Another World : A Science Fiction Anthology

A collection of science fiction classics edited and introduced by the winner of fifteen Hugo awards for best editor, Gardner Dozois. From the introduction: Here is life on another world, in another place, another time. Here is what it is like to wear an alien skin. Here are new concepts, new vistas, magic. . . "Why read science fiction?" It's alive in a world of dead art, dead minds, dead institutions; it's a bright-eyed, irreverent little animal scurrying through a petrified landscape of old dead trees; it's unashamedly potent and prolific in a world that grows increasingly weary and sterile; it dares to raise its voice in boisterous joy, sorrow, and anger in a place full of sour silence and dead echoes. Contains these legendary tales: "The Oldest Soldier" by Fritz Leiber, "After the Myths Went Home," by Robert Silverberg, "The Stars Below," by Ursula K. Le Guin, "Straw," by Gene Wolfe, "On the Gem Planet," by Cordwainer Smith, "Beam Us Home" by James Tiptree, Jr.,"The Barbarian," by Joanna Russ, "Among the Hairy Earthmen," by R. A. Lafferty, "Man in the Jar," by Damon Knight, "Old Hundredth," by Brian W. Aldiss, and "The Signaller," by Keith Roberts. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). A collection of science fiction classics edited and introduced by the winner of fifteen Hugo awards for best editor, Gardner Dozois. From the introduction:Here is life on another world, in another place, another time. Here is what it is like to wear an alien skin. Here are new concepts, new vistas, magic. . . "Why read science fiction?" It's alive in a world of dead art, dead minds, dead institutions; it's a bright-eyed, irreverent little animal scurrying through a petrified landscape of old dead trees; it's unashamedly potent and prolific in a world that grows increasingly weary and sterile; it dares to raise its voice in boisterous joy, sorrow, and anger in a place full of sour silence and dead echoes. Contains these legendary tales: "The Oldest Soldier" by Fritz Leiber, "After the Myths Went Home," by Robert Silverberg, "The Stars Below," by Ursula K. Le Guin, "Straw," by Gene Wolfe, "On the Gem Planet," by Cordwainer Smith, "Beam Us Home" by James Tiptree, Jr., "The Barbarian," by Joanna Russ, "Among the Hairy Earthmen," by R.A. Lafferty, "Man in the Jar," by Damon Knight, "Old Hundredth," by Brian W. Aldiss, and "The Signaller," by Keith Roberts Contents 11 Introduction (Another World) (1977) essay by Gardner Dozois 15 The Oldest Soldier [Change War] (1960) shortstory by Fritz Leiber 36 After the Myths Went Home (1969) shortstory by Robert Silverberg 47 The Stars Below (1974) shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin 70 Straw (1975) shortstory by Gene Wolfe 80 On the Gem Planet [Casher O'Neill] (1963) novelette by Cordwainer Smith 113 Beam Us Home (1969) shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr. 131 The Barbarian [Alyx] (1968) novelette by Joanna Russ 157 Among the Hairy Earthmen (1966) shortstory by R. A. Lafferty 172 Man in the Jar (1957) shortstory by Damon Knight 188 Old Hundredth (1960) shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss 203 The Signaller [Pavane] (1966) novelette by Keith Roberts 243 Reader's Guide to SF (1977) essay by uncredited