Compilation of nine short stories about each of the nine planets (Classic SciFi)?
I remember reading a collection of classic SciFi short stories with one chapter about each of the nine planets, but I can't find any reference to it.
Here is what I remember.
- Mercury: Takes place on the boundary between the dark and light side, and the sun is going to rise and fry everyone.
- Venus: When the characters go outside, they are surrounded by a reflective force field. They also float on a lake of liquid mercury.
- Jupiter: Ship descends to the surface, and remote controlled robot or lifeform encounters the natives.
- Saturn: Ship lands on the surface and it is like an ocean.
- Neptune: Hot air balloon like ship floats through the upper atmosphere and encounters jellyfish like creatures that are also floating around there.
I can't remember the stories for the rest of the planets.
Has anyone ever seen/read this compilation of nine short stories?
story-identification
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I remember reading a collection of classic SciFi short stories with one chapter about each of the nine planets, but I can't find any reference to it.
Here is what I remember.
- Mercury: Takes place on the boundary between the dark and light side, and the sun is going to rise and fry everyone.
- Venus: When the characters go outside, they are surrounded by a reflective force field. They also float on a lake of liquid mercury.
- Jupiter: Ship descends to the surface, and remote controlled robot or lifeform encounters the natives.
- Saturn: Ship lands on the surface and it is like an ocean.
- Neptune: Hot air balloon like ship floats through the upper atmosphere and encounters jellyfish like creatures that are also floating around there.
I can't remember the stories for the rest of the planets.
Has anyone ever seen/read this compilation of nine short stories?
story-identification
edited Nov 13 '17 at 19:09
JohnP
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asked Jan 26 '16 at 8:03
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The balloon creatures sound vaguely familiar, but I can't place it.
– FuzzyBoots
Jan 26 '16 at 10:51
1
You are definitely mixing your stories and planets. The one you list as Venus is Varley's Retrograde Summer which is set on Mercury.
– Organic Marble
Jan 26 '16 at 11:13
4
Sorry, it was later decided that that book really only has eight chapters plus an appendix.
– Doug Warren
Jan 26 '16 at 17:53
1
@Organic Marble -- Assuming that's the one, the list of places it's been published can be found here. None look like anthologies devoted to all the planets (the closest is maybe 'Worldmakers', an anthology about terraforming, but the review here suggests most of its stories are about Mars and Venus). It may be that Matt E is mixing up memories of a book about the planets with some other book that contained "Retrograde Summer".
– Hypnosifl
Jan 26 '16 at 18:09
2
The Neptune story is almost certainly A Meeting with Medusa, but that's Jupiter and also not in any known planetary collection.
– Dragan Milosevic
Jan 26 '16 at 20:49
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I remember reading a collection of classic SciFi short stories with one chapter about each of the nine planets, but I can't find any reference to it.
Here is what I remember.
- Mercury: Takes place on the boundary between the dark and light side, and the sun is going to rise and fry everyone.
- Venus: When the characters go outside, they are surrounded by a reflective force field. They also float on a lake of liquid mercury.
- Jupiter: Ship descends to the surface, and remote controlled robot or lifeform encounters the natives.
- Saturn: Ship lands on the surface and it is like an ocean.
- Neptune: Hot air balloon like ship floats through the upper atmosphere and encounters jellyfish like creatures that are also floating around there.
I can't remember the stories for the rest of the planets.
Has anyone ever seen/read this compilation of nine short stories?
story-identification
edited Nov 13 '17 at 19:09
JohnP
16.8k363120
asked Jan 26 '16 at 8:03
Matt EMatt E
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I remember reading a collection of classic SciFi short stories with one chapter about each of the nine planets, but I can't find any reference to it.
Here is what I remember.
- Mercury: Takes place on the boundary between the dark and light side, and the sun is going to rise and fry everyone.
- Venus: When the characters go outside, they are surrounded by a reflective force field. They also float on a lake of liquid mercury.
- Jupiter: Ship descends to the surface, and remote controlled robot or lifeform encounters the natives.
- Saturn: Ship lands on the surface and it is like an ocean.
- Neptune: Hot air balloon like ship floats through the upper atmosphere and encounters jellyfish like creatures that are also floating around there.
I can't remember the stories for the rest of the planets.
Has anyone ever seen/read this compilation of nine short stories?
story-identification
story-identification
edited Nov 13 '17 at 19:09
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asked Jan 26 '16 at 8:03
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edited Nov 13 '17 at 19:09
JohnP
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JohnP
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The balloon creatures sound vaguely familiar, but I can't place it.
– FuzzyBoots
Jan 26 '16 at 10:51
1
You are definitely mixing your stories and planets. The one you list as Venus is Varley's Retrograde Summer which is set on Mercury.
– Organic Marble
Jan 26 '16 at 11:13
4
Sorry, it was later decided that that book really only has eight chapters plus an appendix.
– Doug Warren
Jan 26 '16 at 17:53
1
@Organic Marble -- Assuming that's the one, the list of places it's been published can be found here. None look like anthologies devoted to all the planets (the closest is maybe 'Worldmakers', an anthology about terraforming, but the review here suggests most of its stories are about Mars and Venus). It may be that Matt E is mixing up memories of a book about the planets with some other book that contained "Retrograde Summer".
– Hypnosifl
Jan 26 '16 at 18:09
2
The Neptune story is almost certainly A Meeting with Medusa, but that's Jupiter and also not in any known planetary collection.
– Dragan Milosevic
Jan 26 '16 at 20:49
|
show 9 more comments
2
The balloon creatures sound vaguely familiar, but I can't place it.
– FuzzyBoots
Jan 26 '16 at 10:51
1
You are definitely mixing your stories and planets. The one you list as Venus is Varley's Retrograde Summer which is set on Mercury.
– Organic Marble
Jan 26 '16 at 11:13
4
Sorry, it was later decided that that book really only has eight chapters plus an appendix.
– Doug Warren
Jan 26 '16 at 17:53
1
@Organic Marble -- Assuming that's the one, the list of places it's been published can be found here. None look like anthologies devoted to all the planets (the closest is maybe 'Worldmakers', an anthology about terraforming, but the review here suggests most of its stories are about Mars and Venus). It may be that Matt E is mixing up memories of a book about the planets with some other book that contained "Retrograde Summer".
– Hypnosifl
Jan 26 '16 at 18:09
2
The Neptune story is almost certainly A Meeting with Medusa, but that's Jupiter and also not in any known planetary collection.
– Dragan Milosevic
Jan 26 '16 at 20:49
2
2
The balloon creatures sound vaguely familiar, but I can't place it.
– FuzzyBoots
Jan 26 '16 at 10:51
The balloon creatures sound vaguely familiar, but I can't place it.
– FuzzyBoots
Jan 26 '16 at 10:51
1
1
You are definitely mixing your stories and planets. The one you list as Venus is Varley's Retrograde Summer which is set on Mercury.
– Organic Marble
Jan 26 '16 at 11:13
You are definitely mixing your stories and planets. The one you list as Venus is Varley's Retrograde Summer which is set on Mercury.
– Organic Marble
Jan 26 '16 at 11:13
4
4
Sorry, it was later decided that that book really only has eight chapters plus an appendix.
– Doug Warren
Jan 26 '16 at 17:53
Sorry, it was later decided that that book really only has eight chapters plus an appendix.
– Doug Warren
Jan 26 '16 at 17:53
1
1
@Organic Marble -- Assuming that's the one, the list of places it's been published can be found here. None look like anthologies devoted to all the planets (the closest is maybe 'Worldmakers', an anthology about terraforming, but the review here suggests most of its stories are about Mars and Venus). It may be that Matt E is mixing up memories of a book about the planets with some other book that contained "Retrograde Summer".
– Hypnosifl
Jan 26 '16 at 18:09
@Organic Marble -- Assuming that's the one, the list of places it's been published can be found here. None look like anthologies devoted to all the planets (the closest is maybe 'Worldmakers', an anthology about terraforming, but the review here suggests most of its stories are about Mars and Venus). It may be that Matt E is mixing up memories of a book about the planets with some other book that contained "Retrograde Summer".
– Hypnosifl
Jan 26 '16 at 18:09
2
2
The Neptune story is almost certainly A Meeting with Medusa, but that's Jupiter and also not in any known planetary collection.
– Dragan Milosevic
Jan 26 '16 at 20:49
The Neptune story is almost certainly A Meeting with Medusa, but that's Jupiter and also not in any known planetary collection.
– Dragan Milosevic
Jan 26 '16 at 20:49
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Wow, thanks everyone.
I am definitely mixing up my stories and planets.
Is has been over 35 years since I last read this.
Retrograde Summer and A Meeting with Medusa are definitely two of the titles.
One might have been Call Me Joe (Jupiter?).
Found a reference to 'The Planets' 1985, Bantam on this site:
https://www.astrosociety.org/education/astronomy-resource-guides/science-fiction-stories-with-good-astronomy-physics-a-topical-index/#topic
and 'The Science Fictional Solar System'
http://www.asimovreviews.net/Books/Book208.html
answered Jan 28 '16 at 20:09
Matt EMatt E
814
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I think you must be misremembering stories you read in different places as being part of a single collection, since the internet sf database is generally comprehensive and shows no overlap between places Retrograde Summer was published and places A Meeting With Medusa was published. The Planets from 1985 was the one I mentioned in a comment earlier, I linked to a table of contents, and here's one for the other collection.
– Hypnosifl
Jan 29 '16 at 1:14
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There is a compilation of stories set on each planet (plus Earth's moon) called "Tomorrow's Worlds," edited by Robert Silverberg. Among the stories are "Wait it Out" by Larry Niven, set on Pluto (an astronaut stranded on Pluto takes his suit off, to cryogenically freeze himself to wait for rescue--and his nervous system becomes a superconductor so he can still think while he's waiting), and "Desertion" by Clifford Simak (humans on Jupiter send out explorers onto the planet in the bodies of Jupiter's native life; none return, but for a very surprising reason). Could this be the book you're looking for?
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Wow, thanks everyone.
I am definitely mixing up my stories and planets.
Is has been over 35 years since I last read this.
Retrograde Summer and A Meeting with Medusa are definitely two of the titles.
One might have been Call Me Joe (Jupiter?).
Found a reference to 'The Planets' 1985, Bantam on this site:
https://www.astrosociety.org/education/astronomy-resource-guides/science-fiction-stories-with-good-astronomy-physics-a-topical-index/#topic
and 'The Science Fictional Solar System'
http://www.asimovreviews.net/Books/Book208.html
answered Jan 28 '16 at 20:09
Matt EMatt E
814
1
I think you must be misremembering stories you read in different places as being part of a single collection, since the internet sf database is generally comprehensive and shows no overlap between places Retrograde Summer was published and places A Meeting With Medusa was published. The Planets from 1985 was the one I mentioned in a comment earlier, I linked to a table of contents, and here's one for the other collection.
– Hypnosifl
Jan 29 '16 at 1:14
add a comment |
Wow, thanks everyone.
I am definitely mixing up my stories and planets.
Is has been over 35 years since I last read this.
Retrograde Summer and A Meeting with Medusa are definitely two of the titles.
One might have been Call Me Joe (Jupiter?).
Found a reference to 'The Planets' 1985, Bantam on this site:
https://www.astrosociety.org/education/astronomy-resource-guides/science-fiction-stories-with-good-astronomy-physics-a-topical-index/#topic
and 'The Science Fictional Solar System'
http://www.asimovreviews.net/Books/Book208.html
answered Jan 28 '16 at 20:09
Matt EMatt E
814
1
I think you must be misremembering stories you read in different places as being part of a single collection, since the internet sf database is generally comprehensive and shows no overlap between places Retrograde Summer was published and places A Meeting With Medusa was published. The Planets from 1985 was the one I mentioned in a comment earlier, I linked to a table of contents, and here's one for the other collection.
– Hypnosifl
Jan 29 '16 at 1:14
add a comment |
Wow, thanks everyone.
I am definitely mixing up my stories and planets.
Is has been over 35 years since I last read this.
Retrograde Summer and A Meeting with Medusa are definitely two of the titles.
One might have been Call Me Joe (Jupiter?).
Found a reference to 'The Planets' 1985, Bantam on this site:
https://www.astrosociety.org/education/astronomy-resource-guides/science-fiction-stories-with-good-astronomy-physics-a-topical-index/#topic
and 'The Science Fictional Solar System'
http://www.asimovreviews.net/Books/Book208.html
answered Jan 28 '16 at 20:09
Matt EMatt E
814
Wow, thanks everyone.
I am definitely mixing up my stories and planets.
Is has been over 35 years since I last read this.
Retrograde Summer and A Meeting with Medusa are definitely two of the titles.
One might have been Call Me Joe (Jupiter?).
Found a reference to 'The Planets' 1985, Bantam on this site:
https://www.astrosociety.org/education/astronomy-resource-guides/science-fiction-stories-with-good-astronomy-physics-a-topical-index/#topic
and 'The Science Fictional Solar System'
http://www.asimovreviews.net/Books/Book208.html
answered Jan 28 '16 at 20:09
Matt EMatt E
814
answered Jan 28 '16 at 20:09
Matt EMatt E
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answered Jan 28 '16 at 20:09
Matt EMatt E
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answered Jan 28 '16 at 20:09
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I think you must be misremembering stories you read in different places as being part of a single collection, since the internet sf database is generally comprehensive and shows no overlap between places Retrograde Summer was published and places A Meeting With Medusa was published. The Planets from 1985 was the one I mentioned in a comment earlier, I linked to a table of contents, and here's one for the other collection.
– Hypnosifl
Jan 29 '16 at 1:14
add a comment |
1
I think you must be misremembering stories you read in different places as being part of a single collection, since the internet sf database is generally comprehensive and shows no overlap between places Retrograde Summer was published and places A Meeting With Medusa was published. The Planets from 1985 was the one I mentioned in a comment earlier, I linked to a table of contents, and here's one for the other collection.
– Hypnosifl
Jan 29 '16 at 1:14
1
1
I think you must be misremembering stories you read in different places as being part of a single collection, since the internet sf database is generally comprehensive and shows no overlap between places Retrograde Summer was published and places A Meeting With Medusa was published. The Planets from 1985 was the one I mentioned in a comment earlier, I linked to a table of contents, and here's one for the other collection.
– Hypnosifl
Jan 29 '16 at 1:14
I think you must be misremembering stories you read in different places as being part of a single collection, since the internet sf database is generally comprehensive and shows no overlap between places Retrograde Summer was published and places A Meeting With Medusa was published. The Planets from 1985 was the one I mentioned in a comment earlier, I linked to a table of contents, and here's one for the other collection.
– Hypnosifl
Jan 29 '16 at 1:14
add a comment |
There is a compilation of stories set on each planet (plus Earth's moon) called "Tomorrow's Worlds," edited by Robert Silverberg. Among the stories are "Wait it Out" by Larry Niven, set on Pluto (an astronaut stranded on Pluto takes his suit off, to cryogenically freeze himself to wait for rescue--and his nervous system becomes a superconductor so he can still think while he's waiting), and "Desertion" by Clifford Simak (humans on Jupiter send out explorers onto the planet in the bodies of Jupiter's native life; none return, but for a very surprising reason). Could this be the book you're looking for?
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There is a compilation of stories set on each planet (plus Earth's moon) called "Tomorrow's Worlds," edited by Robert Silverberg. Among the stories are "Wait it Out" by Larry Niven, set on Pluto (an astronaut stranded on Pluto takes his suit off, to cryogenically freeze himself to wait for rescue--and his nervous system becomes a superconductor so he can still think while he's waiting), and "Desertion" by Clifford Simak (humans on Jupiter send out explorers onto the planet in the bodies of Jupiter's native life; none return, but for a very surprising reason). Could this be the book you're looking for?
answered 23 hours ago
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There is a compilation of stories set on each planet (plus Earth's moon) called "Tomorrow's Worlds," edited by Robert Silverberg. Among the stories are "Wait it Out" by Larry Niven, set on Pluto (an astronaut stranded on Pluto takes his suit off, to cryogenically freeze himself to wait for rescue--and his nervous system becomes a superconductor so he can still think while he's waiting), and "Desertion" by Clifford Simak (humans on Jupiter send out explorers onto the planet in the bodies of Jupiter's native life; none return, but for a very surprising reason). Could this be the book you're looking for?
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There is a compilation of stories set on each planet (plus Earth's moon) called "Tomorrow's Worlds," edited by Robert Silverberg. Among the stories are "Wait it Out" by Larry Niven, set on Pluto (an astronaut stranded on Pluto takes his suit off, to cryogenically freeze himself to wait for rescue--and his nervous system becomes a superconductor so he can still think while he's waiting), and "Desertion" by Clifford Simak (humans on Jupiter send out explorers onto the planet in the bodies of Jupiter's native life; none return, but for a very surprising reason). Could this be the book you're looking for?
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The balloon creatures sound vaguely familiar, but I can't place it.
– FuzzyBoots
Jan 26 '16 at 10:51
1
You are definitely mixing your stories and planets. The one you list as Venus is Varley's Retrograde Summer which is set on Mercury.
– Organic Marble
Jan 26 '16 at 11:13
4
Sorry, it was later decided that that book really only has eight chapters plus an appendix.
– Doug Warren
Jan 26 '16 at 17:53
1
@Organic Marble -- Assuming that's the one, the list of places it's been published can be found here. None look like anthologies devoted to all the planets (the closest is maybe 'Worldmakers', an anthology about terraforming, but the review here suggests most of its stories are about Mars and Venus). It may be that Matt E is mixing up memories of a book about the planets with some other book that contained "Retrograde Summer".
– Hypnosifl
Jan 26 '16 at 18:09
2
The Neptune story is almost certainly A Meeting with Medusa, but that's Jupiter and also not in any known planetary collection.
– Dragan Milosevic
Jan 26 '16 at 20:49