The Science Fictional Olympics


The Science Fictional Olympics is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh as the second volume in their Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of [Science Fiction] series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in June 1984. It has been translated into Italian in the series Urania.
The book collects sixteen novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.

Contents

  • "Introduction: Competition!"
  • "Run to Starlight"
  • "The Mickey Mouse Olympics"
  • "Dream Fighter"
  • "The Kokod Warriors"
  • "Getting Through University"
  • "For the Sake of Grace"
  • "The National Pastime"
  • "A Day for Dying"
  • "The People Trap"
  • "Why Johnny Can't Speed"
  • "Nothing in the Rules"
  • "The Olympians"
  • "The Wind from the Sun"
  • "Prose Bowl"
  • "From Downtown at the Buzzer"
  • "A Glint of Gold"
  • "The Survivor"