Road to Science Fiction: From Heinlein to Here

James Gunn is Emeritus Professor of English at University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

...the stories are among the field's best known, by the most highly regarded authors of the period....There's little doubt why these stories are considered among the finest in science fiction history....Gunn's commentary is both informative and perceptive....he explains the literary development of science fiction, and the stories support his analysis....It belongs on the bookshelf of everyone who loves science fiction.

• Chapter 1 Beyond These HorizonsChapter 2 "All You Zombies"Chapter 3 The Clear, Cool Voice of AsimovChapter 4 ReasonChapter 5 The Simak ReservationChapter 6 DesertionChapter 7 Mimsy Were the KuttnersChapter 8 Mimsy Were the BorogovesChapter 9 The Bradbury ChroniclesChapter 10 The Million-Year PicnicChapter 11 More Than SFChapter 12 Thunder and RosesChapter 13 Ecce FeminaChapter 14 That Only a MotherChapter 15 A Matter of TimeChapter 16 Brooklyn ProjectChapter 17 The Social SideChapter 18 Coming AttractionChapter 19 The Expanding UniverseChapter 20 The SentinelChapter 21 FarmerworldChapter 22 Sail On! Sail On!Chapter 23 The Science in Science FictionChapter 24 Critical FactorChapter 25 Why Not Literature?Chapter 26 Fondly FahrenheitChapter 27 A Touch of StoneChapter 28 The Cold EquationsChapter 29 The Ballads of Lost C. SmithChapter 30 The Game of Rat and DragonChapter 31 Scalpel of WitChapter 32 Pilgrimage to EarthChapter 33 The British Are Coming!Chapter 34 Who Can Replace a Man?Chapter 35 The Sirens of MainstreamChapter 36 Harrison BergeronChapter 37 That Old-Time ReligionChapter 38 The Streets of AshkelonChapter 39 Terminal FictionChapter 40 The Terminal BeachChapter 41 Again and AgainChapter 42 Dolphin's WayChapter 43 The Future as MetaphorChapter 44 Slow Tuesday NightChapter 45 Through a Glass DarklyChapter 46 Day MillionChapter 47 Will Reality Please Raise Its Hand?Chapter 48 We Can Remember It for You WholesaleChapter 49 The New ThingChapter 50 I Have No Mouth, and I Must ScreamChapter 51 Aye, and DelanyChapter 52 Aye, and GomorrahChapter 53 The New Scientific RevolutionChapter 54 The Jigsaw ManChapter 55 Hard Science and Soft PeopleChapter 56 KyrieChapter 57 Out of the KnightChapter 58 MasksChapter 59 Surviving the FutureChapter 60 From Stand on ZanzibarChapter 61 The Big ProtestChapter 62 The Big FlashChapter 63 The Origin and Development of Science Fiction WritersChapter 64 SundanceChapter 65 Science Fiction as SimileChapter 66 From The Left Hand of DarknessChapter 67 Issues and ControversiesChapter 68 When It ChangedChapter 69 The Science Fiction Art StoryChapter 70 The Engine at Heartspring's CenterChapter 71 The Uncertain FutureChapter 72 Tricentennial