by Bill Fawcett
“Early SF in the Pulp Magazines” by Robert Weinberg. Copyright © 2010 by Robert Weinberg. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.
“The Spacetime Pool” by Catherine Asaro. Copyright © 2008 by Catherine Asaro. First published in Analog, March 2008. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Golden Age” by David Drake. Copyright © 2010 by David Drake. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.
Excerpted from Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 2007 by Ursula Le Guin. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. “Science Fiction in the Fifties: The Real Golden Age” by Robert Silverberg. Copyright © 2010 by Robert Silverberg. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author. Selected commentaries from Algis Budrys. Copyright © 1985 by Algis Budrys. First published in Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf by Algis Budrys. Reprinted by permission of the estate of the author.
“Rules of the Game” by Kate Wilhelm. Copyright © 1996 by Kate Wilhelm. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, 1996. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“A Chance Remark” by Martin H. Greenberg. Copyright © 2010 by Martin H. Greenberg. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.
“Writing SF in the Sixties” by Frederik Pohl and Elizabeth Anne Hull. Copyright © 2010 by Frederik Pohl and Elizabeth Anne Hull. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the authors.
“Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel. Copyright © 2008 by John Kessel. First published in The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Science Fiction in the 1970s: The Tale of the Nerdy Duckling” by Kevin J. Anderson. Copyright © 2010 by Kevin J. Anderson. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.
“Trophy Wives” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Copyright © 2008 by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. First published in Fellowship Fantastic, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Kerry Hughes. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Into the Eighties” by Lynn Abbey. Copyright © 2010 by Lynn Abbey. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.
“Talking About Fangs” by M. J. Engh. Copyright © 1995 by Mary Jane Engh. First published in RadCon 1C Program Book, Richland, WA, 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author. “Science Fiction in the 1990s: Waiting for Godot…or Maybe Nosferatu” by Mike Resnick.
Copyright © 2010 by Mike Resnick. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.
“Place Mat by Moebius” by Greg Beatty. Copyright © 2007 by Greg Beatty. First published in Asimov’s, January 2007. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Eating Light” by F. J. Bergmann. Copyright © 2007 by F. J. Bergmann. First published in Mythic Delirium, issue 17, summer/fall 2007. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Seven Devils of Central California” by Catherynne M. Valente. Copyright © 2007 by Catherynne M. Valente. First published in Farrago’s Wainscott, summer 2007. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Excerpt from Flora’s Dare. Copyright © by Ysabeau S. Wilce, reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
“Medium with a Message” by Jody Lynn Nye. Copyright © 2010 by Jody Lynn Nye. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author.
Excerpt from the script for WALL-E.
Screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon
Original Story by Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter
Directed by Andrew Stanton
Executive Producer John Lasseter
Produced by Jim Morris
Co-Producer Lindsey Collins
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“An Appreciation of Grand Master Harry Harrison” by Tom Doherty. Copyright © 2010 by Tom Doherty. Published here for the first time in any form by permission of the author. “The Streets of Ashkelon” by Harry Harrison. First published in Brian Aldiss’s anthology New Worlds, 1962. Reprinted by permission of the author.