The Martian Odyssey and Other SF

The Martian Odyssey and Other SF

Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum

Publisher: Aegypan

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781603125895

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Stanley G. Weinbaum is a figure who looms large in the history of SF: years before John W. Campbell began editing "Astounding, he was writing stories that had much the same appeal. He came, in a real sense, out of nowhere -- not literally, but close to it. Most of the folks writing SF in the first years of the genre were folks who'd write "any sort of "pulp fiction for the pulps: westerns today, confessions tomorrow, mysteries on Thursdays, and oh, yes, scientificition on weekends. Weinbaum started out trying to be a writer of that stripe -- he managed to publish a women's serial called "The Lady Dances through the King-Features newspaper syndicate in 1933, as "Marge Stanley." A serial that's never been reprinted, much to universal regret). But when the weekend came and he tried his hand at SF, something special happened. The book you hold in your hand is a bit of that specialness. It includes half a dozen of Weinbaum's scientifictional stories -- "A Martian Odyssey" (of course!), "Valley of Dreams," "The Worlds of If," "The Ideal," "The Point of View," and "Pygmalion's Spectacles." Enjoy!


Valley of Dreams

Valley of Dreams

Author: Stanely G. Weinbaum

Publisher: eStar Books

Published: 2014-10-10

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 1612108318

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The sequel to “A Martian Odyssey”, Dick Jarvis and Frenchy Lerory set out to retrieve the film Jarvis took before his rocket crashed the week before, along the way Lerory and Jarvis stop at to get a closer look at the local wild life and seek out their Martian friend Tweel…


We Who Are About To . . .

We Who Are About To . . .

Author: Joanna Russ

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2018-05-08

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1504050967

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One woman resists the demands of her fellow stranded survivors on an inhospitable planet in this “elegant and electric . . . tour-de-force” (Samuel R. Delany). In this stunning and boldly imagined novel, an explosion leaves the passengers of a starship marooned on a barren alien planet. Despite only a slim chance for survival, most of the strangers are determined to colonize their new home. But the civilization they hoped for rapidly descends into a harsh microcosm of a male-dominated society, with the females in the group relegated to the subservient position of baby-makers. One holdout wants to accept her fate realistically and prepare for death. But her desperate fellow survivors have no intention of honoring her individual right to choose. They’re prepared to force her to submit to their plan for reproduction—which will prove to be a grave mistake . . . In Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Joanna Russ’s trailblazing body of work, “her genius flows and convinces, shames and alarms” (The Washington Post).


Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

Author: Andy Weir

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2021-05-04

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 0593135210

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science—in development as a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling. HUGO AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: Bill Gates, GatesNotes, New York Public Library, Parade, Newsweek, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal • “An epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi.”—USA Today “If you loved The Martian, you’ll go crazy for Weir’s latest.”—The Washington Post Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.


The Worlds of If

The Worlds of If

Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 1775459756

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In "The Worlds of If," author Stanley Weinbaum plays with a concept that has been at the center of countless science fiction tales before and after: how the most minute shifts can alter the past, present and future. In this case, nutty professor Haskel van Manderpootz invents a contraption that allows users to view alternate life paths that might have transpired if they had made different choices along the way.


The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories

The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories

Author: Tom Shippey

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2003-01

Total Pages: 587

ISBN-13: 9780192803818

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A collection of classic science fiction short stories features tales by H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clark, Frederik Pohl, Clifford Simak, Brian Aldiss, Ursala K. LeGuin, and many others. Edited by the author of The Road to Middle-Earth. 20,000 first printing.


The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction

Author: Arthur B. Evans

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2010-08

Total Pages: 787

ISBN-13: 0819569550

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The best single-volume anthology of science fiction available—includes online teacher's guide The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction features over a 150 years' worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and startling futuristic speculations, these stories will appeal to all readers as they chart the emergence and evolution of science fiction as a modern literary genre. They also provide a fascinating look at how our Western technoculture has imaginatively expressed its hopes and fears from the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century to the digital age of today. A free online teacher's guide at http://sfanthology.site.wesleyan.edu/ accompanies the anthology and offers access to a host of pedagogical aids for using this book in an academic setting. The stories in this anthology have been selected and introduced by the editors of Science Fiction Studies, the world's most respected journal for the critical study of science fiction.


The Sex Column and Other Misprints

The Sex Column and Other Misprints

Author: David Langford

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2005-07-01

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1930997787

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A collection of columns by the author, some previously published in SFX magazine.