| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
304 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"A Tom Doherty Associates book." |
| Contents |
Strangers -- Neptune diary -- Requiem for a universe -- John Campbell -- In memoriam -- The house of sorrows -- Uncleftish beholding (from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) -- Losers' night -- Science fiction and history -- Rokuro -- Rudyard Kipling -- The forest -- Johannes V. Jensen -- Fortune hunter -- Wolfram -- The visitor -- Wellsprings of dream -- The voortrekkers. |
| Summary |
A collection of stories on alternate worlds, aliens and famous people. The story, Rokuro, analyzes the difference between humans and non-humans, while Wolfram is on the discoverer of tungsten. |
| Subject |
Science fiction, American.
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| ISBN |
0312858736 (acid-free paper) |
|
9780312858735 (acid-free paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 193151 |
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