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class="scan"><td><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/3/36/MCSNOSF1.jpg"><img src="https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/3/36/MCSNOSF1.jpg" alt="picture" class="scan"></a></td><td class="pubheader"><ul><li><b>Publication:</b> Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction<span class="recordID"><b>Publication Record # </b>22538</span> <li> <b>Editor:</b> <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?198" dir="ltr">Gardner Dozois</a> <li> <b>Date:</b> 1994-02-00 <li><b>ISBN:</b> 0-312-10504-5 [<small>978-0-312-10504-4</small>] <li> <b>Publisher:</b> <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?68" dir="ltr">St. Martin's Press</a> <li> <b>Price:</b> <div class="tooltip tooltipright">$27.95<sup class="mouseover">?</sup><span class="tooltiptext tooltipnarrow tooltipright">$: US dollar. ISO code: USD</span></div> <li> <b>Pages:</b> xii+657 <li> <b>Format:</b> <div class="tooltip tooltipright">hc<sup class="mouseover">?</sup><span class="tooltiptext tooltipnarrow tooltipright">Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.</span></div> <li> <b>Type:</b> ANTHOLOGY <li><b>Cover:</b> <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?141087" dir="ltr">Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction</a> by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?26483" dir="ltr">Kim Poor</a> <li><b>Webpages:</b> <a href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312105044" target="_blank">archive.org</a> <li> <div class="notes"><b>Notes:</b> Stated 1st edition with full number line. Price in Canada C$38.99</div> <li> <b>External IDs:</b> <ul class="noindent"> <li> <abbr class="template" title="Library of Congress Control Number">LCCN</abbr>: <a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/93-42049" target="_blank">93-42049</a> <li> <abbr class="template" title="Online Computer Library Center">OCLC/WorldCat</abbr>: <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29389024" target="_blank">29389024</a> </ul> </ul> </td> </table> Cover art supplied by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org" target="_blank">ISFDB</a> on <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Image:MCSNOSF1.jpg" target="_blank">this Web page</a> </div> <div class="ContentBox"> <span class="containertitle">Anthology Title:</span> <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?33635" dir="ltr">Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction</a> • anthology by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?198" dir="ltr">Gardner Dozois</a> <h2>Contents <a class="listingtext" href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?22538+c" dir="ltr">(view Concise Listing)</a></h2> <ul> <li>ix • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?126454" dir="ltr">Preface (Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction)</a> • essay by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?198" dir="ltr">Gardner Dozois</a> <li>1 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?484601" dir="ltr">The Miracle Workers</a> • (1969) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?136" dir="ltr">Jack Vance</a> (variant of <a class = "italic" href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?57667" dir="ltr">The Miracle-Workers</a> 1958) <li>65 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?5356" dir="ltr">The Longest Voyage</a> • (1960) • novelette by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?3" dir="ltr">Poul Anderson</a> <li>94 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?41096" dir="ltr">On the Storm Planet</a> • [<a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?24735" dir="ltr">Casher O'Neill</a>] • (1965) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?101" dir="ltr">Cordwainer Smith</a> <li>164 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?43765" dir="ltr">The Star Pit</a> • (1967) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?22" dir="ltr">Samuel R. Delany</a> <li>221 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?52302" dir="ltr">Total Environment</a> • (1968) • novelette by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?131" dir="ltr">Brian W. Aldiss</a> <li>260 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?54499" dir="ltr">The Merchants of Venus</a> • [<a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?875" dir="ltr">Heechee</a>] • (1972) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?820" dir="ltr">Frederik Pohl</a> <li>321 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?849012" dir="ltr">The Death of Doctor Island</a> • [<a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?9195" dir="ltr">Archipelago</a>] • (1973) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?171" dir="ltr">Gene Wolfe</a> (variant of <a class = "italic" href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?41495" dir="ltr">The Death of Dr. Island</a>) <li>373 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?43766" dir="ltr">Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang</a> • (1974) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?66" dir="ltr">Kate Wilhelm</a> <li>415 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?49192" dir="ltr">Souls</a> • (1982) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?222" dir="ltr">Joanna Russ</a> <li>459 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?40848" dir="ltr">A Traveler's Tale</a> • (1984) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?252" dir="ltr">Lucius Shepard</a> <li>504 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?40973" dir="ltr">Sailing to Byzantium</a> • (1985) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?54" dir="ltr">Robert Silverberg</a> <li>561 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?41131" dir="ltr">Mr. Boy</a> • (1990) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?236" dir="ltr">James Patrick Kelly</a> <li>617 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?41660" dir="ltr">And Wild for to Hold</a> • (1991) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?35" dir="ltr">Nancy Kress</a> </ul> </div> <div class="VerificationBox"> <h2>Primary Verifications</h2> <table> <tr class="table1"> <th>Verifier</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Last User Activity Date</th> </tr> <tr class="table2"> <td><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/User_Talk:Rtrace">Rtrace</a></td> <td class="keep">2012-06-13 20:26:17</td> <td class="keep">Permanent</td> <td>2025-03-25</td> </tr> <tr class="table2"> <td><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/User_Talk:Don Erikson">Don Erikson</a></td> <td class="keep">2015-06-09 14:23:21</td> <td class="keep">Permanent</td> <td>2020-03-29</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="VerificationBox"> <h2>Secondary Verifications</h2> <table> <tr class="table1"> <th>Source</th> <th>Status</th> <th>Verifier</th> <th>Date</th> </tr> <tr> <td class="label"><a href="http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Help:Using_Worldcat_data">OCLC/Worldcat</a></td> <td class="keep">Verified</td> <td class="keep"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/User_Talk:Rtrace">Rtrace</a></td> <td class="keep">2012-06-13 20:26:17</td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div id="bottom"> Copyright © 1995-2025 Al von Ruff and the ISFDB team <br> <b>ISFDB Engine</b> - Version 4.00 (2006-04-24) <br> ISFDB is an Amazon Associate in order to have access to Amazon's product data. 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