[Orbit 06] • Orbit 6 - [Anthology]

Orbit is a long-running series of anthologies of new sf edited by Damon Knight; often featuring work by such writers as Gene Wolfe, Joanna Russ, R.A. Lafferty Kate Wilhelm, who was married to Knight. The anthologies tended toward the avant-garde, but by no means exclusively; occasionally the volumes would feature some nonfictional critical writing or humorous anecdote-gathering by Knight. Inspired by Frederik Pohl's Star Science Fiction series, in its turn an influence on Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions volumes many others, it ran for over a decade 18 volumes, including a double-volume but excluding a "Best-of" collection which covered 1966-76.

In this volume:

"The 2nd Inquisition" Joanna Russ (70 Nebula nominee)

"Remembrance to Come" Gene Wolfe

"How the Whip Came Back" Gene Wolfe

"Goslin Day" Avram Davidson

"Maybe Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck, Was a Little Bit Right" Robin Scott Wilson

"The Chosen" Kate Wilhelm

"Entire Perfect Chrysolite" R.A. Lafferty (70 Nebula nominee)

"Sunburst" Roderick Thorp

"The Creation of Bennie Good" James Sallis (70 Nebula nominee)

"The End" Ursula K. Le Guin

"A Cold Dark Night with Snow" Kate Wilhelm (70 Nebula nominee)

"Fame" Arthur J. Cox

"Debut" Carol Emshwiller

"Where No Sun Shines" Gardner Dozois

"The Asian Shore" Thomas M. Disch (70 Nebula nominee)