Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias
1994 short stories collection
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Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias is a 1994 collection of short stories edited by Kim Stanley Robinson. It republishes notable short works of utopian and dystopian fiction that incorporate elements of primitivism and of eco-anarchism.
First edition | |
| Editor | Kim Stanley Robinson |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Carol Russo |
| Language | English |
| Published | 1994 (Tor Books) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 978-0-312-85474-4 |
Contents
- An introduction by Robinson, outlining the visionary role of such fiction
- Tomorrow's Song, Gary Snyder (a poem)
- Part one: "Statements of desire"
- Bears Discover Fire, Terry Bisson
- In the Abode of the Snows, Pat Murphy
- Boomer Flats, R. A. Lafferty
- Part two: "Denial of the body"
- Hogfoot Right and Bird-Hands, Garry Kilworth
- Part three: "But what were they really like?"
- House of Bones, Robert Silverberg
- Part four: "And might we ever be like that again?"
- 'A Story' by John V. Marsch, Gene Wolfe
- The Bead Woman, Rachel Pollack
- Chocco, Ernest Callenbach
- (excerpt from) The New World, Frederick Turner
- Rangriver Fell, Paul Park
- Mary Margaret Road-Grade, Howard Waldrop
- Part five: "Parables"
- Looking Down, Carol Emshwiller
- Newton's Sleep, Ursula K. Le Guin
- Return (story), Robinson Jeffers
- Endnotes characterizing the purpose of each story in the anthology
Reception
Publishers Weekly called it "a potent mixture of prose and poetry" that will "please not only science fiction aficionados but also those with interest in philosophy, archeology and environmental ethics".[1]
