P. Schuyler Miller

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

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.

I, Robot - short story by Otto Binder (variant of "I, Robot" 1939) [as by Eando Binder] The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton - short story by Robert Bloch Trouble with Water - short story by H. L. Gold Cloak of Aesir - novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by Don A. Stuart] The Day Is Done - short story by Lester del Rey The Ultimate Catalyst - novelette by John Taine The Gnarly Man - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp Black Destroyer - novelette by A. E. van Vogt Greater Than Gods - novelette by C. L. Moore Trends - short story by Isaac Asimov The Blue Giraffe - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp The Misguided Halo - short story by Henry Kuttner Heavy Planet - short story by Milton A. Rothman Life-Line - short story by Robert A. Heinlein Ether Breather - short story by Theodore Sturgeon Pilgrimage - novelette by Nelson S. Bond Rust - short story by Joseph E. Kelleam The Four-Sided Triangle - novelette by William F. Temple (variant of The 4-Sided Triangle) Star Bright - novelette by Jack Williamson Misfit - novelette by Robert A. Heinlein The Dwindling Sphere - short story by Willard Hawkins [as by Willard E. Hawkins] The Automatic Pistol - short story by Fritz Leiber Hindsight - short story by Jack Williamson Postpaid to Paradise - short story by Robert Arthur Into the Darkness - novelette by Ross Rocklynne Dark Mission - short story by Lester del Rey It - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon Vault of the Beast - novelette by A. E. van Vogt The Impossible Highway - short story by Oscar J. Friend Quietus - short story by Ross Rocklynne Strange Playfellow - short story by Isaac Asimov The Warrior Race - short story by L. Sprague de Camp Farewell to the Master - novelette by Harry Bates Butyl and the Breather - short story by Theodore Sturgeon The Exalted - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp Old Man Mulligan - novelette by P. Schuyler Miller

"The Cave" by P. Schuyler Miller "The Halfling" by Leigh Brackett "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett (pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore) "Q.U.R." by Anthony Boucher "Clash by Night" by Lawrence O'Donnell "Exile" by Edmond Hamilton "Daymare" by Fredric Brown "Doorway into Time" by C. L. Moore "The Storm" by A. E. van Vogt "The Proud Robot" by Lewis Padgett (pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore) "Symbiotica" by Eric Frank Russell "The Iron Standard" by Lewis Padgett (pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore)

The man who evolved / Edmond Hamilton The Jameson Satellite / Neil R. Jones Submicroscopic / S. P. Meek Awlo of Ulm / S. P. Meek Tetrahedra of space / P. Schuyler Miller The world of the red Sun / Clifford D. Simak Tumithak of the corridors / Charles R. Tanner The Moon era / Jack Williamson The man who awoke / Laurence Manning Tumithak in Shawm / Capt. Charles R. Tanner

The Man Who Evolved - short story by Edmond Hamilton The Jameson Satellite - novelette by Neil R. Jones Submicroscopic - novelette by S. P. Meek Awlo of Ulm - novella by S. P. Meek Tetrahedra of Space - novelette by P. Schuyler Miller The World of the Red Sun - novelette by Clifford D. Simak Tumithak of the Corridors - novella by Charles R. Tanner The Moon Era - novella by Jack Williamson

The Man Who Evolved - short story by Edmond Hamilton The Jameson Satellite - novelette by Neil R. Jones Submicroscopic - novelette by S. P. Meek [as by Capt. S. P. Meek] Awlo of Ulm - novella by S. P. Meek [as by Capt. S. P. Meek] Tetrahedra of Space - novelette by P. Schuyler Miller The World of the Red Sun - novelette by Clifford D. Simak

Report on the Dean Drive - essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor] By Proxy - novelette by Randall Garrett [as by David Gordon] In Times to Come - essay by The Editor A Transmutation of Muddles - short story by H. B. Fyfe The High Crusade (Part 3 of 3) - serial by Poul Anderson The Matter of Space - essay by Isaac Asimov The Analytical Laboratory: May 1960 - essay by The Editor The Analytical Laboratory: June 1960 - essay by The Editor Barnacle Bull - short story by Poul Anderson [as by Winston P. Sanders] Alarm Clock - novelette by Everett B. Cole The Reference Library: Our Lively Satellite - essay by P. Schuyler Miller Brass Tacks - essay by uncredited Letter - essay by Roscoe E. Wright [as by Rosco Wright] Letter - essay by Kenneth H. Cassens

Part one 1920 to 1930 Part two 1931 The man who evolved / Edmond Hamilton The Jameson Satellite / Neil R. Jones Submicroscopic / Capt. S.P. Meek Awlo of Ulm / Capt. S.P. Meek Tetrahedra of space / P. Schuyler Miller The world of the red Sun / Clifford D. Simak Part three 1932 Tumithak of the corridors / Charles R. Tanner The Moon era / Jack Williamson Part four 1933 The man who awoke / Laurence Manning Tumithak in Shawm / Capt. Charles R. Tanner Part five 1934 Colossus / Donald Wandrei Born of the Sun / Jack Williamson Sidewise in time / Murray Leinster Old Faithful / Raymond Z. Gallun Part six 1935 The parasite planet / Stanley G. Weinbaum Proxima Centauri / Murray Leinster The accursed galaxy / Edmond Hamilton Part seven 1936 He who shrank / Henry Hasse The human pets of Mars / Leslie Frances Stone The brain stealers of Mars / John W. Campbell, Jr. Devolution / Edmond Hamilton Big game / Isaac Asimov Part eight 1937 Other eyes watching / John W. Campbell, Jr. Minus planet / John D. Clark Past, present, and future / Nat Schachner Part nine 1938 The men and the mirror / Ross Rocklynne

This book is about science in its broadest human context, how science and civilization grew up together. It is the story of our long journey of discovery and the forces and individuals who helped to shape modern science, including Democritus, Hypatia, Kepler, Newton, Huygens, Champollion, Lowell and Humason. The book also explores spacecraft missions of discovery of the nearby planets, the research in the Library of ancient Alexandria, the human brain, Egyptian hieroglyphics, the origin of life, the death of the Sun, the evolution of galaxies and the origins of matter, suns and worlds. The author retraces the fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution that have transformed matter into life and consciousness, enabling the cosmos to wonder about itself. He considers the latest findings on life elsewhere and how we might communicate with the beings of other worlds. ~ WorldCat.org

Introduction (1964), by Cordelia Titcomb Smith Vital Factor (1951), by Nelson S. Bond Pottage (1955), by Zenna Henderson The Roads Must Roll (1940), by Robert A. Heinlein The Stolen Bacillus (1894), by H. G. Wells The Star (1897), by H. G. Wells Nightfall (1941), by Isaac Asimov History Lesson (1949), by Arthur C. Clarke In Hiding (1948), by Wilmar Shiras The Martian Crown Jewels (1957), by Poul Anderson The Sands of Time (1937), by P. Schuyler Miller Into Space (1869), by Jules Verne

The cave / P. Schuyler Miller -- The halfling / Leigh Brackett -- Mimsy were the Borogoves / Lewis Padgett -- Q.U.R. / Anthony Boucher -- Clash by night / Lawrence O'Donnell -- Exile / Edmond Hamilton -- Daymare / Fredric Brown -- Doorway into time / C.L. Moore -- The storm / A.E. Van Vogt -- The proud robot / Lewis Padgett -- Symbiotica / Eric Frank Russell -- The veil of Astellar / Leigh Brackett -- City / Clifford D. Simak -- Arena / Fredric Brown -- Huddling place / Clifford D. Simak -- Kindness / Lester Del Rey -- Desertion / Clifford D. Simak -- When the bough breaks / Lewis Padgett -- Killdozer! / Theodore Sturgeon -- No woman born / C.L. Moore.

"Requiem" by Robert A. Heinlein "The Dwindling Sphere" by Willard Hawkins "The Automatic Pistol" by Fritz Leiber "Hindsight" by Jack Williamson "Postpaid to Paradise" by Robert Arthur "Coventry" by Robert A. Heinlein "Into the Darkness" by Ross Rocklynne "Dark Mission" by Lester del Rey "It" by Theodore Sturgeon "Vault of the Beast" by A. E. van Vogt "The Impossible Highway" by Oscar J. Friend "Quietus" by Ross Rocklynne "Blowups Happen" by Robert A. Heinlein "Strange Playfellow" by Isaac Asimov "The Warrior Race" by L. Sprague de Camp "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates "Butyl and the Breather" by Theodore Sturgeon "The Exalted" by L. Sprague de Camp "Old Man Mulligan" by P. Schuyler Miller