The Universe

by Byron Preiss (Editor), Andrew Fraknoi (Scientific Editor)

Other authors: Darrel Anderson (Illustrator), Poul Anderson (Contributor), Isaac Asimov (Contributor), Gregory Benford (Contributor), Michael Bishop (Contributor) — 30 more, Ben Bova (Contributor), Ray Bradbury (Contributor), David Brin (Contributor), Jim Burns (Illustrator), Eric J. Chaisson (Contributor), David A. Cherry (Illustrator), Martin Cohen (Contributor), John Collier (Illustrator), Bob Eggleton (Illustrator), Donald Goldsmith (Contributor), John Harris (Illustrator), Kikuo Hayashi (Illustrator), David J. Helfand (Contributor), B. E. Johnson (Illustrator), William J. Kaufmann III (Contributor), Ted Mader (Back cover art), Ron Miller (Illustrator), Moebius (Illustrator), Frederik Pohl (Contributor), Pat Rawlings (Illustrator), Rudy Rucker (Contributor), Allan Sandage (Contributor), Robert Silverberg (Contributor), Harding E. Smith (Contributor), Hyron Spinrad (Contributor), James Trefil (Contributor), Wallace Tucker (Contributor), Connie Willis (Contributor), Gene Wolfe (Contributor), Lebbeus Woods (Illustrator)

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A collection of nonfiction articles on various extrasolar subjects such as black holes, each followed by a science fiction selection on the same topic.

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Combina relatos de autores y divulgación científica a cargo de astrónomos y astrofísicos (que puede haber quedado algo desfasado, pués el libro se publicó en los años 90 del siglo pasado...) Incluye ilustraciones. (

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maskarakan | Oct 8, 2021 |

Byron Preiss: Frontera; Andrew Fraknoi: El universo: una introducción; Isaac Asimov: ¿Qué es el universo?; Ray Bradbury: Arte y ciencia ficción; Eric J. Chaisson: Nuestra Galaxia; Gregory Benford: Mandikini; Martin Cohen: Nacimiento y madurez de una estrella; Ben Bova: Tocar una estrella; David J. Helfand: Las supernovas; Robert Silverberg: La estrella de hierro; William J. Kaufmann: El agujero negro; Connie Willis: El radio de Schwarzschild; Hyron Spinrad: Galaxias y cúmulos; David Brin: Pompas; Harding E. Smith: Quasars y galaxias activas; Michael Bishop: Así recuerdo yo Cartago; Wallace Tucker: El medio intergaláctico; Rudy Rucker: El hombre que era una cuerda cósmica; Allan Sandage: Cosmología; Poul Anderson: Réquiem por un universo; James Trefil: La nueva física y el universo; Gene Wolfe: Todos los tonos del infierno; Donald Goldsmith: ¿Quién hablará en nombre de la Tierra?; Frederik Pohl: La sombra oscura

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Preiss, Byron	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Fraknoi, Andrew	Scientific Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Anderson, Darrel	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Anderson, Poul	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Asimov, Isaac	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Benford, Gregory	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bishop, Michael	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bova, Ben	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bradbury, Ray	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brin, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Burns, Jim	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chaisson, Eric J.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cherry, David A.	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cohen, Martin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Collier, John	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Eggleton, Bob	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Goldsmith, Donald	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Harris, John	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hayashi, Kikuo	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Helfand, David J.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Johnson, B. E.	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kaufmann III, William J.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mader, Ted	Back cover art	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Miller, Ron	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Moebius	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pohl, Frederik	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rawlings, Pat	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rucker, Rudy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sandage, Allan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Silverberg, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Smith, Harding E.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Spinrad, Hyron	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Trefil, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tucker, Wallace	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Willis, Connie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wolfe, Gene	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Woods, Lebbeus	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Malin, David	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Schwarzschild Radius [short story] by Connie Willis

The Iron Star by Robert Silverberg

Bubbles by David Brin

For Thus Do I Remember Carthage [short fiction] by Michael Bishop

All the Hues of Hell [short story] by Gene Wolfe

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Anthology contains:

Frontier / Byron Preiss
The Universe: An Introduction / Andrew Fraknoi
What is the Universe? / Isaac Asimov; artwork Darrel Anderson
Art and Science Fiction: Unbuilt Cities / Realized Dreams / Ray Bradbury; artwork Moebius
Our Galaxy / Eric J. Chaisson
Mandikini / Gregory Benford; artwork B. E. Johnson
Star Birth and Maturity / Martin Cohen
To Touch a Star / Ben Bova; artwork Pat Rawlings
Supernovae: Creative Catclysms in the Galaxy / David J. Helfand
The Iron Star / Robert Silverberg; artwork Bob Eggleton
The Black Hole / William J. Kaufmann, III
Schwarzschild Radius / Connie Willis; artwork Jim Burns
Galaxies and Clusters / Hyron Spinrad
Bubbles / David Brin; artwork David A. Cherry
Quasars and Active Galaxies / Harding E. Smith
For Thus Do I Remember Carthage / Michael Bishop; artwork John Collier
The Intergalactic Medium / Wallace Tucker
The Man Who Was a Cosmic String / Rudy Rucker; artwork Ron Miller
Cosmology: The Quest to Understand the Creation and Expansion of the Universe / Allan Sandage
Requiem for a Universe / Poul Anderson; artwork John Harris
The New Physics and the Universe / James Trefil
All the Hues of Hell / Gene Wolfe; artwork Kikuo Hayashi
Who Will Speak for Earth? An Essay on Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Contact / Donald Goldsmith
The Dark Shadow / Frederik Pohl; artwork Lebbeus Woods