The Passage of the Light: The Recursive Science Fiction of Barry N. Malzberg

This collection contains over 170,000 words of some of the funniest and most biting science fiction ever written-science fiction stories that question the very values and dreams of the field. "It was the stories that comprise this book that made Malzberg the center of controversy ... even more than his award-winning Beyond Apollo." —Mike Resnick, in the introduction to this collection Table of Contents Introduction by Mike Resnick Dwellers of the Deep (as by K. M. O'Donnell) Gather in the Hall of the Planets (as by K. M. O'Donnell) July 24, 1970 (as by K. M. O'Donnell) Notes Toward a Usable Past Question of Slant (as by K. M. O'Donnell) Galaxy Called Rome Delightful Comedic Premise January 1975 Prose Bowl (with Bill Pronzini) Another Goddamned Showboat Herovit's World Corridors The Passage of the Light Afterword by Anthony R. Lewis

This is a volume in the NESFA's Choice series. The objective of this series is to publish the "classic" works of neglected sf authors, and to keep these works in