literature/Resurrection}}", by Creator/AEVanVogt (1948)
* "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein (1947)
* "Literature/{{Liar|1941}}!", by Creator/IsaacAsimov (1941)
* "Literature/TheNineBillionNamesOfGod", by Creator/ArthurCClarke (1953)
* "August 2026: Literature/ThereWillComeSoftRains", by Creator/Ray Bradbury (1950)
* "{{Literature/Mother}}", by Creator/PhilipJoseFarmer (1953)
* "Literature/TheMuse", by Creator/AnthonyBurgess (1968)
!!!"New Directions"
* "Literature/NineLives", by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin (1969)
* "Literature/RepentHarlequinSaidTheTicktockman", by Creator/HarlanEllison (1965)
* "Literature/TimeConsideredAsAHelixOfSemiPreciousStones", by Creator/SamuelRDelany (1968)
* "Literature/TheSecondInquisition", by Creator/JoannaRuss (1970)
* "Literature/PlanForTheAssassinationOfJacquelineKennedy", by Creator/JGBallard (1966)
[[/index]]
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!!This {{Anthology}} provides examples of:
* AngstySurvivingTwin: Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's "Literature/NineLives": The story is about his attempt to [[RogueDrone come to terms with being an individual after the rest of his "siblings" are killed]] (the clones having been bred and raised as SingleMindedTwins).
* ApocalypseHow: Creator/ArthurCClarke's "Literature/TheNineBillionNamesOfGod": The lamas believe that when they have finished recording all of the names of God, their purpose will be done. The computer engineer figures they mean [[ApocalypseHow/ClassX the end of the earth]], but they really mean [[ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 the end of everything]].
* ClocksOfControl: Creator/HarlanEllison's "[[Literature/RepentHarlequinSaidTheTicktockman "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman]]": A ruthless dystopian government is led by a figure known as the Master Timekeeper or the "Ticktockman". Under the Ticktockman's rule, everyone is perpetually bound to an incredibly strict schedule every day, and failing to follow this schedule is punishable by death, which the Ticktockman carries out by stopping one's heart.
* GrailInTheGarbage: Creator/HGWells's "Literature/TheCrystalEgg": The titular sculpture turns up in a obscure second-hand store before being lost again, at least as far as the narrator and reader are concerned.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: Creator/HGWells's "Literature/TheCrystalEgg": The narrator speculates that the titular sculpture was sent from Mars to allow that planet's inhabitants to (evidently idly) view life on Earth.
* LongTitle:
** Creator/SamuelRDelany's "Literature/TimeConsideredAsAHelixOfSemiPreciousStones": For the curious, those semi-precious stones are used by the underworld as a sort of universal codeword. The stone is changed periodically - hence the name.
** Creator/HarlanEllison's "[[Literature/RepentHarlequinSaidTheTicktockman "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman]]"
* TheNamesake: Creator/ArthurCClarke's "Literature/TheNineBillionNamesOfGod": The title refers to every name that could conceivably be used to refer to God.
* OneWordTitle:
** "{{Literature/Mother}}", by Creator/PhilipJoseFarmer
** "{{Literature/Resurrection}}", by Creator/AEVanVogt
** "{{Literature/Unprofessional}}", by Creator/RudyardKipling
* OppositeSexClone: Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's "Literature/NineLives": Earth is in a sorry state, and most people suffer from inborn defects; to remedy the situation, the best people are cloned. Usually the donors are male, since it allows to easily clone both sexes, and mixed-sex groups of clones are proven to function better. The story explores the reaction of normal humans who have to work with a "ten-clone" created from a genius who died young. [[spoiler:And then how the sole survivor reacts to the death of his nine siblings.]] Among other things it's mentioned that clones routinely share sleeping bags and sex seems just as natural for them as breathing.
* PygmalionPlot: Creator/LesterDelRey's "[[Literature/HelenOLoy Helen O'Loy]]": An endocrinologist and a roboticist have a bet as to whether a robot could be made to act like a real woman. The endocrinologist insists no robot could duplicate the complex biological system that created emotions, the roboticist insists it could. The roboticist wins when the endocrinologist not only has to admit that Helen has human-like emotions, but eventually marries her. (The roboticist, who narrates the story, eventually admits to the audience that he fell in love with her as well.)
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Creator/LesterDelRey's "[[Literature/HelenOLoy Helen O'Loy]]": The whole point is an attempt to make a robot indistinguishable from a human woman. [[spoiler:It succeeds.]]
* RoboticSpouse: Creator/LesterDelRey's "[[Literature/HelenOLoy Helen O'Loy]]": A medical student (Phil) and a mechanic (Dave) modify a household robot to have emotions. While Phil is away, Dave activates Helen, who learns about love (from watching soap operas!). When Phil comes back home, Dave has already fled from her affections, but changes his mind and marries her. On his death, Helen requests that Phil shut her down and bury her with Dave.
* RogueDrone: Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's "Literature/NineLives": The story is about his attempt to [[AngstySurvivingTwin come to terms with being an individual after the rest of his "siblings" are killed]] (the clones having been bred and raised as SingleMindedTwins).
* ScrewYourself: Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's "Literature/NineLives": A set of ten clones, five male and five female, join someplace where there were already two normal people working. When the clones have sex with each other, one of the non-clones says, "Oh, let them have their damned incest!" and the other says, "Incest or masturbation?" (The clone-sex wasn't a major plot point, just a part of showing how the clone-group couldn't relate properly to outsiders.)
* TheShangriLa: Creator/ArthurCClarke's "Literature/TheNineBillionNamesOfGod": The Tibetan lamasery is accessible by air, and in a subversion of typical expectations, has been embracing the way technology can be used to assist in their worship. They've even hired a couple of computer engineers to program a printer to output every name of God.
* SingleMindedTwins: Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's "Literature/NineLives": 10 clones who were essentially one being. [[spoiler:When nine of them died in an accident, [[AngstySurvivingTwin the survivor considered himself "nine-tenths dead" and nearly lost his will to live]].]]
* ThemedAliases: Creator/SamuelRDelany's "Literature/TimeConsideredAsAHelixOfSemiPreciousStones": The protagonist/narrator was an orphan, saddled with the name Harold Clancy Everet. Turning to a life of crime, he never used that name again. His aliases, however all have the initials HCE. Indeed, he is identified by that to the reader, i.e. we are introduced to each alias and know it is him by those initials. The initials H.C.E. are also a reference to ''Literature/FinnegansWake'' by Creator/JamesJoyce.
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