UNITED STATES AUTHOR · SCIENCE FICTION
P. Schuyler Miller
Also known as: Peter Schuyler Miller, P. Schuyler Miller L. Sprague de Camp
I CAN not more appropriately introduce the Cosmos than by presenting a brief sketch of the life of its illustrious author.
— from Cosmos
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Alicia in Blunderland
Lewis Carroll's delightful fantasies about Alice in Wonderland are more than whimsy — they are social satires enjoyed especially by adults. Few "Alice" admirers know that Carroll had a score of imitators who utilized their own Carrollian creations for a satirical look at other times and places. Inevitably there had to be a science fiction Alice. It was published in the early 1930's as a serial in the fabled Science Fiction Digest, the first important printed science fiction fan magazine. The byline, "Nihil," concealed the young writer, P. Schuyler Miller. After half a century some of the characters in "Alicia" will be unfamiliar to modern readers. But other allusions to characters and locales out of Verne and Wells, Burroughs and Cummings, Merritt and Doc Smith — or to the writers themselves who appear in the story — will awaken nostalgic memories. "Alicia" is not a parody of the original story. Miller wrote about a future Alice, stressing the idiosyncrasies of science fiction and the great and near-great science fiction writers of the day.

Cosmos
"Cosmos est le premier volume d'une trilogie intitulée "Brève encyclopédie du monde". Il présente une philosophie de la nature. Il sera suivi de "Décadence", qui traitera de l'histoire, puis de "Sagesse", consacré à la question de l'éthique et du bonheur. "Trop de livres se proposent de faire l'économie du monde tout en prétendant nous le décrire. Cet oubli nihiliste du cosmos me semble plus peser que l'oubli de l'être. Les monothéismes ont voulu célébrer un livre qui prétendait dire la totalité du monde. Pour ce faire ils ont écarté des livres qui disaient le monde autrement qu'eux. Une immense bibliothèque s'est installée entre les hommes et le cosmos, et la nature, et le réel". Tel est le point de départ de ce livre, dans lequel Michel Onfray nous propose de renouer avec une méditation philosophique en prise directe avec le cosmos. Contempler le monde, ressaisir les intuitions fondatrices du temps, de la vie, de la nature, comprendre ses mystères et les leçons qu'elle nous livre. Tel est l'ambition de ce livre très personnel, qui renoue avec l'idéal grec et païen d'une sagesse humaine en harmonie avec le monde."--Amazon.com. Cosmos is the first volume of a trilogy entitled "Brief encyclopedia of the world." This contains a philosophy of nature. It will be followed by "Decadence", which will deal with its history, then "Wisdom", dedicated to the issue of ethics and happiness. In this first book Michel Onfray proposes that we return to a philosophical meditation in tune with the cosmos. Contemplating the world, recovering the founding intuitions of time, of life, of nature, understanding its mysteries and the lessons it gives us. Such is the ambition of this very personal book, which revives the Greek and pagan ideal of human wisdom in harmony with the world.

Astounding Science Fiction, November 1956
The Invisible River - essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor] Sour Note on Palayata - novelette by James H. Schmitz The Doorstop - short story by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor] In Times to Come - essay by The Editor With All the Trappings - novelette by Randall Garrett The Analytical Laboratory: August 1956 - essay by The Editor The Troublesome Dimensions - essay by Poul Anderson Sourdough - short story by Robert Silverberg The Naked Sun (Part 2 of 3) - serial by Isaac Asimov The Reference Library: Second-Guessing the Poll - essay by P. Schuyler Miller Review of the fanzine (?) "It #6: UPA Issue" by Walter L. Lee, Jr. - essay by P. Schuyler Miller