Genre Fiction: The Roaring Years by Peter Nicholls
Contents and Original Appearances

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Sketch of Peter Nicholls by Andrew Stephenson, February 1974

Contents

• Foreword by John Clute
• Introduction by Peter Nicholls

• Solaris by Stanisław Lem
• Tau Zero by Poul Anderson and Ringworld by Larry Niven
• Science Fiction and the Mainstream Part 1: The Demolition of Pigeon-Holes
• Silent Running directed by Douglas Trumbull
• Stonehenge by Leon Stover and Harry Harrison
• Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? And Other Stories by Robert Sheckley
• Report on Eurocon 1
• SF: The Other Side of Realism edited by Thomas D. Clareson
• An ABC of British Science Fiction – Apocalypse, Bleakness, Catastrophe
• Tolkien: Anatomy of a Romance
• Science Fiction and the Mainstream Part 2: The Great Tradition of Proto Science Fiction
• The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Astounding-Analog Reader edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss
• Inverted World by Christopher Priest
• Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
• The Great Seacon Freakout
• The Death of James Blish
• Jerry Cornelius at the Atrocity Exhibition: Anarchy and Entropy in New Worlds Science Fiction 1964-1974
• Science Fiction: The Monsters and the Critics
• Hop Aboard Kids, We’re Going to 1984: Seven Children’s Books
• Illustration, Art, or Cosmic Kitsch?: Six SF Art Books
• 1975: The Year in Science Fiction, or Let’s Hear It for the Decline and Fall of the Science Fiction Empire!
• Publishers’ Pantheons
• Consumers’ Guide to Recent Writing on SF
• The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert
• Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch
• The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe
• The Regency Buck Stops Here
• Golem¹⁰⁰ by Alfred Bester
• To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer: Introduction
• Philip K. Dick: A Cowardly Memoir
• Interzone: The First Eight Issues
• David Cronenberg
• Sarban
• E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet by William Kotzwinkle
• Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
• Three Books on Fantastic Films
• Contact by Carl Sagan
• Too Old at 20
• Philippa Pearce
• Doors and Breakthroughs
• Innocents Abroad
• Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
• The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
• Ghost Story by Peter Straub
• The Man in the High Castle: Two Biographies of Philip K. Dick
• Salvage Rites and The Fire Worm by Ian Watson
• The 1990 World Science Fiction Convention
• Foundation Garments, or The Administrator’s New Clothes: An Unreliable Memoir
• Interview with Diana Wynne Jones
• Will the Real Dan Simmons Please Stand Up?
• Conceptual Breakthrough
• The Academy and Science Fiction: Symbiosis or Parasitism
• The Books We Really Read
• Trapped in the Pattern: Science Fiction vs Fantasy, Open Universes vs Closed Universes, Free Will vs Predestination
• Greg Benford
• In Dante’s Dark Wood, A Piggy-wig Stood
• Earth Is But a Star edited by Damien Broderick
• Big Dumb Objects and Cosmic Enigmas: The Love Affair between Space Fiction and the Transcendental

• Original Appearances
• Editor’s Note
• Index

Original Appearances

• “1975: The Year in Science Fiction, or Let’s Hear It for the Decline and Fall of the Science Fiction Empire!” – Nebula Award Stories 11 (London: Victor Gollancz, November 1976) edited by Ursula K. Le Guin.
• “The 1990 World Science Fiction Convention” – Sunday Herald (16 September 1990).
• “An ABC of British Science Fiction – Apocalypse, Bleakness, Catastrophe” – Beyond This Horizon (November 1973) edited by Christopher Carrell.
• “The Academy and Science Fiction: Symbiosis or Parasitism” – speech (1995) not previously published.
• “The Astounding-Analog Reader edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss” – Foundation 6 (May 1974) edited by Peter Nicholls.
• “Greg Benford” – Aussiecon Three Souvenir Book (September 1999) edited by Marc Ortlieb.
• “Big Dumb Objects and Cosmic Enigmas: The Love Affair between Space Fiction and the Transcendental” – The New York Review of Science Fiction 256 (December 2009) edited by David G. Hartwell and Kevin J. Maroney.
• “Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut” – Washington Post Book World (4 October 1987).
• “The Books We Really Read” – The New York Review of Science Fiction 91 (March 1996) edited by David G. Hartwell and Kevin J. Maroney.
• “Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch” – Survey of Science Fiction Literature, Volume 1 (Pasadena: Salem Press, 1979) edited by Frank N. Magill and (anonymously) Keith Neilson.
• “Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? And Other Stories by Robert Sheckley” – Foundation 3 (March 1973) edited by Charles Barren.
• “Conceptual Breakthrough” – Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (April 1993) edited by Peter Nicholls and John Clute; some cut text has been restored from the original 1979 version.
• “Contact by Carl Sagan” – Washington Post Book World (13 October 1985).
• “Consumers’ Guide to Recent Writing on SF” – Foundation 11/12 (March 1977) edited by Peter Nicholls.
• “David Cronenberg” – Fantastic Cinema: An Illustrated Survey (London: Ebury Press, November 1984. New York: Dodd, Mead, January 1985, as The World of Fantastic Films: An Illustrated Survey) by Peter Nicholls.
• “The Death of James Blish” – Foundation 9 (November 1975) edited by Peter Nicholls.
• “Philip K. Dick: A Cowardly Memoir” – Tappen (June 1982) edited by Malcolm Edwards; reprinted Foundation 26 (October 1982) edited by David Pringle.
• “Doors and Breakthroughs” – Frontier Crossings (Brighton: Conspiracy ’87, August 1987) edited by Rob Jackson.
• “The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert” – Foundation 15 (January 1979) edited by Malcolm Edwards.
• “Earth Is But a Star edited by Damien Broderick” – Sydney Morning Herald (18 August 2001).
• “E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet by William Kotzwinkle” – Washington Post Book World (10 March 1985).
• “The Farthest Shore by Ursula Le Guin” – Foundation 5 (January 1974) edited by Peter Nicholls.
• “The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe” – Survey of Science Fiction Literature, Volume 2 (Pasadena: Salem Press, 1979) edited by Frank N. Magill and (anonymously) Keith Neilson.
• “Foundation Garments, or The Administrator’s New Clothes: An Unreliable Memoir” – Foundation 50 (Autumn 1990) edited by Edward James.
• “Ghost Story by Peter Straub” – Horror: 100 Best Books (London: Xanadu, November 1988. New York, Carroll & Graf, 1988) edited by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman.
• “Golem¹⁰⁰ by Alfred Bester” – Washington Post Book World (25 May 1980).
• “The Great Seacon Freakout” – Wrinkled Shrew 4, August 1975, edited by Pat Charnock.
• “Hop Aboard Kids, We’re Going to 1984: Seven Children’s Books” – without subtitle in Foundation 10 (June 1976) edited by Peter Nicholls.
• “Illustration, Art, or Cosmic Kitsch? Six SF Art Books” – without subtitle in Foundation 10 (June 1976) edited by Peter Nicholls.
• “In Dante’s Dark Wood, A Piggy-wig Stood” – The New York Review of Science Fiction 144 (August 2000) edited by David G. Hartwell and Kevin J. Maroney.
• “Innocents Abroad” – Conspiracy Theories (Autumn 1987) edited by Chris Evans.
• “Interview with Diana Wynne Jones” – The Age (September 1992).
• “Interzone: The First Eight Issues” – Times Literary Supplement (6 July 1984).
• “Introduction by Peter Nicholls” – dated 2012; not previously published.
• “Inverted World by Christopher Priest” – Foundation 7/8 (March 1975) edited by Peter Nicholls.
• “Jerry Cornelius at the Atrocity Exhibition: Anarchy and Entropy in New Worlds Science Fiction 1964-1974” – Foundation 9 (November 1975) edited by Peter Nicholls.
• “The Man in the High Castle: Two Biographies of Philip K. Dick” – Washington Post Book World (31 December 1989).
• “Philippa Pearce” – Washington Post Book World (11 January 1987).
• “Publishers’ Pantheons” – Foundation 11/12 (March 1977) edited by Peter Nicholls.
• “The Regency Buck Stops Here” – Drilkjis 5 (February 1980) edited by David Langford and Kevin Smith.
• “Report on Eurocon 1” – Foundation 3 (March 1973) edited by Charles Barren.
• “Salvage Rites and The Fire Worm by Ian Watson” – The Sunday Herald (1990), exact date not traced.
• “Sarban” – Supernatural Fiction Writers (New York: Scribner’s, 1985) edited by E.F. Bleiler.
• “Science Fiction and the Mainstream Part 1: The Demolition of Pigeon-Holes” – Foundation 3 (March 1973) edited by Charles Barren.
• “Science Fiction and the Mainstream Part 2: The Great Tradition of Proto Science Fiction” – Foundation 5 (January 1974) edited by Peter Nicholls.
• “Science Fiction: The Monsters and the Critics” – Science Fiction at Large (London: Victor Gollancz, 1976) edited by Peter Nicholls.
• “SF: The Other Side of Realism edited by Thomas D. Clareson” – Foundation 4 (July 1973) edited by Charles Barren.
• “Silent Running directed by Douglas Trumbull” – Foundation 3 (March 1973) edited by Charles Barren.
• “Skeleton Crew by Stephen King” – Washington Post Book World (16 June 1985).
• “Solaris by Stanisław Lem” – Foundation 1 (March 1972) edited by Charles Barren.
• “Stonehenge by Leon Stover and Harry Harrison” – Foundation 3 (March 1973) edited by Charles Barren.
• “Tau Zero by Poul Anderson and Ringworld by Larry Niven” – Foundation 2 (June 1972) edited by Charles Barren.
• “Three Books on Fantastic Films” – untitled in Foundation 34 (Autumn 1985) edited by David Pringle.
• “Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein” – Foundation 7/8 (March 1975) edited by Peter Nicholls.
• “To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer: Introduction” – Gregg Press (July 1980) reissue of this novel.
• “Tolkien: Anatomy of a Romance” – Vector 67/68 (Summer 1974) edited by Malcolm Edwards.
• “Too Old at 20” – Guardian (4 September 1986).
• “Trapped in the Pattern: Science Fiction vs Fantasy, Open Universes vs Closed Universes, Free Will vs Predestination” – The Fantastic Self: Essays on the Subject of the Self (Perth: Eidolon Publications, 1999) edited by Janeen Webb and Andrew Enstice.
• “The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe” – Foundation 41 (Winter 1987) edited by Edward James.
• “Will the Real Dan Simmons Please Stand Up?” – Necrofile (Fall 1992) edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, S.T. Joshi and Michael A. Morrison.

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