The Playboy book of science fiction Book

A collection of short stories from such contributors as Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, and Ursula K. LeGuin covers topics such as the golden age, new wave, cyberpunk, and virtual sex. Contents 1 • Introduction (The Playboy Book of Science Fiction) • essay by Alice K. Turner 3 • The Lost City of Mars • (1967) • novelette by Ray Bradbury 35 • Nine Lives • (1969) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin 63 • Deathwatch • (1965) • shortstory by Norman Spinrad 71 • Masks • (1968) • shortstory by Damon Knight 85 • Welcome to the Monkey House • (1968) • shortstory by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 105 • The Dead Astronaut • (1968) • shortstory by J. G. Ballard 119 • The Schematic Man • (1969) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl 127 • Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? • (1969) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley 139 • Transit of Earth • (1971) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke 155 • Report on the Threatened City • (1971) • novelette by Doris Lessing 189 • Leviathan! • [Svetz] • (1970) • shortstory by Larry Niven 203 • All the Birds Come Home to Roost • (1979) • shortstory by Harlan Ellison 219 • The Apotheosis of Myra • (1980) • novelette by Walter Tevis 243 • Frozen Journey • (1980) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick 265 • Gianni • (1982) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg 287 • The Word Processor • (1983) • shortstory by Stephen King 309 • Interstellar Pigeon • (1982) • shortstory by Donald E. Westlake 329 • Heirs of the Perisphere • (1985) • shortstory by Howard Waldrop 349 • Earth Station Charlie • (1986) • shortstory by Billy Crystal 357 • Slow, Slow Burn • [Budayeen] • (1988) • shortstory by George Alec Effinger 377 • More Than the Sum of His Parts • (1985) • shortstory by Joe Haldeman 397 • Sen Yen Babbo & the Heavenly Host • (1987) • shortstory by Chet Williamson 415 • Fire Zone Emerald • (1986) • novelette by Lucius Shepard 441 • The Ghost Standard • (1994) • shortstory by William Tenn 453 • An Office Romance • (1997) • shortstory by Terry Bisson