First Voyages
First Voyages is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Damon Knight, Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander, first published in paperback by Avon Books in May 1981. It is a compilation of the first published stories of twenty prominent authors in the genre, and an expansion of Knight's earlier First Flight: Maiden Voyages in Space and Time, which covered ten of the same stories and authors.
Contents
- "Introduction" by Damon Knight
- "The Isolinguals" by L. Sprague [de Camp]
- "The Faithful" by Lester [del Rey]
- "The Voyage of [the Space Beagle|Black Destroyer]" by A. E. [van Vogt]
- "Life-Line" by Robert A. Heinlein
- "Ether Breather" by Theodore Sturgeon
- "Proof" by Hal Clement
- "Loophole" by Arthur C. Clarke
- "Tomorrow's Children" by Poul Anderson
- "That Only a Mother" by Judith Merril
- "Scanners Live in Vain" by Cordwainer Smith
- "Time Trap" by Charles L. Harness
- "Defense Mechanism" by Katherine MacLean
- "Angel's Egg" by Edgar Pangborn
- "Come On, Wagon!" by Zenna Henderson
- "Walk to the World" by Algis Budrys
- "Beyond Lies the Wub" by Philip K. Dick
- "My Boy Friend's Name is Jello" by Avram Davidson
- "T" by Brian Aldiss
- "Prima Belladonna" by J. G. Ballard
- "April in Paris" by Ursula K. Le Guin