![]() ![]() Terascourus the Singer And young Jaer, whose like has never been seen Jaer, the greatest riddle of all… Thewson of the Lion Courts, Queen of the Beasts. Craft’s cover for the 1st edition)įrom the back cover: “They seek to answer riddles that have no answer They are bound on a quest that has no end. Miller, Jr.’s “The Ties That Bing” (1954). Young’s “One Love Have I” (1955), Kris Neville’s “Worship Night” (1953), Norman Corwin’s “In Space with Runyon Jones” (1952), Walter M. Nolan’s “Lap of the Primitive” (1958), Robert Bloch’s “The Old College Try” (1963), Ray Russell’s “I Am Returning” (1961), Robert Sheckley’s “Restricted Area” (1953), Robert F. Simmons’ “One Night Stand” (1963), Charles Beaumont’s “Elegy” (1953), William F. The 14 fascinating, disturbing-or just extraordinary-stories in this collection are classic examples of an important and visionary art.”Ĭontents: Ray Bradbury’s “The Blue Bottle” (1950), Chad Oliver’s “The Wind Blows Free” (1957), Ron Goulart’s “Society for the Prevention” (1964), Herbert A. Their work is a tribute to the scope-and the power-of the human imagination. Unlike the mainstream novel, it is not limited by time and place, or by conventional ‘wisdom.’ The best writers in the genre are pioneers, deliberately questioning the nature of reality, breaking down the boundaries of thought which limit our appreciation of its luminous possibilities. (Bob Layzell’s cover for the 1980 edition)įrom the back cover: “NO BOUNDARIES! Science Fiction, recognizes no boundaries. Which have you read? Disliked? Enjoyed?ġ. Let me know what books/covers intrigue you. His first novel, Tintangel (1981) has a bizarre premise (see blurb below). Paul Cook is another unknown author to me. French post-apocalyptic SF in translation! With an awful cover…Ĥ. ![]() ![]() the novel has a fun map which I’ll feature in a Monday Maps and Diagrams post.ģ. I wish it would be a tad more descriptive…. I often explore the back catalog before plunging into the best known novels of an author- The Revenants, her first published novel, is “a long, complex work of SF” according to SF Encyclopedia. Tepper is a glaring hole in my SF knowledge. I’ve previously reviewed Oliver’s The Shores of Another Sea (1971).Ģ. As I’ve not been enamored with his brand of SF, I’m eager to try a short story on a favorite theme far outside of his normal anthropological-focused oeuvre. I bought this themeless hodgepodge anthology for two reasons–the UK 1980 edition has a cool spaceship! And second, it contains Chad Oliver’s generation ship short story “The Wind Blows Free” (1957). ![]()
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