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Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science

Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science

Gregory Benford & George Zebrowski

13 of 2001 Locus Award for Best Anthology Anthology Essay Library - Science Fiction and Fantasy _isfdb

Publisher: Harcourt

Published: Apr 2, 2000

Description:

i • Cover: Analog, September 1962 • (1962) • interior artwork by George Solonevich [as bySolonevich]
ii • The Thousand-Year Ark • (1953) • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
iii • The Problem of Space Flying (Cover: Scienc Wonder Stories, August, 1929) • (1929) • interior artwork by Frank R. Paul
iv • Across the Space Frontier • (1953) • interior artwork by Chesley Bonestell
vi • The High Frontier (interior of rotating Bernal Sphere) • (1978) • interior artwork by Donald Doris
vii • The High Frontier (interior of 20x4 mile space colony) • (1976) • interior artwork by Donald Doris
viii • The World Inside (Cover: The Sunspacers Trilogy) • (1996) • interior artwork by Bob Eggleton
1 • Introduction: We All Live in the Sky • essay by George Zebrowski and Gregory Benford
31 • The End of the Beginning • (1956) • shortstory by Ray Bradbury
37 • Bigger Than Worlds • [Science Fact (Analog)] • (1974) • essay by Larry Niven
57 • Special Delivery • [The Other Side of the Sky] • (1957) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
61 • Feathered Friend • [The Other Side of the Sky] • (1957) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
64 • Take a Deep Breath • [The Other Side of the Sky] • (1957) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
67 • Freedom of Space • [The Other Side of the Sky] • (1957) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
70 • Passer By • [The Other Side of the Sky] • (1957) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Passer-By)
73 • The Call of the Stars • [The Other Side of the Sky] • (1957) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
77 • Tank Farm • novelette by David Brin (variant of Tank-Farm Dynamo 1983)
97 • Breakaway, Backdown • (1996) • shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
107 • The Wind from a Burning Woman • [Thistledown] • (1978) • novelette by Greg Bear
137 • View from a Height • (1978) • shortstory by Joan D. Vinge
153 • The Voyage That Lasted Six Hundred Years • (1940) • novelette by Don Wilcox (variant of The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years)
187 • Redeemer • (1979) • shortstory by Gregory Benford
199 • Bindlestiff • [Earthman, Come Home] • (1950) • novelette by James Blish
241 • Open Loops • novelette by Stephen Baxter
269 • Spomelife: The Universe and the Future • (1965) • essay by Isaac Asimov
289 • Reef • [The Quiet War] • novelette by Paul J. McAuley
321 • A Dream of Time • shortstory by George Zebrowski
333 • Space Stations and Space Habitats: A Selective Bibliography • essay by Gary Westfahl
343 • About the Authors (Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science) • essay by George Zebrowski
347 • About the Artists (Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science) • essay by George Zebrowski
351 • About the Editors (Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science) • essay by George Zebrowski
353 • Permissions Acknowledgments (Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science) • essay by George Zebrowski