The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Garyn G. Roberts (Prentice-Hall, January 2001, 0-13-021280-6, $47.00, 1166pp, tp, an, cover by Frank R. Paul)
Teaching anthology of 87 stories, plus one essay, covering fantastic fiction from Poe and Shelley to Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and Kim Stanley Robinson. Roberts provides background information on SF, fantasy, and dark fantasy/horror in general, with story introductions discussing the authors’ contributions to the field. This has an index, and various lists of SF in other media, SF themes, and notable studies and anthologies. Foreword by Jack Williamson.
- xi · Foreword · Jack Williamson · fw
- xv · Preface · Garyn G. Roberts · pr
- 1 · Stories for the Millennium: Science Fiction and Fantasy as Contemporary Mythology · Garyn G. Roberts · in
- · Section One: Two Archetypal Stories
- 7 · Enduring Traditions of Mary Shelley and Edgal Allan Poe · Garyn G. Roberts · si (r)
- 8 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary W. Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833
- 16 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839
- · Section Two: Fantasy
- · Stories of the Fantastique, Tales of the Quest
- 31 · Dark Fantasy: Edgar Allan Poe, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, and Stephen King—and Traditions Before, Between, and Since · Garyn G. Roberts · si (r)
- 33 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 41 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas 1852, uncredited.
- 54 · No. 1 Branch Line, the Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866
- 62 · The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1870
- 69 · The Body Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884
- 80 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893
- 86 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914
written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.
- 94 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- 101 · The Colour Out of Space [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Amazing Stories September 1927
- 120 · The Three Marked Pennies · M. E. Counselman · ss Weird Tales August 1934
- 125 · Catnip · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales March 1948
- 134 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948
- 140 · To Serve Man · Damon Knight · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950
- 145 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 7 1950
- 148 · The Howling Man · Charles Beaumont · ss Rogue November 1959, as by C. B. Lovehill
- 158 · Duel · Richard Matheson · nv Playboy April 1971
- 174 · The Raft · Stephen King · nv Gallery November 1982
- 193 · Nightcrawlers · Robert R. McCammon · nv Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984
- 207 · High Fantasy: Ancestors and Disciples of Robert E. Howard and J. R. R. Tolkien · Garyn G. Roberts · si (r)
- 208 · The Gray Wolf · George MacDonald · ss Works of Fancy and Imagination by George MacDonald, Alexander Strahan, 1871
- 212 · The People of the Pit · A. Merritt · ss The Third Omnibus of Crime ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Coward-McCann, 1942
revised from All-Story Weekly, January 5, 1918.
- 224 · Friend Island · Francis Stevens · ss All-Story Weekly September 7 1918
- 232 · The City of the Singing Flame [City of Singing Flame] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Wonder Stories July 1931
- 256 · The Tower of the Elephant [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales March 1933
- 272 · Riddles in the Dark · J. R. R. Tolkien · ex from The Hobbit, Allen & Unwin, 1937
- 283 · Smoke Ghost · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown Worlds October 1941
- 294 · The Strange Drug of Doctor Caber [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss The Fourth Book of Jorkens by Lord Dunsany, Jarrolds, 1947
- 297 · Anything Box · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1956
- 306 · The Drowned Giant · J. G. Ballard · ss The Terminal Beach by J. G. Ballard, Gollancz, 1964
- 313 · Red as Blood · Tanith Lee · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1979
- 320 · The Malaysian Mer · Jane Yolen · ss Neptune Rising by Jane Yolen, Philomel, 1982
- 325 · Troll Bridge · Neil Gaiman · ss Snow White, Blood Red ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1993
- 332 · Thirteen Phantasms · James P. Blaylock · ss Omni Online October 1996
- · Section Three: Science Fiction
- 343 · Jules Verne, Herbert George Wells, Hugo Gernsback, and the Early Days of Modern Scientifiction · Garyn G. Roberts · si (r)
- 346 · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited.
- 361 · The Clock That Went Backwards · Edward Page Mitchell · ss The Sun September 18 1881
- 370 · An Express of the Future · Jules Verne (error, actually by Michel Verne) · ss The Strand Magazine December 1895
translated from the French (“Un express de l’avenir”, Les Annales Politiques et Littéraires, 27 August 1895).
- 373 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897
- 380 · The Ray of Displacement · Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford · nv Metropolitan Magazine October 1903
- 390 · A Princess of Mars [Barsoom] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, October 1917
- 495 · The Eggs from Lake Tanganyika · Curt Siodmak; translated by C. A. Brandt · ss Amazing Stories July 1926
- 501 · The Fate of the Poseidonia · Clare Winger Harris · ss Amazing Stories June 1927
- 515 · The Conquest of Gola · Leslie F. Stone · ss Wonder Stories April 1931
- 544 · Robot Nemesis · E. E. “Doc” Smith · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1939
revised from “What a Course!’”, Fantasy Magazine, Jul ’34.
- 556 · A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories July 1934
- 574 · Robbie [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories September 1940, as “Strange Playfellow”
- 587 · Jay Score [Jay Score] · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1941
- 599 · The Weapon Shop [Isher] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science-Fiction December 1942
- 626 · “Arena” · Fredric Brown · nv Astounding Science Fiction June 1944
- 644 · Thunder and Roses · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1947
- 660 · That Only a Mother · Judith Merril · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1948
- 667 · Enchantress of Venus [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Fall 1949
- 709 · The Long Watch · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The American Legion Magazine December 1949
- 718 · There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950
- 723 · Invasion · Frank Belknap Long · ss Startling Stories July 1950
- 728 · The Harpers of Titan [Captain Future (Curt Newton)] · Edmond Hamilton (ghost written by Leigh Brackett) · nv Startling Stories September 1950
- 745 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity”
- 751 · Pictures Don’t Lie · Katherine MacLean · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951
- 763 · The Lovers [The Sturch] · Philip José Farmer · na Startling Stories August 1952
- 816 · Mousetrap · Andre Norton · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1954
- 821 · Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954
- 835 · Exiles of Tomorrow · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss Fantastic Universe March 1955
- 839 · Dust Rag · Hal Clement · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1956
- 852 · Or All the Seas with Oysters · Avram Davidson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1958
- 859 · The Store of the Worlds · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1959, as “The World of Heart’s Desire”
- 864 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961
- 868 · Without a Thought [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · ss If January 1963, as “Fortress Ship”
- 875 · The Fiend · Frederik Pohl · ss Playboy April 1964
- 880 · We Can Remember It for You Wholesale · Philip K. Dick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966
- 894 · Driftglass · Samuel R. Delany · ss If June 1967
- 907 · The Jigsaw Man [Known Space] · Larry Niven · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967
- 915 · The Last Flight of Dr. Ain · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1969
- 922 · Seed Stock · Frank Herbert · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1970
- 930 · Roommates · Harry Harrison · nv The Ruins of Earth ed. Thomas M. Disch, Putnam, 1971
- 946 · When It Changed [Whileaway] · Joanna Russ · ss Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972
- 951 · The Undercity · Dean R. Koontz · ss Future City ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1973
- 960 · Opening Fire · Barry N. Malzberg · ss The New Mind ed. Roger Elwood, Macmillan, 1973
- 964 · The Engine at Heartspring’s Center · Roger Zelazny · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact July 1974
- 970 · Ender’s Game [Ender Wiggin] · Orson Scott Card · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1977
- 996 · Melancholy Elephants · Spider Robinson · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact June 1982
- 1006 · Burning Chrome · William Gibson · nv Omni July 1982
- 1019 · Blood Music · Greg Bear · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact June 1983
- 1035 · Bloodchild · Octavia Butler · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1984
- 1048 · The Plague Star [Haviland Tuf] · George R. R. Martin · na Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact January 1985 (+1)
- 1107 · Remaking History · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1988
- 1116 · The Purchase of Earth · Jack Williamson · ss Science Fiction Age July 1998
- · Section Four: An Historical Perspective
- 1127 · How Science Fiction Got Its Name · Sam Moskowitz · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1957
- · Section Five: Lists and Bibliographies
- 1137 · Fantasy and Science Fiction Film and Television · [uncredited] · ms
- 1140 · Fantasy and Science Fiction Radio Series · [uncredited] · ms
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