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The World Turned Upside Down (2005) — Herausgeber — 219 Exemplare
New Destinies, Volume 6, Winter 1988 (1988) — Herausgeber — 114 Exemplare
The Best from Galaxy Volume IV (1976) 103 Exemplare
New Destinies, Volume 7, Spring 1989 (1989) — Herausgeber — 97 Exemplare
Destinies Vol. 2, No. 4 (1980) — Herausgeber — 88 Exemplare
Destinies Vol. 2, No. 3 (1980) — Herausgeber — 87 Exemplare
Far Frontiers (1985) — Herausgeber — 87 Exemplare
Destinies Vol. 1, No. 3 (1979) — Herausgeber — 86 Exemplare
Destinies Vol. 1, No. 1 (1978) — Herausgeber — 85 Exemplare
Destinies Vol. 2, No. 1 (1979) — Herausgeber — 77 Exemplare
New Destinies, Volume 1, Spring 1987 (1987) — Herausgeber — 76 Exemplare
Destinies Vol. 1, No. 2 (1979) — Herausgeber — 75 Exemplare
New Destinies, Volume 9, Fall 1990 (1990) — Herausgeber — 74 Exemplare
Destinies Vol. 1, No. 4 (1979) — Herausgeber — 72 Exemplare
New Destinies, Volume 3, Spring 1988 (1988) — Herausgeber — 70 Exemplare
New Destinies, Volume 4, Summer 1988 (1988) — Herausgeber — 69 Exemplare
Destinies Vol. 3, No. 2 (1979) — Herausgeber — 65 Exemplare
New Destinies, Volume 2, Fall 1987 (1987) — Herausgeber — 63 Exemplare
New Destinies, Volume 8, Fall 1989 (1989) — Herausgeber — 61 Exemplare
Galaxy, the Best of My Years (1980) — Herausgeber — 58 Exemplare
Destinies Vol. 2, No. 2 (1980) — Herausgeber — 57 Exemplare
Far Frontiers, Volume II (1985) — Herausgeber — 56 Exemplare
Destinies Vol. 3, No. 1 (1978) — Herausgeber — 55 Exemplare
Destinies Vol. 1, No. 5 (1979) — Herausgeber — 55 Exemplare
Far Frontiers, Volume IV (1985) — Herausgeber — 46 Exemplare
Far Frontiers, Volume V (1986) — Herausgeber — 42 Exemplare
Far Frontiers, Volume III (1985) — Herausgeber — 42 Exemplare
Far Frontiers, Volume VII (1986) — Herausgeber — 41 Exemplare
Far Frontiers, Volume VI (1986) — Herausgeber — 35 Exemplare
The Best from Galaxy Vol. 3 (1975) — Herausgeber — 34 Exemplare
The Best from If, Volume III (1976) — Herausgeber — 24 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1977 June, Vol. 38, No. 4 (1977) — Herausgeber — 19 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1976 October, Vol. 37, No. 7 (1976) — Herausgeber — 18 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1977 September, Vol. 38, No. 7 (1977) — Herausgeber — 15 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1977 March, Vol. 38, No. 1 (1977) — Herausgeber — 15 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1976 November, Vol. 37, No. 8 (1976) — Herausgeber — 14 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1976 September, Vol. 37, No. 6 (1976) — Herausgeber — 14 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1974 July, Vol. 35, No. 7 (1974) — Herausgeber — 14 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1975 March, Vol. 36, No. 3 (1975) — Herausgeber — 13 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1976 February, Vol. 37, No. 2 (1976) — Herausgeber — 13 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1976 March, Vol. 37, No. 3 (1976) — Herausgeber — 13 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1977 August, Vol. 38, No. 6 (1977) — Herausgeber — 12 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1977 April, Vol. 38, No. 2 (1977) — Herausgeber — 12 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1974 August, Vol. 35, No. 8 (1974) — Herausgeber — 12 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1977 July, Vol. 38, No. 5 (1977) — Herausgeber — 12 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1976 May, Vol. 37, No. 4 (1976) — Herausgeber — 12 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1974 June, Vol. 35, No. 6 (1974) — Herausgeber — 12 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1977 October, Vol. 38, No. 8 (1977) — Herausgeber — 11 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1975 September, Vol. 36, No. 8 (1905) — Herausgeber — 10 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1975 July, Vol. 36, No. 6 (1975) — Herausgeber — 10 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1975 June, Vol. 36, No. 5 (1975) — Herausgeber — 10 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1975 October, Vol. 36, No. 9 (1975) — Herausgeber — 10 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1976 July, Vol. 37, No. 5 (1976) — Herausgeber — 10 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1975 February, Vol. 36, No. 2 (1975) — Herausgeber — 8 Exemplare
Galaxy Science Fiction 1974 September, Vol. 35, No. 9 (1972) — Herausgeber — 8 Exemplare
New Destinies 5 Exemplare
The best from IF 1 Exemplar
Destinies Volume 1, Number 2 (1979) 1 Exemplar

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ed.angelina | Mar 23, 2024 |
An artifact of another time that suffers primarily from second rate stories that are utterly forgettable. It caught my eye because it had a story by Raccoona Sheldon in it. If you know who she is it might catch your eye also. The best story in here was by Bob Shaw. The novelette by Fritz Lieber was dated but entertaining and set in San Francisco.
 
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RBeffa | Jul 26, 2023 |
The World Turned Upside Down, edited by David Drake, Eric Flint, Jim Baen

29 Stories, the likes of which I've not seen for over 50 years. These are stories that are so gripping that I do remember the majority of them…if not their authors or titles. Well, "gripping" may be too strong; let's say "memorable". Indeed, I have memories of rethinking the plots of many of these very stories in the past 50 years (and wondering who wrote them and what were they called). These are the types of stories that stick with you and tickle at the back of your mind with "what would I have done?" "is this possible?" "this story was so prescient."

There's one tale the plot line of which, if not the actual story, was possibly the inspiration for an episode of "Star Trek, the Next Generation" where the young hero is condemned to death despite his innocent ignorance of what seems to be an arbitrary law. How would you feel, knowing that you're about to die for doing something you thought was at worst a silly prank? Or, how would you feel being the executioner of someone who truly does not deserve to die?

There's only one story that is monster-scary, "Who Goes There?" and it was made into two movies: "The Thing From Another World," 1951; and the remake, "The Thing" in 1982. (I remember the 1951 movie, with James Arness—Matt Dillon, from "Gunsmoke"—as the monster…okay, I date myself.)

These vignettes, averaging about 24 pages…including prefaces and postscripts by the editors, describe situations that require meditative effort to comprehend. Not that they're complicated or intricate; but that they serve as examples of "thought experiments" conducted by philosophers or psychoanalysts. What would be right action under THESE conditions.

Forgive me, but these are the Sci-Fi tales I grew up on; these are the stories that fed my psychological needs. The short-stories of today just don't "touch" me in the same way. Or captivate me to the same extent. I recommend each story and the whole book of them to anyone who wants to either reawaken lost emotions—or to inspire the emotions of a prior age's childhood.

My recommendation is that you not read this book too quickly. Give each story it's due and let yourself digest it before you move on to the next.
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majackson | 5 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 25, 2017 |
Contains part 2 of Pohl's Gateway
 
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