Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction

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Wandering Stars:

An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy & Science Fiction

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Copyright © 1974 by Jack Dann

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Wandering stars: an anthology of Jewish fantasy & science fiction / edited by Jack Dann; with an introduction by Isaac Asimov.

p. cm.

Originally published: New York: Harper & Row, 1974.

Contents: On Venus, have we got a rabbi / William Tenn—The golem / Avram Davidson—Unto the fourth generation / Isaac Asimov—Look, you think you’ve got troubles / Carol Carr—Goslin Day / Avram Davidson— The dybbuk of mazel tov IV / Robert Silverberg—Trouble with water / Horace L. Gold—Gather blue roses / Pamela Sargent—The jewbird / Bernard Malamud—Paradise last / Geo. Alec Effinger—Street of dreams, feet of clay / Robert Sheckley—Jachid and Jechidah / Isaac Bashevis Singer—I’m looking for Kadak / Harlan Ellison

1. Fantastic fiction, American—Jewish authors. 2. Science fiction,

American—Jewish authors. 3. Jews—Fiction. I. Dann, Jack.

PS648.F3W36 1998

813’.0876088924—dc21

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ISBN 13: 978-1-58023-005-6 (quality pbk.)

ISBN-10: 1-58023-005-9 (quality pbk.)

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Acknowledgment is made for permission to print the following material:

“On Venus, Have We Got a Rabbi” by William Tenn. Copyright © 1974 by William Tenn.

“The Golem” by Avram Davidson. Copyright © 1955 by Fantasy House, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Unto the Fourth Generation” by Isaac Asimov. Copyright © 1959 by Mercury Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Look, You Think You’ve Got Troubles” by Carol Carr. Copyright © 1969 by Damon Knight. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Goslin Day” by Avram Davidson. Copyright © 1970 by Damon Knight. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Dybbuk of Mazel Tov IV” by Robert Silverberg. Copyright © 1974 by Robert Silverberg.

“Trouble With Water” by Horace L. Gold. Copyright © 1939 by Street & Smith. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Gather Blue Roses” by Pamela Sargent. Copyright © 1971 by Mercury Press, Inc. From The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, by permission of the author.

“The Jewbird” by Bernard Malamud. Reprinted with the permission of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc., from Idiots First by Bernard Malamud, copyright © 1963 by Bernard Malamud.

“Paradise Last” by Geo. Alec Effinger. Copyright © 1974 by Geo. Alec Effinger.

“Street of Dreams, Feet of Clay” by Robert Sheckley. Copyright © 1968 by Robert Sheckley. From Galaxy Magazine, reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Sterling Lord Agency, Inc.

“Jachid and Jechidah” by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Reprinted with the permission of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc., from Short Friday by Isaac Bashevis Singer, copyright © 1964 by Isaac Bashevis Singer.

“I’m Looking for Kadak” by Harlan Ellison. Copyright © 1974 by Harlan Ellison.

Cover art: Genesis: Fourth Day (© 1996) was created by Michael Bogdanow, an artist, lawyer, and musician living with his wife and children in Lexington, Massachusetts. Genesis: Fourth Day is part of his “Visions of Torah” series of contemporary, spiritual works of art based on Torah and other Judaic texts.

Cover design: Maria O’DonNell

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