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