Friday, 9 October 2026

HOMEWARD AND BEYOND II

Homeward And Beyond. 

To continue from the above linked post:

"Peek! I See You!" (pp. 37-73) began as idea about how advanced aliens might conduct themselves when visiting Earth but required a letter from John Campbell to turn it into a story.

"Murphy's Hall" (pp. 74-91) contrasts with the previous three stories by being pessimistic and was co-authored by Karen Anderson.

"The Pirate" (pp. 92-126) returns to standard sf, even, according to Poul Anderson, to space opera and the idea came from Campbell. 

"Goat Song" (pp. 127-165) is a fantasy motif in a hard sf setting.

"The Visitor" (pp. 166-181) is fantasy unless psionics is accepted as a science.

"Wolfram" (pp. 182-188) is a fiction about a science so is it science fiction?

"The Peat Bog" (pp. 189-242), set in the first century AD, is archaeological fiction.

And there is plenty here for us to reread.

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