The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction [Paperback]

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction features over a 150 years’ worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and startling futuristic speculations, these stories will appeal to all readers as they chart the emergence and evolution of science fiction as a modern literary genre. They also provide a fascinating look at how our Western technoculture has imaginatively expressed its hopes and fears from the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century to the digital age of today. A free online teacher’s guide at http://sfanthology.site.wesleyan.edu/ accompanies the anthology and offers access to a host of pedagogical aids for using this book in an academic setting.

The stories in this anthology have been selected and introduced by the editors of Science Fiction Studies, the world’s most respected journal for the critical study of science fiction. The best single-volume anthology of science fiction available—includes online teacher’s guideIntroduction
CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF STORIES
Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Rappaccini’s Daughter” (1844)
Jules Verne, from Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)
H. G. Wells, “The Star” (1897)
E. M. Forster, “The Machine Stops” (1909)
Edmond Hamilton, “The Man Who Evolved” (1931)
Leslie F. Stone, “The Conquest of Gola” (1931)
C. L. Moore, “Shambleau” (1933)
Stanley Weinbaum, “A Martian Odyssey” (1934)
Isaac Asimov, “Reason” (1941)
Clifford D. Simak, “Desertion” (1944)
Theodore Sturgeon, “Thunder and Roses” (1947)
Judith Merril, “That Only a Mother” (1948)
Fritz Leiber, “Coming Attraction” (1950)
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