DIMENSION X: 5 Science Fiction Novellas

by Damon--Ed. Knight ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 1, 1970

Dimension X, Planet Earth: Robert Heinlein's titanic bluff, ""The Man Who Sold the Moon,"" copyright 1949, a likelier business today; C. M. Kornbluth's nasty dream of a Final Solution, ""The Marching Morons""; a new approach to ""Fiddler's Green,"" that inescapable elysium, by Richard McKenna. Supplying literary leavening, Brian Aldis presents H. G. Wells with an ominous preview of the war of the worlds in ""The Saliva Tree,"" a gaslight horror story; but top honors go to Isaac Asimov for his portrait of ""The Ugly Little Boy"" doomed to return to an alien Neanderthal life, time-sampling completed. Mr. Knight introduces each briefly and lists further readings that really relate; by the five long selections you might appraise their authors as well as chill at the invisible handwriting on the wall.

Pub Date: Oct. 1, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1970

Categories: FICTION