The World Turned Upside Down

by David Drake; Eric Flint

• ISBN13: 9780743498746
• ISBN10: 0743498747
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-04
• Publisher: Baen

Summary

When readers first encounter science fiction, they find adventures on other planets and in future worlds, explorations of future technology and its implications, and extrapolations of social trends and warnings of where they may lead-but they also encounter concepts heretofore undreamed of, and the impact on the readers' thinking does nothing less than turn their world upside down. Now, David Drake, Jim Baen and Eric Flint gather together some of the greatest science fiction ever written in one volume, with each story chosen for a startling breakthrough concept which left readers stunned and changed the course of science fiction. In the Golden Age of science fiction, the SF magazines weren't given titles such as Astounding, Amazing, Startling, etc., for nothing! Pick up this generous serving of the very best of science fiction and prepared to be astounded, amazed, startled-and entertained.

Author Biography

David Drake is a Vietnam veteran, former lawyer, former bus driver, and best-selling author of many different types of science fiction and fantasy. Drake graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa, majoring in history (with honors) and Latin. His stint at Duke University Law School was interrupted by the U.S. Army, where he served as an enlisted interrogator with the 11th Armored Cavalry in Vietnam and Cambodia. Drake, his wife, and various pets live in Chatham County, NC, where he writes every day. Eric Flint is a popular new star of military and alternate history SF. His first novel for Baen, Mother of Demons, was chosen by Science Fiction Chronicle as a best novel of the year. His next novel, 1632, a major novel of time-travel adventure and alternate history, was a strong commercial and critical success, and has begun a popular series. With David Drake he has collaborated on five novels in the acclaimed "Belisarius" series, the latest being The Tide of Victory. A longtime labor union activist with a degree in history, he currently resides in northwest Indiana with his wife Lucille. Jim Baen is founder and editor-in-chief of Baen Books, one of the leading publishers in the fields of science fiction and fantasy, and is renowned throughout the science fiction field for his taste and ability to select authors with strong storytelling ability and steer them to commercial success. He lives in Wake Forest, NC.

Table of Contents

Preface	1	(2)
Rescue Party	3	(26)
Arthur C. Clarke
The Menace from Earth	29	(26)
Robert A. Heinlein
Code Three	55	(54)
Rick Raphael
Hunting Problem	109	(12)
Robert Sheckley
Black Destroyer	121	(32)
A. E. Van Vogt
A Pail of Air	153	(14)
Fritz Leiber
Thy Rocks and Rills	167	(28)
Robert Ernest Gilbert
A Gun for Dinosaur	195	(28)
L. Sprague de Camp
Goblin Night	223	(34)
James H. Schmitz
The Only Thing We Learn	257	(12)
C. M. Kornbluth
Trigger Tide	269	(14)
Wyman Guin
The Aliens	283	(36)
Murray Leinster
All the Way Back	319	(20)
Michael Shaara
The Last Command	339	(22)
Keith Laumer
Who Goes There?	361	(54)
John W. Campbell
Quietus	415	(14)
Ross Rocklynne
Answer	429	(2)
Fredric Brown
The Last Question	431	(14)
Isaac Asimov
The Cold Equations	445	(26)
Tom Godwin
Shambleau	471	(28)
C. L. Moore
Turning Point	499	(16)
Poul Anderson
Heavy Planet	515	(12)
Lee Gregor
Omnilingual	527	(40)
H. Beam Piper
The Gentle Earth	567	(56)
Christopher Anvil
Environment	623	(18)
Chester S. Geier
Liane the Wayfarer	641	(14)
Jack Vance
Spawn	655	(30)
P. Schuyler Miller
St. Dragon and the George	685	(36)
Gordon R. Dickson
Thunder and Roses	721
Theodore Sturgeon