The Legend Book of Science Fiction
The Legend Book of Science Fiction is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by Gardner Dozois. It was first published in hardcover and trade paperback by Legend in July 1991. The first American edition was issued in hardcover under the variant title Modern Classics of Science Fiction by St. Martin’s Press in February 1992, with a trade paperback edition following from the same publisher in February 1993; the same firm also produced a hardcover book club edition together with the Science Fiction Book Club in April 1992.
Summary
The book collects twenty-six novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with a preface and afterword by the editor.Contents
- "Preface"
- "The Country of the Kind"
- "Aristotle and the Gun"
- "The Other Celia"
- "Casey Agonistes"
- "Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons"
- "The Moon Moth"
- "The Golden Horn"
- "The Lady Margaret"
- "This Moment of the Storm"
- "Narrow Valley"
- "Driftglass"
- "The Worm That Flies"
- "The Fifth Head of Cerberus"
- "Nobody's Home"
- "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever"
- "The Barrow"
- "Particle Theory"
- "The Ugly Chickens"
- "Going Under"
- "Salvador"
- "Pretty Boy Crossover"
- "The Pure Product"
- "The Winter Market"
- "Chance"
- "The Edge of the World"
- "Dori Bangs"
- "Afterword"