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Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction

Gardner Dozois, editor of many anthologies, collects important novellas in Science Fiction the 1960's to the 1980's.

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ix * Preface (Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction) * (1994) * essay by Gardner Dozois

1 * The Miracle Workers * (1958) * novella by Jack Vance (aka The Miracle-Workers)

65 * The Longest Voyage * (1960) * novelette by Poul Anderson

94 * On the Storm Planet * [Casher O'Neill] * (1965) * novella by Cordwainer Smith

164 * The Star Pit * (1967) * novella by Samuel R. Delany

221 * Total Environment * (1968) * novelette by Brian W. Aldiss

260 * The Merchants of Venus * [Heechee] * (1972) * novella by Frederik Pohl

321 * The Death of Doctor Island * [Archipelago] * (1973) * novella by Gene Wolfe (aka The Death of Dr. Island)

373 * Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang * (1974) * novella by Kate Wilhelm

415 * Souls * (1982) * novella by Joanna Russ

459 * A Traveler's Tale * (1984) * novella by Lucius Shepard

504 * Sailing to Byzantium * (1985) * novella by Robert Silverberg

561 * Mr. Boy * (1990) * novella by James Patrick Kelly

617 * And Wild for to Hold * (1991) * novella by Nancy Kress

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 657 pages

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