Modern classic short novels of science fiction Book

Gardner Dozois, editor of many anthologies, collects important novellas in Science Fiction the 1960's to the 1980's. Contents ix • Preface (Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction) • (1994) • essay by Gardner Dozois 1 • The Miracle Workers • (1958) • novella by Jack Vance (aka The Miracle-Workers) 65 • The Longest Voyage • (1960) • novelette by Poul Anderson 94 • On the Storm Planet • [Casher O'Neill] • (1965) • novella by Cordwainer Smith 164 • The Star Pit • (1967) • novella by Samuel R. Delany 221 • Total Environment • (1968) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss 260 • The Merchants of Venus • [Heechee] • (1972) • novella by Frederik Pohl 321 • The Death of Doctor Island • [Archipelago] • (1973) • novella by Gene Wolfe (aka The Death of Dr. Island) 373 • Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang • (1974) • novella by Kate Wilhelm 415 • Souls • (1982) • novella by Joanna Russ 459 • A Traveler's Tale • (1984) • novella by Lucius Shepard 504 • Sailing to Byzantium • (1985) • novella by Robert Silverberg 561 • Mr. Boy • (1990) • novella by James Patrick Kelly 617 • And Wild for to Hold • (1991) • novella by Nancy Kress