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Stories that launched the careers of legendary science fiction writers are collected in this volume. Includes debut stories from such notables as Anne McCaffery, Arthur C. Clarke, Orson Scott Card, Stephen Baxter, and 13 others. Each story features an I*ntroduction by the author. Original.
Introduction / by Steven H. Silver -- Introduction to The runaway skyscraper / by Betty Dehardit. The runaway skyscraper / by Murray Leinster -- Introduction to The isolinguals ; The isolinguals / by L. Sprague de Camp -- Introduction to Freedom of the race ; Freedom of the race / by Anne McCaffrey -- About Proof, of course ; Proof / by Hal Clement -- Introduction to Loophole ; Loophole / by Arthur C. Clarke -- Deadeye : writing The dead man ; The dead man / by Gene Wolfe -- Introduction to We're coming through the window ; We're coming through the window / by Barry N. Malzberg -- Introduction to The hero ; The hero / by George R.R. Martin -- My (other) world and welcome to it : writing Lunchbox ; Lunchbox / by Howard Waldrop -- The origin of Ender's game ; Ender's game / by Orson Scott Card -- Introduction to The Emerson effect ; The Emerson effect / by Jack McDevitt -- The writing of Much ado about nothing ; Much ado about nothing / by Jerry Oltion -- Introduction to Barter ; Barter / by Lois McMaster Bujold -- Introduction to The Xeelee flower ; The Xeelee flower / by Stephen Baxter -- Introduction to Dance in blue ; Dance in blue / by Catherine Asaro -- Introduction to TeleAbsence ; TeleAbsence / by Michael A. Burstein -- Introduction to First Contact, Inc. ; First Contact, Inc. / by Jule E. Czerneda.
edited by Steven H. Silver and Martin H. Greenberg.
Collection of stories that launched the careers of notable science fiction authors.