Tales from the Planet Earth
Not to be confused with Tales from Planet Earth.
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| Author | edited by Frederik Pohl and Elizabeth Anne Hull |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Manny Paul |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction Short stories |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Publication date | 1986 |
| Media type |
Print (Hardback) (Paperback) |
| Pages | xviii + 268 |
| ISBN | 0-312-78420-1 |
Tales from the Planet Earth is a 1986 anthology of science fiction stories edited by Frederik Pohl and Elizabeth Anne Hull [1] It presents 18 stories, sharing a common background developed by Pohl and Hull, by 18 authors from 18 different countries; each author's story is set in his native country.[2]
The collection was dedicated for the memory of A. Bertram Chandler and Janusz A. Zajdel.[3]
Contents
- Sitting Around the Pool, Soaking Up the Rays · Frederik Pohl, originally in IASFM Aug ’84
- The Thursday Events · Ye Yonglie
- User Friendly · Spider Robinson
- Life as an Ant · André Carneiro
- Fiddling for Waterbuffaloes · Somtow Sucharitkul, originally in Analog Apr ’86
- S Is for Snake · Lino Aldani, originally in “S come serpente”, Urania #1021, Apr 27, ’86.
- The Divided Carla · Josef Nesvadba, originally Rozštěpená Karla, in Literární Měsíčník Jun ’85
- The View from the Top of the Tower · Harry Harrison, originally in F&SF May ’86
- Don’t Knock the Rock · A. Bertram Chandler
- The Owl of Bear Island · Jon Bing
- Contacts of a Fourth Kind · Ljuben Dilov
- Infestation · Brian W. Aldiss
- In the Blink of an Eye · Carlos Maria Federici
- Particularly Difficult Territory · Janusz A. Zajdel
- Time Everlasting · Sam J. Lundwall
- The Middle Kingdom · Tong Enzheng & Elizabeth Anne Hull, adapt.
- On the Inside Track · Karl-Michael Armer, originally in Entropie, 1986
- The Legend of the Paper Spaceship · Tetsu Yano; trans. by Gene Van Troyer & Tomoko Oshiro, originally 1978
- We Servants of the Stars · Frederik Pohl[4]
Reception
Orson Scott Card described the anthology as "a world tour of science fiction" and reported "it will make you more appreciative of the best of America sf -- and more impatient with sameness, the repetitiveness, the insularity that so often afflicts us."[2]
References
- ↑ Tales from the Planet Earth ed. Frederik Pohl & Elizabeth Anne Hull (St. Martin’s Press, ISBN 0-312-78420-1, Nov 1986
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Books to Look For", F&SF, July 1987
- ↑ p. v
- ↑ Contents lists, a Locus Magazine webpage