Short Story Collections

Superb stories of outer space where the unexpected is an everyday occurrence, the unforeseen an ever-present danger. Two men alone on a space station--an over-zealous colonel and the civilian who tries to talk him out of dropping three hydrogen bombs on Washington, D.C.; A seductive actress signs up for the maiden flight of a space ship so that she can track down the husband who jilted her.; A fiendishly clever agent infiltrates a top-secret government project and threatens the very existence of Earth.; Imagine a galaxy of super worms bound together through telepathy and a planet whose inhabitants consider the human brain to be a cancerous tumor!; Imagine an incredible journey to Alpha Centauri that takes ten months for a man's body and 6000 years for his mind!; Imagine refugees of the ultimate germ warfare cowering beneath the crust of the planet. To remain in hiding means mass psychosis -- but to flee to the surface is certain death! GALACTIC CLUSTER Nine stories, most of them longer ones, demonstrating Blish-in-the-Fifties. CONTENTS: . Tomb Tapper [Astounding, 1956] . King of the Hill [Infinity, 1955] . Common Time [SF Quarterly, August 1953] . A Work of Art [SF Stories, July 1956] . To Pay the Piper [IF, 1956] . Nor Iron Bars [Infinity, 1956-7] . BEEP [Galaxy, 1954] . This Earth of Hours [F&SF, June 1959]

Contents: A Preface to Tomorrow (1972) Surface Tension (1952) Testament of Andros (1953) Common Time (1953) A Work of Art (1956) Tomb Tapper (1956) The Oath (1960) How Beautiful with Banners (1966) We All Die Naked (1969)

Contents: · Science Fiction the Hard Way · Robert A. W. Lowndes · in · Citadel of Thought · ss Stirring Science Stories Feb ’41 · The Box · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’49 · There Shall Be No Darkness · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’50 · Surface Tension [Lavon] · na The Seedling Stars, James Blish, Gnome, 1956; revised from “Sunken Universe”, Super Science Stories May ’42 and “Surface Tension”, Galaxy Aug ’52. · Testament of Andros · nv Future Jan ’53 · Common Time · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Aug ’53 · Beep · nv Galaxy Feb ’54 · A Work of Art [“Art-Work”] · nv Science Fiction Stories Jul ’56 · This Earth of Hours · nv F&SF Jun ’59 · The Oath · nv F&SF Oct ’60 · How Beautiful with Banners · ss Orbit 1, ed. Damon Knight, Berkley Medallion, 1966 · A Style in Treason [expanded from “A Hero’s Life”, Impulse Mar ’66] · nv Galaxy Jun ’70 · Probapossible Prolegomena to Ideareal History · William Atheling, Jr. · aw Foundation May ’78

CHILLBINDING TALES OF THE UNFORESEEN A choice collection of thrilling and terrifying adventures into the unknown worlds of tomorrow by three master craftsmen of the science-fiction suspense story. Get Out of My Sky by James Blish A terrifying tale of Prophecy—of two worlds racing toward war and annihilation, and of one man whose untried and unwanted gift of power could save them... if he learned to use it in time. Sister Planet by Poul Anderson The first explorers of Venus had discovered a way to transform it into a colony for Earth. There was only one small problem. It meant destroying all forms of life on that planet. And even though the Cetoids looked like fish, they seemed terribly human. Alien Night by Thomas N. Scortia Utopia was no longer a beautiful dream but a horrifying reality. Perfection—pure, absolute and unchanging—was slowly mummifying the human race and the world had become a monstrous still life. But somewhere in a dark, quiet corner of this timeless motionless existence, something new and strange was stirring.

This collection includes a number of Blish's greatest stories, including several from his "Cities in Flight" sequence, the original novella of "A Case of Conscience," "Surface Tension," (voted as one of the best stories ever by the Science Fiction Writers of America) and his great werewolf story, "There Shall Be No Darkness." It also features an essay in which he dissects the New Wave-from the point of view of someone who understood and appreciated modernist literature--and two poems.

Contains intro by Frances Lyall. Short Stories. 1. Common Time 2. Testament of Andros 3. The Art of the Sneeze. 4. Statisticaian's Day 5. Who's in Charge here? 6. How Beautiful with Banners. 7. This Earth of Hours 8.There shall be no darkness. 9. A work of art.

With All of Love collects all of the previously unpublished and/or uncollected poems of the legendary science fiction author, James Blish. This is a numbered collector's edition of 150 copies.

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James Blish (1921-1975) was one of those rare authors who sought to fuse the imagination and ideas of science fiction with the language and power of mainstream fiction. He wasn't rare for attempting this combination, he was rare because he succeeded. His novels and short stories illuminated a bold new style of writing that helped shape the Golden Age of science fiction, and continued for more than thirty years. For the first time in more than twenty years, we're pleased to present this collection of his best short fiction. Chosen and including an introduction by his wife, Judith Blish, these masterful short stories capture the essence of James's visionary fiction. Includes the stories Citadel of Thought, Nor Iron Bars, A Dusk of Idols and many more.

A second collection of the works of James Blish. Table of Contents Introduction by Tom Shippey Welcome to Mars Jack of Eagles Get Out of My Sky The Thing in the Attic The Writing of the Rat Genius Heap Tiger Ride (with Damon Knight)