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.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
All of these stories are extremely well worth reading! And I have a special fondness for "Peek! I See You!" And "Murphy's Hall" deserves pondering over for the urgent warning it gives us to avoid taking certain disastrous paths.
I think of "In Memoriam" as a kind of sequel to "Murphy's."
Ad astra! Sean
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