The World Turned Upside Down (anthology)
 Cover of first edition | |
| Author | edited by David Drake, Eric Flint and Jim Baen |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Tom Kidd |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
| Publisher | Baen Books |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 743 pp. |
| ISBN | 0-7434-9874-7 |
| OCLC | 56617258 |
| 813.0876208 | |
| LC Class | PS648.S3 W647 2005 |
The World Turned Upside Down is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories edited by David Drake, Eric Flint and Jim Baen.[1] It was first published in hardcover and ebook by Baen Books in January 2005; a Science Fiction Book Club edition followed from Baen Books/SFBC in February of the same year. The first paperback edition was issued by Baen in June 2006.[2]
The book collects twenty-nine novellas, novelettes and short stories by various authors, together with a preface by Flint and a short introduction to each story by one of the editors.
Contents
[edit]- "Preface" (Eric Flint)
- "Rescue Party" (Arthur C. Clarke)
- "The Menace from Earth" (Robert Heinlein)
- "Code Three" (Rick Raphael)
- "Hunting Problem" (Robert Sheckley)
- "Black Destroyer" (A. E. van Vogt)
- "A Pail of Air" (Fritz Leiber)
- "Thy Rocks and Rills" (Robert Ernest Gilbert)
- "A Gun for Dinosaur" (L. Sprague de Camp)
- "Goblin Night" (James H. Schmitz)
- "The Only Thing We Learn" (C. M. Kornbluth)
- "Trigger Tide" (Wyman Guin)
- "The Aliens" (Murray Leinster)
- "All the Way Back" (Michael Shaara)
- "The Last Command" (Keith Laumer)
- "Who Goes There?" (John W. Campbell)
- "Quietus" (Ross Rocklynne)
- "Answer" (Fredric Brown)
- "The Last Question" (Isaac Asimov)
- "The Cold Equations" (Tom Godwin)
- "Shambleau" (C. L. Moore)
- "Turning Point" (Poul Anderson)
- "Heavy Planet" (Lee Gregor)
- "Omnilingual" (H. Beam Piper)
- "The Gentle Earth" (Christopher Anvil)
- "Environment" (Chester S. Geier)
- "Liane the Wayfarer" (Jack Vance)
- "Spawn" (P. Schuyler Miller)
- "St. Dragon and the George" (Gordon R. Dickson)
- "Thunder and Roses" (Theodore Sturgeon)
Notes
[edit]- ^ The covers of some editions reverses the order of Flint’s and Baen’s names; the order given here is based on the title and copyright pages and OCLC.
- ^ The World Turned Upside Down title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database