Architects of Dreams

by Bailey, Robin Wayne

• ISBN13: 9781892065971
• ISBN10: 1892065975
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Meisha Merlin Pub

Summary

Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc. is very proud to announce the forthcoming publication of Architects of Dreams: The SFWA Author Emeritus Anthology, edited by Robin Wayne Bailey. This collection includes representative works of the first five recipients of the Science Fiction Writers of America's prestigious position of honor, Author Emeritus. The position was created in 1994 by SFWA's then central/south regional director, author/editor Robin Wayne Bailey, as a way of recognizing living authors who were pioneers in the genre. The authors whose works are collected here are: Emil Petaja (inducted in 1995) Wilson Tucker (1996) Judith Merril (1997) Nelson Bond (1998) and Philip Klass, who wrote under the pen-name William Tenn (1999). The collection, which will be published in both hard cover and trade paperback and will also feature introductions to each of the honored authors' works by a prominent author in the field today.

Table of Contents

Eagle Nebula	3	(12)
Introduction	11	(4)
Robin Wayne Bailey
EMIL PETAJA
Cassiopeia Bubble Nebula	15	(62)
Introduction	17	(4)
Robin Wayne Bailey
Where Is Thy Sting?	21	(10)
Hunger	31	(15)
Dark Balcony	46	(18)
Found Objects	64	(13)
WILSON TUCKER
Coincidentally aligned spiral galaxies	77	(58)
Introduction	79	(4)
Joe Haldeman
Time Exposures	83	(21)
The Tourist Trade	104	(11)
To a Ripe Old Age	115	(20)
JUDITH MERRIL
Southern Crab Nebula	135	(78)
Introduction	137	(4)
Connie Willis
That Only a Mother	141	(12)
Whoever You Are	153	(30)
Dead Center	183	(30)
NELSON BOND
A young planetary nebula	213	(94)
Introduction	215	(2)
Steven Gould
The Einstein Inshoot	217	(7)
And Lo! The Bird!	224	(15)
The Fountain	239	(68)
WILLIAM TENN
Lagoon Nebula ``twisters''	307	(2)
Introduction	309	(4)
James Gunn
Child's Play	313	(32)
Down Among the Dead Men	345	(28)
Eastward, Ho!	373