Literature / The World Treasury of Science Fiction

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Works in this anthology:

• "Harrison Bergeron", by Kurt Vonnegut (1961, English)
• "Forgetfulness", by John W. Campbell (1937, English)
• "Special Flight", by John Berryman (1939, English)
• "Chronopolis", by J. G. Ballard (1960, English)
• "Triceratops", by Kono Tensei (1982, Japanese)
• "The Man Who Lost The Sea", by Theodore Sturgeon (1959, English)
• "On The Inside Track", by Karl Michael Armer (1986, German)
• "The Golem", by Avram Davidson (1955, English)
• "The New Prehistory", by Rene Rebetez Cortes (1967, Spanish)
• "A Meeting With Medusa", by Arthur C. Clarke (1971, English)
• "The Valley Of Echoes", by Gerard Klein (1959, French)
• "The Fifth Head Of Cerberus", by Gene Wolfe (1972, English)
• "The Chaste Planet", by John Updike (1975, English)
• "The Blind Pilot", by Nathalie Henneberg (1959, French)
• "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed", by Alfred Bester (1958, English)
• "Pairpuppets", by Manuel Van Loggem (1972, Dutch)
• "Two Dooms", by Cyril M. Kornbluth (1958, English)
• "Tale Of The Computer That Fought A Dragon", by Stanisław Lem (1964, Polish)
• "The Green Hills of Earth", by Robert A. Heinlein (1947, English)
• "Ghost V", by Robert Sheckley (1954, English)
• "The Phantom Of Kansas", by John Varley (1976, English)
• "Captain Nemos Last Adventure", by Josef Nesvadba (1960, Czech)
• "Inconstant Moon", by Larry Niven (1971, English)
• "The Gold At The Starbows End", by Frederik Pohl (1972, English)
• "A Sign In Space", by Italo Calvino (1964, Italian)
• "The Spiral", by Italo Calvino (1965, Italian)
• "The Dead Past", by Isaac Asimov (1956, English)
• "The Lens", by Annemarie Van Ewijck (1984, English)
• "The Hurkle Is A Happy Beast", by Theodore Sturgeon (1949, English)
• "Zero Hour", by Ray Bradbury (1947, English)
• "Nine Lives", by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969, English)
• "The Muse", by Anthony Burgess (1968, English)
• "The Public Hating", by Steve Allen (1955, English)
• "Poor Superman", by Fritz Leiber (1951, English)
• "Angouleme", by Thomas M. Disch (1971, English)
• "Stranger Station", by Damon Knight (1956, English)
• "The Dead Fish", by Boris Vian (1947, French)
• "I Was The First To Find You", by Kirill Bulychev (1970, Russian)
• "The Lineman", by Walter M Miller Jr (1957, English)
• "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", by Jorge Luis Borges (1940, Spanish)
• "Codemus", by Tor Age Bringsvaerd (1968, Norwegian Bokmal)
• "A Kind Of Artistry", by Brian Aldiss (1962, English)
• "Second Variety", by Philip K. Dick (1953, English)
• "Weihnachtsabend", by Keith Roberts (1972, English)
• "I Do Not Love Thee Doctor Fell", by Robert Bloch (1955)
• "Aye, and Gomorrah...", by Samuel R. Delany (1967, English)
• "How Erg The Self Inducting Slew A Paleface", by Stanisław Lem (1964, Polish)
• "Nobodys Home", by Joanna Russ (1972, English)
• "Party Line", by Gerard Klein (1969, French)
• "The Proud Robot", by Lewis Padgett (1943, English)
• "Vintage Season", by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore (1946, English)
• "The Way To Amalteia", by Boris Strugatsky and Arkady Strugatsky (1960, Russian)

Tropes appearing in this work:

• Artistic License – Space: The cover presents an awesome Earth-rise from behind the moon, framed by a red nebula that goes from hot pink to dark black. Awesome cover, but complete fiction.
• Doorstopper: Due to the inclusion of over fifty stories (many of which are at the longer end of Short Story), this Anthology clocks in at over 1100 pages.
• In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It: The cover of the Anthology mentions Clifton Fadiman wrote the introduction because, at the time, he was a famous celebrity in the Science Fiction community, having made the transition to mainstream publicity.
• Novelette:
  • "Captain Nemos Last Adventure", by Josef Nesvadba (1960)
  • "Chronopolis", by J. G. Ballard (1960)
  • "The Dead Past", by Isaac Asimov
  • "Forgetfulness", by John W. Campbell (1937)
  • "Inconstant Moon", by Larry Niven (1971)
  • "A Kind Of Artistry", by Brian Aldiss (1962)
  • "A Meeting With Medusa", by Arthur C. Clarke (1971)
  • "Nine Lives", by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)
  • "On The Inside Track", by Karl Michael Armer (1986)
  • "Party Line", by Gerard Klein (1969)
  • "The Phantom Of Kansas", by John Varley (1976)
  • "Poor Superman", by Fritz Leiber (1951)
  • "The Proud Robot", by Lewis Padgett (1943)
  • "Second Variety", by Philip K. Dick (1953)
  • "Special Flight", by John Berryman (1939)
  • "Stranger Station", by Damon Knight (1956)
  • "Triceratops", by Kono Tensei (1982)
  • "Vintage Season", by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore (1946)
  • "Weihnachtsabend", by Keith Roberts (1972)
• Novella:
  • "The Fifth Head Of Cerberus", by Gene Wolfe (1972)
  • "The Gold At The Starbows End", by Frederik Pohl (1972)
  • "The Lineman", by Walter M Miller Jr (1957)
  • "Two Dooms", by Cyril M. Kornbluth (1958)
  • "The Way To Amalteia", by Boris Strugatsky and Arkady Strugatsky (1960)
• One-Word Title:
  • "Angouleme", by Thomas M. Disch (1971)
  • "Chronopolis", by J. G. Ballard (1960)
  • "Codemus", by Tor Age Bringsvaerd (1968)
  • "Pairpuppets", by Manuel Van Loggem (1972)
  • "Triceratops", by Kono Tensei (1982)
  • "Weihnachtsabend", by Keith Roberts (1972)
• Pen Name: "The Proud Robot" is credited to Lewis Padgett, a name used by the team of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore when co-authoring a story.