Light Years and Dark
Michael Lawson Bishop, J.G. Ballard, Gene Wolfe, Roger Zelazny, Gregory Benford, Kate Wilhelm, Terry Carr, Ian Watson, Jack Dann, Edward Bryant, Michael Swanwick, George Alec Effinger, Norman Spinrad, Robert Frazier, Joe Haldeman, Carter Scholz, R.A. Lafferty, Pamela Sargent, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gerald W. Page, Christopher Priest, Elizabeth A. Lynn, Barry N. Malzberg, Larry Niven, Michael Moorcock, John Kessel, Tom Reamy, M. John Harrison, John Sladek, Suzette Haden Elgin, Robert Thurston, Gordon Eklund, James Tiptree Jr., Gardner Dozois, Lisa Tuttle, Richard Cowper, Steven Utley, Angela Carter, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Pat Cadigan, Thomas M. Disch, Howard Waldrop, George Zebrowski
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
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· 1 ratings · 498 pages · Published: 01 Nov 1984
Introduction (Light Years and Dark) • essay by Michael Bishop
You and Me and the Continuum • (1966) • short story by J. G. Ballard
The Map • [Solar Cycle] • short story by Gene Wolfe
Halfjack • (1979) • short story by Roger Zelazny
Doing Lennon • (1975) • short story by Gregory Benford
Strangeness, Charm and Spin • short story by Kate Wilhelm
Brown Robert • (1962) • short story by Terry Carr
The Bloomsday Revolution • short story by Ian Watson
The Dybbuk Dolls • (1975) • novelette by Jack Dann
Dancing Chickens • short story by Edward Bryant
When the Music's Over ... • short story by Michael Swanwick
Terrific Park • (1981) • novelette by George Alec Effinger
The Tale of the (Man) Who (Met) (God) • short story by Norman Spinrad
The Starry Message to Galileo Galilei • (1982) • poem by Robert Frazier
The Supremacy of Bacteria • (1983) • poem by Robert Frazier
Cetacean Dreams • poem by Robert Frazier
"We cannot escape humility." • (1983) • poem by Robert Frazier
Summer's Lease • (1974) • short story by Joe Haldeman
The Nine Billion Names of God • short story by Carter Scholz
Nor Limestone Islands • (1971) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
Fears • short story by Pamela Sargent
SQ • (1978) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
Scrimptalon's Test • short story by Michael Bishop and Gerald W. Page
An Infinite Summer • (1976) • novelette by Christopher Priest
The Man Who Was Pregnant • (1977) • short story by Elizabeth A. Lynn
Corridors • (1982) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
Limits • [Draco Tavern] • (1981) • short story by Larry Niven
Crossing into Cambodia • (1979) • short story by Michael Moorcock
The Lecturer • short story by John Kessel
Under the Hollywood Sign • (1975) • novelette by Tom Reamy
The Lords of Misrule • [Viriconium] • (1984) • short story by M. John Harrison
Ralph 4F...H*g* G*rnsb*ck (Hugogre N. Backs) • (1973) • short story by John Sladek
Solar Shoe-Salesman...Ph*l*p K. D*ck (Chipdip K. Kill) • (1973) • short story by John Sladek
The Sublimation World...J.G. B*ll*rd (J.G. B-) • (1968) • short story by John Sladek (variant of The Sublimation World)
School Days • short story by Suzette Haden Elgin
The Wanda Lake Number • (1979) • short story by Robert Thurston
Chambers of Memory • short story by Gordon Eklund
Painwise in Yucatan • (1976) • essay by James Tiptree, Jr. (variant of How to Have an Absolutely Hilarious Heart Attack, or, So You Want to Get Sick in the Third World)
Dinner Party • short story by Gardner Dozois
The Cure • short story by Lisa Tuttle
Paradise Beach • (1976) • short story by Richard Cowper
Getting Away • (1976) • short story by Steven Utley
The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe • (1982) • short story by Angela Carter
Dead in Irons • (1976) • novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rock On • short story by Pat Cadigan
The Death of Socrates • (1972) • novelette by Thomas M. Disch (variant of Problems of Creativeness 1967)
Helpless, Helpless • short story by Howard Waldrop
Dogs' Lives • (1984) • novelette by Michael Bishop
The Eichmann Variations • short story by George Zebrowski