First Voyages
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Editors | Damon Knight, Martin H. Greenberg and |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Avon Books |
Publication date | 1981 |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 373 |
ISBN | 0-380-77586-7 |
First Voyages is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Damon Knight, Martin H. Greenberg and , first published in paperback by Avon Books in May 1981. It is a compilation of the first published stories of twenty prominent authors in the genre, and an expansion of Knight's earlier First Flight: Maiden Voyages in Space and Time (Lancer Books, 1963), which covered ten of the same stories and authors.[1][2]
Contents[]
- "Introduction" (1963) by Damon Knight
- "The Isolinguals" (1937) by L. Sprague de Camp
- "The Faithful" (1938) by Lester del Rey
- "Black Destroyer" (1939) by A. E. van Vogt
- "Life-Line" (1939) by Robert A. Heinlein
- "Ether Breather" (1939) by Theodore Sturgeon
- "Proof" (1942) by Hal Clement
- "Loophole" (1946) by Arthur C. Clarke
- "Tomorrow's Children" (1947) by Poul Anderson
- "That Only a Mother" (1948) by Judith Merril
- "Scanners Live in Vain" (1950) by Cordwainer Smith
- "Time Trap" (1948) by Charles L. Harness
- "Defense Mechanism" (1949) by Katherine MacLean
- "Angel's Egg" (1951) by Edgar Pangborn
- "Come On, Wagon!" (1951) by Zenna Henderson
- "Walk to the World" (1952) by Algis Budrys
- "Beyond Lies the Wub" (1952) by Philip K. Dick
- "My Boy Friend's Name is Jello" (1954) by Avram Davidson
- "T" (1956) by Brian Aldiss
- "Prima Belladonna" (1956) by J. G. Ballard
- "April in Paris" (1962) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Notes[]
- ^ First Voyages title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ First Flight title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Categories:
- 1981 short story collections
- Science fiction anthologies
- Avon (publisher) books
- 1980s novel stubs