GEDANKEN FICTIONS:
STORIES ON THEMES
IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
Wildside Press, 2000
EDITED BY:
THOMAS A. EASTON
THOMAS COLLEGE
WATERVILLE, MAINE 04901
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
I. ATTITUDE
1. THE COLD EQUATIONS, Godwin
2. SKYSTALK, Sheffield
3. DEAR COLLEAGUES, Ligon
II. ENVIRONMENT
4. THE WINNOWING, Asimov
5. OUTPORT, Reeves-Stevens
6. THE GREENHOUSE PAPERS, Hecht
III. COMPUTERS, ROBOTS, AND MINDS
7. RUNAROUND, Asimov
8. LA MACCHINA, Beckett
9. LEARNING TO BE ME, Egan
IV. SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY
10. KIRINYAGA, Resnick
11. CRYPTIC, Sheffield
12. I STILL CALL AUSTRALIA HOME, Turner
13. LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS, Shaw
V. BIOTECHNOLOGY
14. OUT OF COPYRIGHT, Sheffield
15. GENE WARS, McAuley
16. DOWN ON THE TRUCK FARM, Easton
VI. THE RIGHTS OF MAN (AND OTHER CREATURES)
17. CAUGHT IN THE ORGAN DRAFT, Silverberg
18. THE NEWEST PROFESSION, Gotlieb
19. LEGAL RIGHTS FOR GERMS, Patrouch