The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction by: Robert Silverberg (Editor), Ursula K. Le Guin, James Tiptree Jr., Gene Wolfe
Hardcover. NY, Hawthorne Books, BC Ed., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 182 pages. Three short novels by some of science fiction's greatest writers. The New Atlantis, by Ursula K. Le Guin: In a dark near-future, global warming and a ruined ecology is causing the continents to sink into the oceans just as the towers of Atlantis re-emerge above the sea. Locus award winner and Hugo finalist. Silhouette, by Gene Wolfe, and A Momentary Taste of Being, by James Tiptree, Jr., present two different masterpieces on a similar theme: A deep-space colony exploration ship approaches their target planet, where they must investigate whether or not it's hospitable enough to signal Earth to send more colonists. Things are not as they seem... Nebula / Locus award finalist stories. Clean copy.
