Voices for the Future: Essays on Major Science Fiction Writers, Volume 1Bringing together a group of original essays concerning major writers of science fiction whose careers had begun by the end of World War II, this volume covers Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, C. L. Moore, Clifford D. Simak, Olaf Stapledon, Kurt Vonnegut, and Jack Williamson. |
Contents
The Comedy of Cosmic Evolution | 14 |
Olaf Stapledons Dispassionate Objectivity | 44 |
The Inhabited Universe | 64 |
Asimov Calvin and Moses | 88 |
The Frontier Worlds of Robert A Heinlein | 104 |
The Sturgeon Connection | 153 |
Henry Kuttner C L Moore Lewis Padgett et al | 185 |
The Cosmic Loneliness of Arthur C Clarke | 216 |
The Swiftian Satire of Kurt Vonnegut Jr | 238 |
Notes | 263 |
Contributors | 282 |
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