New Dimensions 2

New Dimensions #2

by Robert Silverberg (Editor)

Contents:

Introduction (New Dimensions II) • essay by Robert Silverberg
Nobody's Home • short story by Joanna Russ
Filomena & Greg & Rikki-Tikki & Barlow & the Alien • novelette by James Tiptree Jr. (variant of All the Kinds of Yes)
Out from Ganymede • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
No. 2 Plain Tank Auxiliary Fill Structural Limit 17,605 lbs. Fuel-PWA Spec. 522 Revised • short story by Edward Bryant
Eurema's Dam • short story by R.A. Lafferty
King Harvest • novelette by Gardner Dozois (as by Gardner R. Dozois)
Take a Match • short story by Isaac Asimov
f(x)=(11/15/67) x=her, f(x)!=0 • short fiction by George Alec Effinger
White Summer in Memphis • novelette by Gordon Eklund
Lazarus II • short story by Miriam Allen deFord
The Men Inside • novelette by Barry N. Malzberg

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories

208 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1972

About the author

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Robert Silverberg is a highly celebrated American science fiction author and editor known for his prolific output and literary range. Over a career spanning decades, he has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards and was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2004. Inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999, Silverberg is recognized for both his immense productivity and his contributions to the genre's evolution.
Born in Brooklyn, he began writing in his teens and won his first Hugo Award in 1956 as the best new writer. Throughout the 1950s, he produced vast amounts of fiction, often under pseudonyms, and was known for writing up to a million words a year. When the market declined, he diversified into other genres, including historical nonfiction and erotica.
Silverberg’s return to science fiction in the 1960s marked a shift toward deeper psychological and literary themes, contributing significantly to the New Wave movement. Acclaimed works from this period include Downward to the Earth, Dying Inside, Nightwings, and The World Inside. In the 1980s, he launched the Majipoor series with Lord Valentine’s Castle, creating one of the most imaginative planetary settings in science fiction.
Though he announced his retirement from writing in the mid-1970s, Silverberg returned with renewed vigor and continued to publish acclaimed fiction into the 1990s. He received further recognition with the Nebula-winning Sailing to Byzantium and the Hugo-winning Gilgamesh in the Outback.
Silverberg has also played a significant role as an editor and anthologist, shaping science fiction literature through both his own work and his influence on others. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, author Karen Haber.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This second original anthology in the series that Silverberg edited is a bit less even in overall quality than the first. Some of the stories were a bit too experimental or obscure or New Wave in my opinion. R.A. Lafferty won his only major award for the short story Eurema's Dam (he tied with Pohl & Kornbluth, actually), and there are also good stories by Barry N. Malzberg (twice, and it was rather unusual to have an author in such an anthology with more than one piece, James Tiptree, Jr. (my favorite of the lot), and Edward Bryant.

[Mack · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story of creativity.

[PSXtreme · Rating 2 out of 5]

Has a couple quality pieces...but volume contained too many "Jabberwocky" styled stories to keep me in the game. Finished it, but it was nothing but work. Not enjoyable.