tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post6888875886741205515..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: FFB: A Century of Fantasy: 1980-1989 The Greatest Stories of the Decade -- Robert Silverberg, Editormybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-66029197983719144212015-01-16T17:04:22.943-06:002015-01-16T17:04:22.943-06:00I've read almost all of those, Todd, and I lik...I've read almost all of those, Todd, and I like a lot of them very much. I'd definitely buy the book if I ran across it for 2 bucks.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-3126063928298754752015-01-16T16:59:19.959-06:002015-01-16T16:59:19.959-06:00Looks like this volume was the only one published ...Looks like this volume was the only one published in the fantasy sequence, and only one in the companion sf sequence, surveying the 1950s, looks rather better by my lights (not because I like sf better than fantasy, mind you):<br /><br />http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?313<br /><br />Contents (view Concise Listing)<br /><br />1 • Introduction (A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959) • (1996) • essay by Robert Silverberg<br />9 • Coming Attraction • (1950) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber<br />23 • The Mindworm • (1950) • shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth<br />37 • The Pedestrian • (1951) • shortstory by Ray Bradbury<br />43 • Common Time • (1953) • novelette by James Blish<br />65 • Crucifixus Etiam • (1953) • shortstory by Walter M. Miller, Jr.<br />86 • Mother • (1953) • novelette by Philip José Farmer<br />114 • The Nine Billion Names of God • (1953) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke<br />122 • Or Else • (1953) • shortstory by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner ]<br />132 • Warm • (1953) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley<br />142 • Down Among the Dead Men • (1954) • novelette by William Tenn<br />166 • The Father-Thing • (1954) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick<br />180 • Dreaming Is a Private Thing • (1955) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov<br />197 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith<br />213 • The Gift of Gab • (1955) • novella by Jack Vance<br />264 • Call Me Joe • (1957) • novelette by Poul Anderson<br />299 • World of a Thousand Colors • (1957) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg<br />313 • The Man Who Lost the Sea • (1959) • shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon<br />325 • The Wind People • (1959) • shortstory by Marion Zimmer BradleyTodd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-25182412814419202582015-01-16T16:56:45.181-06:002015-01-16T16:56:45.181-06:00I'd heard about the Card story for years or at...I'd heard about the Card story for years or at least seen the name and knew it had been expanded into a novel. Turns out I hadn't missed a lot by not having read it. Now that I have, I'm not impressed.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-21054077860208160822015-01-16T16:55:21.035-06:002015-01-16T16:55:21.035-06:00For the range of Contento and Stephensen-Payne onl...For the range of Contento and Stephensen-Payne online indices:<br />http://www.philsp.com/homeville/<br /><br />I've contributed a little to some.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-85280689461118763472015-01-16T16:51:20.433-06:002015-01-16T16:51:20.433-06:00Well, follow the link Bill provides for ISFDB, or ...Well, follow the link Bill provides for ISFDB, or look to William Contento's indices to speculative fiction anthologies at addresses such as this:<br /><br />(whoops, this index is still devoted almost eclusively to science fiction anthos and collections, with anything explicitly only fantasy less likely to be included): http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/0start.htm<br /><br />I wouldn't put the Card in a best of much of anything book...it's one of the stories that rather put me off Card.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-31874755920265246892015-01-16T07:51:03.791-06:002015-01-16T07:51:03.791-06:00I definitely like to know that too. How do you kno...I definitely like to know that too. How do you know if a story is new or 20 years old?<br /><br />JeffJeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-33757622957501801792015-01-16T07:33:55.009-06:002015-01-16T07:33:55.009-06:00No, Bill, you're not the only one who wants to...No, Bill, you're not the only one who wants to know where a story was initially published. I do too. There are some good stories here, of those I've read I liked most. Of the rest, I can't judge, of course. Still for $2 it's a deal. Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-68867026454819823812015-01-16T07:19:20.252-06:002015-01-16T07:19:20.252-06:00I like to know where stories are published origina...I like to know where stories are published originally, too. I have some of the volumes in these series and liked them all.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com