The Road to Science Fiction #4
From Here to Forever
- Earliest known edition
- 1982
- Selected edition
- paperback
- Pages in this edition
- 531
- English editions
- 5 ↗
1982 · New American Library · eng
The cover represents the work and may differ from this edition.
From the catalogue
Mentor ME2136 edition:
This is the fourth volume of James Gunn's critical anthology series, The Road to Science Fiction, and like its predecessors it is packed with some of the best stories ever published. There are 33 pieces in all, written by acknowledged masters such as Walter M. Miller, Stanislaw Lem, James Tiptree Jr., Thomas M. Disch and Gregory Benford. In this volume Gunn has dropped the theme of "importance to the genre" and instead favored "quality of writing" because, he says, it's too soon to say what far-reaching impact these stories will have. If Gunn's any judge, they will have quite a bit.
From a suburban American basement where the family "monster" is hidden, to a distant, sandswept planet where water is far more precious than gold, to a future Earth where time can be captured in a thin sheet of glass, here are thirty-one glimpses into the infinite worlds of the imagination explored by daring men and women who, with each new story they write, are continuously changing and expanding the meaning of the words "science fiction."
Robots and rockets, cultures and creatures beyond human comprehension, humans more alien than any extraterrestrial--these are just few of the creations that await you as you journey along the Road to Science Fiction #4.
Source text from Open Library. This may be a publisher description, an excerpt, or contributor text.
Edition explorer
5 English editions in this snapshot. Showing up to 12 per page.
| Edition | Publication | Format | Pages | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Road to Science Fiction #4Selected | 1982 | paperback | 531 | Open Library ↗ |
| The Road to Science Fiction | 2003 | paperback | 527 | Open Library ↗ |
| The Road to Science Fiction Volume4 | 1997? | paperback | 608 | Open Library ↗ |
| The Road to Science Fiction #4 | 1982 | unknown | 10 | Open Library ↗ |
| The road to science fiction.edited by James Gunn. | 1982 | unknown | 601 | Open Library ↗ |
Discovery notes
Up to five themes per book, supported by catalogue subjects or a cited editorial review.
No specific theme has been mapped yet. The source subjects are available below.
View source subjects & series notes
Your next destination
Connections through shared source themes, or the same author credit.