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Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was an American sculptor best known for inventing the mobile, a kinetic sculpture that moves with air currents. He created thousands of sculptures over his career, including both mobiles that moved and stationary sculptures called "stabiles". Some of his most famous works included "Romulus and Remus" from 1928 and the 30-ton steel sculpture "Flamingo" installed in downtown Chicago in 1973.
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Alexander Calder was an American sculptor and artist born in 1898 in Philadelphia to a family of artists. He studied mechanical engineering and art, and created kinetic sculptures and mobiles that incorporated movement. In 1926 he moved to Paris where he created toys, circus performances, and wire portraits of his artist friends. He is known for inventing mobiles, sculptures that moved suspended from the ceiling, as well as stabiles, static sculptures made of metal. His mobiles and stabiles can be found in public spaces around the world.
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Alexander Calder was an American artist known for creating moving mobiles and sculptures made of wire. Some of his most famous works included large outdoor sculptures like "Flamingo" in Chicago and "L'Homme" in France, which measures over 20 meters tall. Calder was also an inventor who pioneered kinetic sculptures that moved through motors or air currents, like his mobile "Red Lily Pads" displayed at the Guggenheim Museum.
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Alexander Calder was an American artist known for creating moving mobiles and sculptures made of wire. Some of his most famous works included large outdoor sculptures like "Flamingo" in Chicago and "L'Homme" in France, which measures over 20 meters tall. Calder was also an inventor who pioneered kinetic sculptures that moved through motors or air currents, like his mobile "Red Lily Pads" displayed at the Guggenheim Museum.
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Alexander Calder fue un artista estadounidense nacido en 1899 que se destacó principalmente por sus esculturas móviles y estables abstractas. Comenzó su carrera artística en París en los años 1920 donde experimentó con figuras de alambre y madera. Más tarde desarrolló sus famosos móviles suspendidos en el aire que se balanceaban suavemente con el viento. Calder también creó grandes esculturas públicas de acero inoxidable. Fue considerado uno de los artistas más innovadores del siglo XX.
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The Wesleyan anthology of Science Fiction. . . ..docx
The Wesleyan
anthology of
Science Fiction
. . . .
Edited by Arthur B. Evans,
Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., Joan Gordon,
Veronica Hollinger, Rob Latham, and
Carol McGuirk
w e s l e y a n u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s
Middletown, Connecticut
Wesleyan University Press
Middletown CT 06459
www.wesleyan.edu/wespress
2010 © SF-TH Inc.
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
The editors would like to thank DePauw University,
the University of Iowa, and Trent University for their
generous support in making this teaching
anthology possible.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Wesleyan anthology of science fiction /
edited by Arthur B. Evans . . . [et al.].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8195-6954-7 (cloth: alk. paper)
—ISBN 978-0-8195-6955-4 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Science fiction, American. 2. Science fiction, English. I. Evans, Arthur B.
PS648.S3W39 2010
813′.0876208—dc22
2009053144
5 4 3 2 1
To
r I c h a r d d a l e m u l l e N ,
founder and benefactor of
Science Fiction Studies
contents
. . . .
Introduction xi
chroNologIcal lIStINg of StorIeS
Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Rappaccini’s Daughter” (1844) 1
Jules Verne, from Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) 26
H. G. Wells, “The Star” (1897) 39
E. M. Forster, “The Machine Stops” (1909) 50
Edmond Hamilton, “The Man Who Evolved” (1931) 79
Leslie F. Stone, “The Conquest of Gola” (1931) 96
C. L. Moore, “Shambleau” (1933) 110
Stanley Weinbaum, “A Martian Odyssey” (1934) 136
Isaac Asimov, “Reason” (1941) 160
Cliff ord D. Simak, “Desertion” (1944) 177
Theodore Sturgeon, “Thunder and Roses” (1947) 189
Judith Merril, “That Only a Mother” (1948) 211
Fritz Leiber, “Coming Attraction” (1950) 221
Ray Bradbury, “There Will Come Soft Rains” (1950) 234
Arthur C. Clarke, “The Sentinel” (1951) 241
Robert Sheckley, “Specialist” (1953) 250
William Tenn, “The Liberation of Earth” (1953) 266
Alfred Bester, “Fondly Fahrenheit” (1954) 283
Avram Davidson, “The Golem” (1955) 303
Cordwainer Smith, “The Game of Rat and Dragon” (1955) 309
Robert A. Heinlein, “ ‘All You Zombies—’ ” (1959) 324
J. G. Ballard, “The Cage of Sand” (1962) 337
R. A. Laff erty, “Slow Tuesday Night” (1965) 359
Harlan Ellison, “ ‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” (1965) 367
Frederik Pohl, “Day Million” (1966) 379
Philip K. Dick, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” (1966) 385
viii coNteNtS
Samuel R. Delany, “Aye, and Gomorrah . . .” (1967) 405
Pamela Zoline, “The Heat Death of the Universe” (1967) 415
Robert Silverberg, “Passengers” (1968) 430
Brian Aldiss, “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” (1969) 443
Ursula K. Le Guin, “Nine Lives” (1969) 452
Frank Herbert, “Seed Stock” (1970) 477
Stanislaw Lem, “The Seventh Voyage,” from The Star Diaries (1971) 490
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Alexander Calder was an American sculptor and artist born in 1898 in Pennsylvania. He is known for inventing mobiles, moving sculptures made of weighted objects that are balanced to move freely in response to air currents. Calder made play and movement the major themes of his art over his 50-year career. He created sculptures out of unusual materials like wire, wood, and sheet metal. Some of his most famous mobiles and sculptures include "Mobile", "Devil Fish", "Mercury Fountain", and "Five Swords". Calder had a childlike view of the world that was reflected in his innovative and interactive kinetic artworks.
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The Wesleyan anthology of Science Fiction. . . ..docx
The Wesleyan
anthology of
Science Fiction
. . . .
Edited by Arthur B. Evans,
Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., Joan Gordon,
Veronica Hollinger, Rob Latham, and
Carol McGuirk
w e s l e y a n u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s
Middletown, Connecticut
Wesleyan University Press
Middletown CT 06459
www.wesleyan.edu/wespress
2010 © SF-TH Inc.
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
The editors would like to thank DePauw University,
the University of Iowa, and Trent University for their
generous support in making this teaching
anthology possible.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Wesleyan anthology of science fiction /
edited by Arthur B. Evans . . . [et al.].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8195-6954-7 (cloth: alk. paper)
—ISBN 978-0-8195-6955-4 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Science fiction, American. 2. Science fiction, English. I. Evans, Arthur B.
PS648.S3W39 2010
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5 4 3 2 1
To
r I c h a r d d a l e m u l l e N ,
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Yet another general quiz..
Dr. Shakil Afridi had set up a fake hepatitis immunization campaign in an attempt to obtain DNA from Osama bin Laden's children and confirm the presence in the area, which is his claim to fame. John Walker & Sons released a £100,000-per-bottle blend of rare Scotch whiskies in 2012 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. Mike Powell said "This is a dream come true" after defeating Carl Lewis in an epic long jump competition at the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo.
Major Events in science on 10th September
Karl Hassel was awarded a patent for a built-in child car seat in 1985. In 1984, Alec Jeffreys discovered DNA fingerprinting in Leicester, England while studying X-ray films. In 1925, a royal tomb of the Hopewell Indian Mound Builders was unearthed in Ohio containing skeletons of a believed royal family. In 1912, Carl Fisher met with auto industry leaders to promote his idea for the Lincoln Highway. In 1896, the first successful heart muscle surgery was performed in Germany by Ludwig Rehn.
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