Reflections and Refractions: Thoughts on Science-Fiction, Science, and Other Matters (var. 1) by Robert Silverberg (NonStop Press, September 2016, 978-1-933065-51-9, $24.00, 455pp, tp, co, cover by Luis Ortiz)
Non-fiction collection of 95 essays on SF, science, writing, and other topics, expanded from the 1997 Underwood Books edition, with a new foreword by Silverberg and seven added essays.
- 8 · Foreword to the New Edition · Robert Silverberg · fw
- 10 · Pontifications · Robert Silverberg · fw Reflections and Refractions by Robert Silverberg, Underwood, 1997
- · One: Science Fiction: Some General Thoughts
- 20 · Enwonderment · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1994
- 24 · Bat Durston’s Blasting Jets · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic November 1984
- 27 · Dumbing Down · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories September 1985
- 30 · All Those Picture-Books · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic May 1981
- 33 · Picture-Books, Continued · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic January 1982
- 36 · Too Many Sequels · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic March 1982
- 39 · The Way the Future Looks: Blade Runner and THX-1138 · Robert Silverberg · ar Omni’s Screen Flights/Screen Fantasies ed. Danny Peary, Doubleday, 1984
- 45 · Lost in Translation · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1999
- 49 · Science Fiction and the Future · Robert Silverberg · ar Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art Summer 1974
- 56 · Boomers and the Science Fiction Boom · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic July 1983
- 59 · The Audience Grows Older · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction October 1995
- 63 · Gresham’s Law and Science Fiction · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1995
- 67 · Gresham’s Law, Continued · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1995
- · Two: About Science and Society
- 71 · Genetic Hysteria · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories May 1985
- 75 · More Genetic Hysteria · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories July 1985
- 78 · Those Sinister Antifreeze Bacteria Again · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories November 1987
- 81 · The Case Against the Antifreeze Bacteria · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories May 1988
- 84 · Killer Tomatoes from Outer Space · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories November 1990
- 87 · Genetic Luddites Yet Again · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories November 1992
- 91 · The Last of the Codfish · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1995
- 95 · Extinct Again · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1996
- 99 · A Pair of Ragged Jaws · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2005
- 103 · A Species Saved Is a Species Earned · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1995
- 107 · Ovary Transplants? · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1994
- 111 · The Gay Gene: One · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories January 1992
- 115 · The Gay Gene: Two · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories Fall 1994
- 119 · Warning: Radiation Zone · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories November 1985
- 122 · Embalm Your Spouse · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories July 1987
- 125 · Creationism · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories July 1989
- 128 · Feedback · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories March 1989
- 131 · Alternative Energy Sources · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic September 1983
- 134 · Getting Rid of Acid Rain · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic Stories January 1985
- 137 · Getting Rid of Acid Rain, Continued · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic Stories March 1985
- 140 · The Green Flash · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories September 1992
- 144 · Gods Almighty · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1996
- 148 · The Voyager Photos · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories September 1991
- 151 · Six Trillion Miles High · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1997
- · Three: The Profession of Writing
- 156 · The Making of a Science-Fiction Writer · Robert Silverberg · in Robert Silverberg’s Worlds of Wonder ed. Robert Silverberg, Warner, 1987
- 189 · The Long Despair of Doing Nothing Well · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories December 1991
- 193 · Falsus in Uno, Falsus in Omnibus · Robert Silverberg · cl Galileo November 1979
- 196 · The Curse of Thoth · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories October 1991
- 200 · Beginnings · Robert Silverberg · ar L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge, 1985, as “A Writer’s Beginnings”
- 203 · To a Writer Just Starting Out · Robert Silverberg · ar L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume X ed. Dave Wolverton, Bridge, 1994
- 207 · The Perils of Prosperity · Robert Silverberg · cl Galileo #9, 1978
- 210 · Starting Too Soon · Robert Silverberg · cl Galileo #10, 1978
- 213 · Becoming a Writer · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories May 1986
- 216 · What a Writer Needs to Know · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories July 1986
- 219 · Short Stories vs. Novels · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories August 1992
- 223 · Revisions · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic January 1983
- 226 · Writers’ Correspondence · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic November 1982
- 229 · Long-Term Careers · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories August 1993
- · Four: Colleagues
- 234 · Players on the Team · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction November 1994
- 238 · Going to Conventions · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories September 1993
- 245 · Isaac · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories June 1992 [Ref. Isaac Asimov]
- 249 · Heinlein · Robert Silverberg · bg Requiem by Robert A. Heinlein, Tor, 1992 [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein]
- 254 · Don Wollheim · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories June 1991 [Ref. Donald A. Wollheim]
- 258 · Lester · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories July 1993 [Ref. Lester Del Rey]
- 262 · Campbell, Boucher, Gold · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1996 [Ref. John W. Campbell, Jr., Anthony Boucher & H. L. Gold]
- 266 · Philip K. Dick: A Premature Memoir · Robert Silverberg · ar Philip K. Dick: The Last Testament by Gregg Rickman, Fragments West, 1985 [Ref. Philip K. Dick]
- 270 · James Tiptree, Jr. · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories March 1993 [Ref. James Tiptree, Jr.]
- 274 · Roger and John · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1996 [Ref. Roger Zelazny & John Brunner]
- 280 · Harlan · Robert Silverberg · bg The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1977 [Ref. Harlan Ellison]
- 287 · Theodore Sturgeon · Robert Silverberg · ob Locus June 1985, as “[obituary of Theodore Sturgeon]” [Ref. Theodore Sturgeon]
- 289 · Jack Williamson · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories November 1988 [Ref. Jack Williamson]
- · Five: Introductions
- 293 · The Lost World · Robert Silverberg · in Easton Press, 1995 [Ref. Arthur Conan Doyle]
- 299 · The Magic and Mystery of Kong · Robert Silverberg · ar Kong Unbound ed. Karen Haber, Pocket, 2005
- 314 · City: Clifford D. Simak · Robert Silverberg · ar from City, Easton Press, 1996 [Ref. Clifford D. Simak]
- 320 · The Road Not Taken · Robert Silverberg · ar (r)
- 324 · Omega, Camille Flammarion · Robert Silverberg · in Bison Books, March 1999 [Ref. Camille Flammarion]
- 330 · Jack Vance: The Eyes of the Overworld and the Dying Earth · Robert Silverberg · ar from The Eyes of the Overworld and the Dying Earth, Gregg Press, 1977 [Ref. Jack Vance]
- 339 · Philip K. Dick: The Short Fiction · Robert Silverberg · ar Amazing Stories: The Anthology ed. Kim Mohan, Tor, 1995 [Ref. Philip K. Dick]
- 348 · Zelazny: This Immortal · Robert Silverberg · ar from This Immortal, Easton Press, 1986 [Ref. Roger Zelazny]
- · Six: Today’s World
- 354 · The Power of Words: One · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction November 1995
- 358 · The Power of Words: Two · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1996
- 362 · Gourmet to Go · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1996
- 366 · The International Language · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction July 1996
- 370 · The Fragmented Global Village · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic May 1983
- 373 · Political Correctness, One: Minority Hypersensitivity · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic November 1981
- 376 · Political Correctness, Two: Redskins and Bloody-Nosed Aliens · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories July 1988
- 379 · Political Correctness, Three: Geezer Ruminations · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories September 1990
- 382 · I’d Like to Talk to You, Robert · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories January 1991
- 386 · Gold Doesn’t Smell · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1995
- 390 · Struldbrugs · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories July 1992
- 394 · When Empires End · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories March 1992
- 397 · The Revenge of History · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories October 1993
- 401 · Holocaust Deniers · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories Winter 1994
- 405 · Coming Attractions · Robert Silverberg · cl Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1997
- · Seven: A Few Personal Items
- 410 · The Books of Childhood · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories April 1992
- 414 · The Books of Childhood, Continued · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories October 1992
- 418 · The Oakland Fire · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Stories February 1992
- 422 · Dreams · Robert Silverberg · ar Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1995, as “Alive As You and Me”
- 426 · A Science-Fiction Garden · Robert Silverberg · ar Heavy Metal January 1981
- 428 · The Making of Majipoor · Robert Silverberg · ar The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America #132, Winter 1996
- 437 · Why I Wrote a Sequel After All · Robert Silverberg · cl Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic January 1984
- 441 · Introduction to “Sundance” · Robert Silverberg · ar Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Mentor, 1973
- 447 · Index · [uncredited] · ix
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