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* ShoutOut: "Literature/SummertimeOnIcarus", by Creator/ArthurCClarke, has the main [[CharacterNarrator character narrating]] to himself how [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the myth of Icarus and Daedalus inspired the name of the asteroid they're on.
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* ShoutOut: "Literature/SummertimeOnIcarus", by Creator/ArthurCClarke, has the main [[CharacterNarrator character narrating]] to himself how [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the myth of Icarus and Daedalus Daedalus]] inspired the name of the asteroid they're on.
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* INoun: "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, is written in the FirstPersonPerspective of a robot who enjoys dreaming of becoming a human.
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* INoun: ICommaNoun: "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, is written in the FirstPersonPerspective of a robot who enjoys dreaming of becoming a human.
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First published in 1979 by editors Creator/TheodoreWHipple and Creator/RobertGWright, this ScienceFiction GenreAnthology contains twenty stories by amazing authors.
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!!Works collected in ''The Worlds of Science Fiction'':
[[index]]
* "Literature/HarrisonBergeron", by Creator/KurtVonnegut (1961)
* "Literature/TheLastOfTheRomany", by Creator/NormanSpinrad (1963)
* "Literature/NewApplesInTheGarden", by Creator/KrisNeville (1963)
* "Literature/AScarabInTheCityOfTime", by Creator/MartaRandall (1975)
* "Literature/TheShrinesOfEarth", by Creator/RobertSilverberg (1957)
* "Literature/TheWeapon", by Creator/FredricBrown (1951)
* "Literature/TheGoodProvider", by Creator/MarionGross (1952)
* "Literature/TheWalls", by Creator/ZennaHenderson (1971)
* "Literature/SummertimeOnIcarus", by Creator/ArthurCClarke (1960)
* "[[Literature/GreenPatches Misbegotten Missionary]]", by Creator/IsaacAsimov (1950)
* "Literature/TheFatherThing", by Creator/PhilipKDick (1954)
* "Literature/DeafListener", by Creator/RachelCosgrovePayes (1973)
* "Literature/MinisterWithoutPortfolio", by Creator/MildredClingerman (1952)
* "The Fly", by Creator/ArthurPorges (1952)
* "Literature/SweetDreamsMelissa", by Creator/StephenGoldin (1968)
* "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr (1953)
* "Literature/FinalExam", by Creator/ChadOliver (1952)
* "{{Literature/Mariana}}", by Creator/FritzLeiber (1960)
* "Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado", by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe (1846)
* "Literature/UsherII", by Creator/RayBradbury (1950)
[[/index]]
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!!Tropes appearing in this collection:
* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: In "Literature/TheLastOfTheRomany", by Creator/NormanSpinrad, the spaceman is about to explain what happens when someone like Miklos goes to a playground to sings songs and tell stories to the children, and interrupts himself to clarify that he is speaking from experience.
* BinarySuns: In "Literature/TheShrinesOfEarth", by Creator/RobertSilverberg, the Albiero system supposedly has a yellow star and blue star in a binary arrangement, along with a habitable planet named New Gallia.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: In "Literature/TheShrinesOfEarth", by Creator/RobertSilverberg, tourists from New Gallia (a habitable planet in the Albiero system) are visiting pastoral Earth and the alien Hrossai are expected to invade in five or six years.
* CharacterNarrator:
** In "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, the story is told mostly from the first-person perspective of a robot.
** In "Literature/SummertimeOnIcarus", by Creator/ArthurCClarke, the story is in first-person perspective of an astronaut who accidentally got stuck on an asteroid.
* DrivenToSuicide: In "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, the robot protagonist is convinced to self-destruct on the basis that dying would be like sleeping, and they like to dream of becoming human.
* INoun: "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, is written in the FirstPersonPerspective of a robot who enjoys dreaming of becoming a human.
* JobStealingRobot: In "Literature/TheLastOfTheRomany", by Creator/NormanSpinrad, the characters discuss how automation has removed many aspects of jobs, but there is still a need for human analysis and decision-making. The job that machines have completely eliminated, however, is [[{{UsefulNotes/Romani}} the Romany]], or gypsies.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: In "Literature/TheShrinesOfEarth", by Creator/RobertSilverberg, humanity has [[CasualInterstellarTravel spread to the stars]]. Terrans manipulate the three strongest colonies into sending spaceships to defend their respective homelands from each other. They manipulated them in order to create a standing army to defend Earth from the alien Hrossi's expected invasion because the colony planets would otherwise ignore Earth's claim to defense.
* MultipleNarrativeModes: In "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, the first few paragraphs are presented in limited third person (and this perspective is [[PaintingTheMedium shown in italics]]). The perspective is limited to a very young baby. The perspective changes to [[CharacterNarrator the protagonist telling the story in first person]]. Later in the story [[spoiler:we learn that both the baby and the "robot" are probably the same person]].
* NamelessNarrative: In "Literature/TheLastOfTheRomany", by Creator/NormanSpinrad, the [[ProtagonistTitle title character]] is named Miklos, but no name is given for the bartender, the spaceman, either cop, or any of the children who talk and interact with him.
* OneWordTitle: "{{Literature/Mariana}}", by Creator/FritzLeiber.
* PaintingTheMedium: In "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, the first few paragraphs are presented in limited third person and in italics until [[MultipleNarrativeModes the narration changes to normal text and first-person perspective]].
* RaceAgainstTheClock: In "Literature/SummertimeOnIcarus", by Creator/ArthurCClarke, the main character is an astronaut on an asteroid close to the sun with only an hour left until dawn. Dawn, this close to the sun, will burn them alive. The plot is about their efforts to avoid that very painful death.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: In "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, even [[CharacterNarrator the robot telling the story]] notices the ridiculously human traits that have been included. It concludes that the ability to be illogical was deliberately programmed in to make it a more effective weapon for war.
* SelfDestructMechanism: In "Literature/SummertimeOnIcarus", by Creator/ArthurCClarke, the astronaut decides to kill himself rather than endure the metal-melting heat of sunside Icarus. Unfortunately for him, the mechanism was damaged when his shuttle crashed.
* ShoutOut: "Literature/SummertimeOnIcarus", by Creator/ArthurCClarke, has the main [[CharacterNarrator character narrating]] to himself how [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the myth of Icarus and Daedalus inspired the name of the asteroid they're on.
* SpaceNomads: In "Literature/TheLastOfTheRomany", by Creator/NormanSpinrad, the spaceman suggests to Miklos that [[{{UsefulNotes/Romani}} the Romany]] might be exploring outer space, where [[JobStealingRobot automation and laws have structured away human creativity]].
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!!Works collected in ''The Worlds of Science Fiction'':
[[index]]
* "Literature/HarrisonBergeron", by Creator/KurtVonnegut (1961)
* "Literature/TheLastOfTheRomany", by Creator/NormanSpinrad (1963)
* "Literature/NewApplesInTheGarden", by Creator/KrisNeville (1963)
* "Literature/AScarabInTheCityOfTime", by Creator/MartaRandall (1975)
* "Literature/TheShrinesOfEarth", by Creator/RobertSilverberg (1957)
* "Literature/TheWeapon", by Creator/FredricBrown (1951)
* "Literature/TheGoodProvider", by Creator/MarionGross (1952)
* "Literature/TheWalls", by Creator/ZennaHenderson (1971)
* "Literature/SummertimeOnIcarus", by Creator/ArthurCClarke (1960)
* "[[Literature/GreenPatches Misbegotten Missionary]]", by Creator/IsaacAsimov (1950)
* "Literature/TheFatherThing", by Creator/PhilipKDick (1954)
* "Literature/DeafListener", by Creator/RachelCosgrovePayes (1973)
* "Literature/MinisterWithoutPortfolio", by Creator/MildredClingerman (1952)
* "The Fly", by Creator/ArthurPorges (1952)
* "Literature/SweetDreamsMelissa", by Creator/StephenGoldin (1968)
* "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr (1953)
* "Literature/FinalExam", by Creator/ChadOliver (1952)
* "{{Literature/Mariana}}", by Creator/FritzLeiber (1960)
* "Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado", by Creator/EdgarAllanPoe (1846)
* "Literature/UsherII", by Creator/RayBradbury (1950)
[[/index]]
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!!Tropes appearing in this collection:
* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: In "Literature/TheLastOfTheRomany", by Creator/NormanSpinrad, the spaceman is about to explain what happens when someone like Miklos goes to a playground to sings songs and tell stories to the children, and interrupts himself to clarify that he is speaking from experience.
* BinarySuns: In "Literature/TheShrinesOfEarth", by Creator/RobertSilverberg, the Albiero system supposedly has a yellow star and blue star in a binary arrangement, along with a habitable planet named New Gallia.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: In "Literature/TheShrinesOfEarth", by Creator/RobertSilverberg, tourists from New Gallia (a habitable planet in the Albiero system) are visiting pastoral Earth and the alien Hrossai are expected to invade in five or six years.
* CharacterNarrator:
** In "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, the story is told mostly from the first-person perspective of a robot.
** In "Literature/SummertimeOnIcarus", by Creator/ArthurCClarke, the story is in first-person perspective of an astronaut who accidentally got stuck on an asteroid.
* DrivenToSuicide: In "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, the robot protagonist is convinced to self-destruct on the basis that dying would be like sleeping, and they like to dream of becoming human.
* INoun: "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, is written in the FirstPersonPerspective of a robot who enjoys dreaming of becoming a human.
* JobStealingRobot: In "Literature/TheLastOfTheRomany", by Creator/NormanSpinrad, the characters discuss how automation has removed many aspects of jobs, but there is still a need for human analysis and decision-making. The job that machines have completely eliminated, however, is [[{{UsefulNotes/Romani}} the Romany]], or gypsies.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: In "Literature/TheShrinesOfEarth", by Creator/RobertSilverberg, humanity has [[CasualInterstellarTravel spread to the stars]]. Terrans manipulate the three strongest colonies into sending spaceships to defend their respective homelands from each other. They manipulated them in order to create a standing army to defend Earth from the alien Hrossi's expected invasion because the colony planets would otherwise ignore Earth's claim to defense.
* MultipleNarrativeModes: In "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, the first few paragraphs are presented in limited third person (and this perspective is [[PaintingTheMedium shown in italics]]). The perspective is limited to a very young baby. The perspective changes to [[CharacterNarrator the protagonist telling the story in first person]]. Later in the story [[spoiler:we learn that both the baby and the "robot" are probably the same person]].
* NamelessNarrative: In "Literature/TheLastOfTheRomany", by Creator/NormanSpinrad, the [[ProtagonistTitle title character]] is named Miklos, but no name is given for the bartender, the spaceman, either cop, or any of the children who talk and interact with him.
* OneWordTitle: "{{Literature/Mariana}}", by Creator/FritzLeiber.
* PaintingTheMedium: In "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, the first few paragraphs are presented in limited third person and in italics until [[MultipleNarrativeModes the narration changes to normal text and first-person perspective]].
* RaceAgainstTheClock: In "Literature/SummertimeOnIcarus", by Creator/ArthurCClarke, the main character is an astronaut on an asteroid close to the sun with only an hour left until dawn. Dawn, this close to the sun, will burn them alive. The plot is about their efforts to avoid that very painful death.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: In "Literature/IDreamer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, even [[CharacterNarrator the robot telling the story]] notices the ridiculously human traits that have been included. It concludes that the ability to be illogical was deliberately programmed in to make it a more effective weapon for war.
* SelfDestructMechanism: In "Literature/SummertimeOnIcarus", by Creator/ArthurCClarke, the astronaut decides to kill himself rather than endure the metal-melting heat of sunside Icarus. Unfortunately for him, the mechanism was damaged when his shuttle crashed.
* ShoutOut: "Literature/SummertimeOnIcarus", by Creator/ArthurCClarke, has the main [[CharacterNarrator character narrating]] to himself how [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the myth of Icarus and Daedalus inspired the name of the asteroid they're on.
* SpaceNomads: In "Literature/TheLastOfTheRomany", by Creator/NormanSpinrad, the spaceman suggests to Miklos that [[{{UsefulNotes/Romani}} the Romany]] might be exploring outer space, where [[JobStealingRobot automation and laws have structured away human creativity]].
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