Frontiers 1: Tomorrow’s Alternatives (1973) Anthology edited by Roger Elwood
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Overview: The best anthologies are those that afford authors the opportunity to bring into being brand-new stories. Certainly for the compiler it is most stimulating to work on all original anthologies—such as the present volume.
There are problems, to be sure: one quite well-known author has a habit of not making deadlines; another will not write a story unless it can have at least one pornographic scene in it. I try not to deal with such authors as the first; and I never deal with the second. (As far as I am concerned, science fiction that must depend upon sexual explicitness is built upon a pretty poor foundation.) Compiling an anthology properly is an agonizing job; only you, the reader, can judge if this book is a good one. But, I assure you, it was put together slowly and carefully.
The authors represented herein are a “mix.” Some are long-time professionals; others are newer authors; at least one is a complete beginner. But all have one thing in common: masterly storytelling abilities.
Stylistically, there is great diversity. The Silverberg approach, as indicated by “Ship-Sister, Star-Sister,” is certainly much different from that of Clifford D. Simak’s in “Univac: 2200.” Stephen Goldin and C. F. Hensel have combined definite social commentary with bittersweet qualities; and “Mommy Loves Ya” by David H. Charney is a survival story with a tender thread running through it. Lafferty is pure Lafferty with “In Outraged Stone.” And Malzberg is pure Malzberg with “Those Wonderful Years.”
Gene Wolfe’s story, “Peritonitis,” is one of his best; “Getting Around” by K. M. O’Donnell is top-drawer (we hope you agree); Lee Saye’s “Morning Rush” is both amusing and chilling; Terry Carr’s “The Answer” seems a change of pace for this well-known author. And Richard Posner, one of the brightest of the newer authors, does a fine job with “Jacob’s Bug,” a story with a surprise ending that we don’t think you will guess. Then Barrington Bayley comes on strong, showing he deserves his reputation, with “Mutation Planet.”
You will probably find Frank Herbert’s introduction to be far meatier than most; it offers some challenging thoughts about tomorrow’s alternatives, and deserves to be read, and studied, as a separate and worthy work in its own right…
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Contents
Peritonitis • (1973) • short story by Gene Wolfe
In Outraged Stone • [Paravata • 2] • (1973) • short fiction by R. A. Lafferty
Ship-Sister, Star-Sister • (1973) • novelette by Robert Silverberg
Mutation Planet • (1973) • novelette by Barrington J. Bayley
The Answer • (1973) • short fiction by Terry Carr
Mommy Loves Ya • (1973) • short fiction by David H. Charney
Harriet • (1973) • short fiction by Stephen Goldin and C. F. Hensel
Those Wonderful Years • (1973) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
Getting Around • (1973) • short fiction by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O’Donnell]
Jacob’s Bug • (1973) • short fiction by Richard Posner
The Morning Rush or Happy Birthday, Dear Leah • (1973) • short fiction by Lee Saye
Univac: 2200 • (1973) • short story by Clifford D. Simak
Tomorrow’s Alternatives? • (1973) • essay by Frank Herbert
Preface (Frontiers 1: Tomorrow’s Alternatives) • (1973) • essay by Roger Elwood
Revived by Jim
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