Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science

Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science. Ed. Gregory Benford and George Zebrowski. NYC/San Diego, CA: Harcourt, 2000.

Contents (art) from Internet Speculative Fiction Database:[1]

i •  Cover: Analog, September 1962 • (1962) • interior artwork by George Solonevich [as by Solonevich]

ii •  The Thousand-Year Ark • (1953) • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg

iii •  The Problem of Space Flying (Cover: Science Wonder Stories, August, 1929) • (1929) • interior artwork by Frank R. Paul. {As of June 2022, image available here.[2]}

iv •  Across the Space Frontier • (1953) • interior artwork by Chesley Bonestell

vi •  The High Frontier (interior of rotating Bernal Sphere) • (1978) • interior artwork by Donald Doris

vii •  The High Frontier (interior of 20x4 mile space colony) • (1976) • interior artwork by Donald Doris

viii •  The World Inside (Cover: The Sunspacers Trilogy) • (1996) • interior artwork by Bob Eggleton

Contents (fiction) from Internet Speculative Fiction Database:[3]

1 • Introduction: "We All Live in the Sky" • essay by Gregory Benford and George Zebrowski

31 • "The End of the Beginning" • (1956) • short story by Ray Bradbury

37 • "Bigger Than Worlds" • [Science Fact (Analog)] • (1974) • essay by Larry Niven

57 • "Special Delivery" • [The Other Side of the Sky] • (1957) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke

61 • "Feathered Friend" • [The Other Side of the Sky] • (1957) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke

64 • "Take a Deep Breath" • [The Other Side of the Sky] • (1957) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke

67 • "Freedom of Space" • [The Other Side of the Sky] • (1957) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke

70 • "Passer By" • [The Other Side of the Sky] • (1957) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Passer-By)

73 • "The Call of the Stars" • [The Other Side of the Sky] • (1957) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke

77 • "Tank Farm" • novelette by David Brin (variant of Tank-Farm Dynamo 1983)

97 • "Breakaway, Backdown" • (1996) • short story by James Patrick Kelly

107 • "The Wind from a Burning Woman" • [Thistledown] • (1978) • novelette by Greg Bear

137 • "View from a Height" • (1978) • short story by Joan D. Vinge

153 • "The Voyage That Lasted Six Hundred Years" • (1940) • novelette by Don Wilcox (variant of The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years)

187 • "Redeemer" • (1979) • short story by Gregory Benford

199 • "Bindlestiff" • [Cities in Flight] • (1950) • novelette by James Blish

241 • "Open Loops" • novelette by Stephen Baxter

269 • Spomelife: The Universe and the Future • (1965) • essay by Isaac Asimov (variant of There's No Place Like Spome)

289 • Reef • "The Quiet War" • novelette by Paul J. McAuley

321 • "A Dream of Time" • short story by George Zebrowski

Contents (essays, bibliography, and permissions/acknowledgments) from Internet Speculative Fiction Database:[4]

333 • "Space Stations and Space Habitats: A Selective Bibliography" • essay by Gary Westfahl

343 • About the Authors (Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science) • essay by George Zebrowski

347 • About the Artists (Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science) • essay by George Zebrowski

351 • About the Editors (Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science) • essay by George Zebrowski

353 • Permissions Acknowledgments (Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science) • essay by George Zebrowski

RDE, finishing, 11Jun22