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A science fiction omnibus /Brian W Aldiss

By: Brian W AldissContributor(s): Brian W AldissMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: Brijwasi Book Distributors | ;H-87,Lalita park ,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092Series: Penguin modern classicsPublication details: London ; New York : Penguin , 2007Description: xii, 578 pages ; 20 cmISBN: 9780141188928Subject(s): LiteratureGenre/Form: Science fiction, EnglishDDC classification: 823.0876 ALD

Contents:

Sole solution / Eric Frank Russell -- Lot / Ward Moore -- Skirmish / Clifford Simak -- And I awoke and found me here on the cold hill's side / James Tiptree, Jr. -- Poor little warrior! / Brian W. Aldiss -- Grandpa / James H.Schmitz -- Nightfall / Isaac Asimov -- The snowball effect / Katherine Maclean -- Swarm / Bruce Sterling -- Blood music / Greg Bear -- Answer / Fredric Brown -- The liberation of earth / William Tenn -- An alien agony / Harry Harrison -- Track 12 / J. G. Ballard -- Sexual dimorphism / Kim Stanley Robinson -- The tunnel under the world / Frederik Pohl -- Friends in need / Eliza Blair -- The store of the worlds / Robert Sheckley -- Jokester / Isaac Asimov -- The short-short story of mankind / John Steinbeck -- Night watch / James Inglis -- Story of your life / Ted Chiang The rescuer / Arthur Porgesr -- I made you / Walter M. Miller/ The country of the kind / Damon Knight -- The cage / Bertram Chandler -- Common time / James Blish -- Alien embassy / Garry Kilworth -- Great work of time / John Crowley.

Summary: Aims to bring together a diverse selection of science fiction spanning over sixty years, from Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall", first published in 1941, to the 2006 story "Friends in Need" by Eliza Blair. This title includes stories which portray struggles against machines, epic journeys, genetic experiments, time travellers and alien races.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	SNU LIBRARY	823.0876 ALD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		27714

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Sole solution / Eric Frank Russell --
Lot / Ward Moore --
Skirmish / Clifford Simak --
And I awoke and found me here on the cold hill's side / James Tiptree, Jr. --
Poor little warrior! / Brian W. Aldiss --
Grandpa / James H.Schmitz --
Nightfall / Isaac Asimov --
The snowball effect / Katherine Maclean --
Swarm / Bruce Sterling --
Blood music / Greg Bear --
Answer / Fredric Brown --
The liberation of earth / William Tenn --
An alien agony / Harry Harrison --
Track 12 / J. G. Ballard --
Sexual dimorphism / Kim Stanley Robinson --
The tunnel under the world / Frederik Pohl --
Friends in need / Eliza Blair --
The store of the worlds / Robert Sheckley --
Jokester / Isaac Asimov --
The short-short story of mankind / John Steinbeck --
Night watch / James Inglis --
Story of your life / Ted Chiang The rescuer / Arthur Porgesr --
I made you / Walter M. Miller/ The country of the kind / Damon Knight --
The cage / Bertram Chandler --
Common time / James Blish --
Alien embassy / Garry Kilworth --
Great work of time / John Crowley.

Aims to bring together a diverse selection of science fiction spanning over sixty years, from Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall", first published in 1941, to the 2006 story "Friends in Need" by Eliza Blair. This title includes stories which portray struggles against machines, epic journeys, genetic experiments, time travellers and alien races.

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