Space Mail is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph Olander.Space Mail 1980, 1941 at Google Books at Internet Speculative Fiction Database It contains a series of short stories written in the form of letters, diary entries, or memoranda. The book is broken into three sections, each of which contains stories written in the type of documentation after which the section is named.
Contents
"I Never Ask No Favors" by Cyril M. Kornbluth, first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1954) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "Letter to Ellen" by Chandler Davis, first published in Astounding Science Fiction (1947) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "One Rejection Too Many" by Patricia Nurse, first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1978) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "Space Opera" by Ray Russell first published in Playboy (1961) at Internet Archive "The Invasion of the Terrible Titans" by William Sambrot "That Only a Mother" by Judith Merril, first published in Astounding Science Fiction (1948) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "Itch On the Bull Run" by Sharon Webb, first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1979) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "Letter to a Phoenix" by Fredric Brown, first published in Astounding Science Fiction (1949) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "Who's Cribbing?" by Jack Lewis (screenwriter), first published in Startling Stories (1953) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "Computers Don't Argue" by Gordon R. Dickson, first published in Analog Science Fiction (1965) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "Letters from Laura" by Mildred Clingerman, first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1954) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "Dear Pen Pal" by A. E. van Vogt, first published in The Arkham Sampler (1949) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "Damn Shame" by Dean R. Lamb, first published in Analog Science Fiction (1979) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "The Trap" by Howard Fast
Diary
"Flowers For Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1959) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "The Second Kind of Loneliness" by George R. R. Martin, first published in Analog Science Fiction (1972) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Memos
"The Lonely" by Judith Merrill, first published in Worlds of Tomorrow (1963) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "Secret Unattainable" by A. E. van Vogt, first published in Astounding Science Fiction (1942) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "After the Great Space War" by Barry N. Malzberg, first published in 1974 "The Prisoner" by Christopher Anvil, first published in Astounding Science Fiction (1956) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "Request For Proposal" by Anthony R. Lewis, first published in Analog Science Fiction (1972) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "He Walked Around the Horses" by H. Beam Piper, first published in Astounding Science Fiction (1948) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database "The Power" by Murray Leinster, first published in Astounding Science Fiction (1945) at Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Reception
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