The Science Fictional Solar System

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The Science Fictional Solar System
Author Various
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction anthology
Publisher Harper & Row
Publication date 1979
Media type Print
Pages 317 p.

The Science Fictional Solar System is a 1979 anthology of science fiction short-stories revolving around the solar system. Its editors are Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, and Martin H. Greenberg.

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Setting Title Author
Sun The Weather on the Sun Theodore L. Thomas
Mercury Brightside Crossing Alan E. Nourse
Venus Prospector's Special Robert Sheckley
Earth Waterclap Isaac Asimov
Mars Hop-Friend Terry Carr
Asteroids Barnacle Bull Poul Anderson as Winston P. Sanders
Jupiter Bridge James Blish
Saturn Saturn Rising Arthur C. Clarke
Uranus The Snowbank Orbit Fritz Leiber
Neptune One Sunday in Neptune Alexei Panshin
Pluto Wait It Out Larry Niven
Pluto Nikita Eisenhower Jones Robert F. Young
Comets The Comet, the Cairn and the Capsule Duncan Lunan