- Hardcover: 562 pages
- Publisher: Nesfa Pr (September 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1886778280
- ISBN-13: 978-1886778283
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.5 x 4.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,414,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Here Comes Civilization: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume II, edited by James A. Mann and Mary C. Tabasko, celebrates the achievement of a preeminent SF author of the 1950s. With numerous stories published for the first time since their initial appearance in magazines, the complete body of Tenn's only novel and an analytic essay, this second volume should receive as much praise as the first, Immodest Proposals.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Sf veteran Tenn needs no introduction to fans who have read at all deeply in the genre. His is one of the finest bodies of short fiction in the field. Perhaps a newcomer should first try classics like "Bernie the Faust," "Betelgeuse Bridge," "Everybody Loves Irving Bommer," "She Only Goes Out at Night," and "Firgleflip." For readers accustomed to longer pieces, of which Tenn wrote very few, here at least are A Lamp for Medusa and Of Men and Monsters. Those of a scholarly bent will appreciate "On the Fiction in Science Fiction," as well as essays on Tenn by his colleagues Robert Silverberg and George Zebrowski, both of whom hold out the hope that the nonagenarian Tenn will finish another novel. Even if he doesn't, the contents of this volume and Immodest Proposals [BKL Ap 15 01] deserve a permanent place in sf history and on the shelves of sf collections. Roland Green
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Paradigmatic, memorable stories, Jun 30 2006
By H. K. Miller - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Here Comes Civilization: The Complete Science Ficition of William Tenn (Hardcover)
William Tenn is not forgotten, as witnessed by the publication of these two collections, but is not nearly as well known as he should be. This seems to be because he is primarily a short-story writer, and all the kudos go to novelists. But Asimov and Clarke are also justly celebrated for the paradigmatic short stories such as "Nightfall" and "The Nine Billion Names of God". Tenn wrote many more such than either Asimov or Clarke, and deserves to be read accordingly.
I first read "The Discovery of Morniel Mathaway", "Lisbon Cubed", and "The Masculinist Revolt" around thiry years ago, but never forgot them: they're THAT original, and THAT well executed.
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Another Classic SF Author Rescued From (Near) Oblivion, Mar 30 2008
By K. Juelch "Sow justice, reap peace" - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Here Comes Civilization: The Complete Science Ficition of William Tenn (Hardcover)
This volume is one of NESFA's superlative "Choice" series, a series dedicated to bringing back into print the works of many of SF's classic authors who are in danger of being forgotten.
If you are a fan of classic SF from the 1940s, '50, and '60s, this book (and its companion, "Immodest Proposals") should be in your collection. William Tenn is a delightful writer!
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