Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, C. S. Lewis, John W. Campbell, Aldous Huxley
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 A walk around the topic: Science fiction: its nature, faults & virtues/ Robert A. Heinlein
Social science fiction/ Isaa
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What is science fiction?/ Damon Knight
2 History without tears: Pilgrim fathers: Lucian & all that/ Brian W. Aldiss
Science fiction before Gernsback/ H. Bruce Franklin
The situation today/ Kingsley Amis
3 Criticism, destructive & otherwise: On science fiction/ C.S. Lewis
Alien monsters/ Joanna Russ
Cathedrals in space/ William Atheling, Jr (James Blish)
Contact/ Pierre Versins
4 SF & science: No copying allowed/ John W. Campbell
Scientists in SF: a debate/ Philip R. Geffe, Milton A. Rothman, John W. Campbell, James V. McConnell
5 How to, in four tricky lessons: On the writing of speculative fiction/ Robert A. Heinlein
How to build a planet/ Poul Anderson
How to collaborate without getting your head shaved/ Keith Laumer
Writing & selling science fiction/ Damon Knight
6 SF as prophecy: Chemical persuasion/ Aldous Huxley
Pandora's box/ Robert A. Heinlein
Gourmet dining in Outer space/ Alfred Bester
Why so much syzygy?/ Theodore Sturgeon
There's nothing like a good foundation/ Isaac Asimov
Son of Dr Strangelove/ Arthur C. Clarke
Journey with a little man/ Richard McKenna
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