Tales in Space: An Anthology Companion to Three in Space

White Wolf Rediscovery Trio

by Peter Crowther (Editor / Contributor), Allen M. Steele (Contributor), J.G. Ballard (Contributor)

Classic space stories, harkening to a golden age of science fiction that didn't just involve high-energy disintegrations and shrieking hordes of celestial horrors, but toyed with modern anthropology and the role of humanity in the cosmos in truly realistic ways. An anthology companion to Three in Space. A book in the White Wolf Rediscovery Trio Publication Series.
Contents:
Some Kind of Wonderful (1998) • essay by Peter Crowther
Walking on the Moon [Near Space] (1992) / short story by Allen Steele
The Message from Mars (1992) / short story by J. G. Ballard
Nine Lives (1969) / novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
Visits to Remarkable Cities (1988) / short story by Ian McDonald
The Dark Soul of the Night (1976) / short story by Brian W. Aldiss
The Man Who Hated Gravity (1989) / short story by Ben Bova
Recording Angel [The Book of Confluence] (1995) / novelette by Paul J. McAuley
Pictures Don't Lie (1951) / short story by Katherine MacLean
The Odor of Cocktail Cigarettes (1991) / short story by Ian Watson
The Bone Flute (1981) / short story by Lisa Tuttle
Dream Done Green (1974) / short story by Alan Dean Foster
The Graveyard Cross (1976) / short story by Robert Holdstock
Kaleidoscope (1949) / short story by Ray Bradbury
Picnic on Nearside [Eight Worlds] (1974) / novelette by John Varley
Schwartz Between the Galaxies (1974) / novelette by Robert Silverberg

Genres: Fiction

285 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Peter Crowther, born in 1949, is a journalist, anthologist, and the author of many short stories and novels. He is the co-founder of PS Publishing and the editor of Postscripts.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picked it up for "The Bone Flute" by Lisa Tuttle (thought it was kind of wild that she refused the Nebula award for it), couldn't quite decide whether I was more intrigued or squicked out by Le Guin's "Nine Lives," and absolutely loved Ian McDonald's prose in "Visits to Remarkable Cities." Very nice.

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did not enjoy this one as much as I’d thought (and hoped) that I would. Not sure why. Maybe I went in with expectations too high. In any case, as with all anthologies, some tales really struck me as perfect, and others were just ... meh. Still, it’s a good collection and worth reading the stories included if you’re a fan of classic tales of space travel.

[Pierce · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is Pale Puppy doing something socially redeeming.