FREDERIK POHL
Frederik George Pohl, Jr. (born November 26, 1919) is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years—from his first published work, “Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna” (1937), to his most recent novel, All the Lives He Led (2011).
From about 1959 until 1969, Pohl edited Galaxy and its sister magazine If; the latter won three successive annual Hugo Awards as the year’s best professional magazine. His 1977 novel Gateway won four “year’s best novel” awards: the Hugo voted by convention participants, the Locus voted by magazine subscribers, the Nebula voted by American science fiction writers, and the juried academic John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He won the Campbell Memorial Award again for the 1984 collection of novellas Years of the City, the only repeat winner in forty years. For his 1979 novel Jem, Pohl won a U.S. National Book Award in the one-year category Science Fiction. It was a finalist for three other year’s best novel awards. In all he has won four Hugo and three Nebula Awards.
Pohl became a Nebula Grand Master in 1993 and he was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 1998. He won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2010, citing his blog “The Way the Future Blogs.”
ROBERT SHECKLEY
Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist and broadly comical. Sheckley was named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2001.
WALTER J. SHELDON
Walter James Sheldon (1917–1996) was a frequent short story writer during the Golden Age of pulp science fiction, under his own name and as “Seldon Walters.” His only novel, The Beast, appeared in 1980.
WALTER S. TEVIS
Walter Stone Tevis (1928–1984) was an American novelist and short story writer. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth. His books have been translated into at least 18 languages worldwide.
DONALD E. WESTLAKE
Donald Edwin Westlake (1933–2008) was an American writer, with over a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction or other genres. He was a three-time Edgar Award winner, one of only two writers (the other is Joe Gores) to win Edgars in three different categories (1968, Best Novel, God Save the Mark; 1990, Best Short Story, “Too Many Crooks”; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Grifters). In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America named Westlake a Grand Master, the highest honor bestowed by the society.
DARRELL SCHWEITZER
Darrell Schweitzer is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy. Schweitzer is also a prolific writer of literary criticism and editor of collections of essays on various writers within his preferred genres, many of which are available from Wildside Press.
Over the last year, Audible has released who of his novels in audiobook format: The White Isle and The Shattered Goddess. Check them out!
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
“Agape Among the Robots,” by Allen Steele, originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2000. Copyright © 2000 by Allen Steele. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Starship Mechanic,” by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes, originally appeared on Tor.com, January 2010. Copyright © 2010 by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes. Reprinted by permission of the authors.
“Peacemaker,” by Gardner Dozois, originally appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, August 1983. Copyright © 1983 by Gardner Dozois. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Or All the Seas with Oysters,” by Avram Davidson, originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1958. [Hugo Award Winner, best short story.] Copyright © 1958 by Avram Davidson. Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate and Owlswick Literary Agency.
“Grandma,” by Carol Emshwiller, originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2002. Copyright © 2002 by Carol Emshwiller. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Gift Bearer,” by Charles L. Fontenay, originally appeared in Amazing Science Fiction Stories, September 1958.
“I, Robot,” by Cory Doctorow, originally appeared in The Infinite Matrix. Copyright © 2005 by Cory Doctorow. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“All Rights,” by Pamela Sargent, originally appeared in Amazing Stories, Fall 1994. Copyright © 2004 by Pamela Sargent. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Eichmann Variations,” by George Zebrowski, originally appeared in Light Years and Dark. Copyright © 1984 by George Zebrowski. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“May Be Some Time,” by Brenda W. Clough, originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2001. Copyright © 2001 by Brenda W. Clough. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Millennium,” by Everett B. Cole, originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, May 1955.
“Cyberpunk,” by Bruce Bethke, originally appeared in Amazing Stories, November 1983. Copyright © 1983 by Bruce Bethke. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Join Our Gang?” by Sterling E. Lanier originally appeared in Analog Science Fact & Fiction, May, 1961.
“Greylorn,” by Keith Laumer, originally appeared in Amazing Science Fiction Stories, April 1959.
“Jumping the Line,” by Grania Davis, originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1979. Copyright © 1979 by Grania Davis. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Wasonica Correction,” by James C. Stewart, is copyright © 2010 by James C. Stewart. Published by permission of the author.
“Circus,” by Alan E. Nourse originally appeared in The Counterfeit Man: More Science Fiction Stories by Alan E. Nourse, published in 1963.
“The Hated,” by Frederik Pohl, originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1958.
“Code Three,” by Rick Raphael originally appeared in Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction, February 1963.
“Cost of Living,” by Robert Sheckley, originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1952.
“This is Klon Calling,” by Walter J. Sheldon, originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, Aug-Sept 1953.
“The Big Bounce,” by Walter S. Tevis originally appeared in Galaxy, February 1958.
“The Risk Profession,” by Donald E. Westlake, originally appeared in Amazing Stories, March 1961.
“The Astronaut from Wyoming,” by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion, originally appeared in Analog, July/August 1999. Copyright 1999 by by Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion. Reprinted by permission of the authors.
“The Fire Eggs” by Darrell Schweitzer, originally appeared in Interzone, March 2000. Copyright © 2000 by Darrell Schweitzer. Reprinted by permission of the author.
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