Psience Fiction

Damien Broderick is an Australian writer, editor and critical theorist who lives in San Antonio, Texas.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Donald Macpherson (George Humphrey), Go Home, Unicorn (1935)2. Olaf Stapledon, Odd John (1935)3. E.E. Smith, The History of Civilization (1937/1951)4. A.E. van Vogt, Slan (1940/1946/1968)5. James Blish, Jack of Eagles (1949/1952)6. James H. Schmitz, The Witches of Karres (1949/1966)7. Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man (1952)8. Zenna Henderson, The People (1952)9. J.T. McIntosh, The ESP Worlds (1952)10. Theodore Sturgeon, More Than Human (1953)11. Mark Clifton and Frank Riley, They’d Rather Be Right (1953–1956)12. Mark Clifton, “What Thin Partitions” to “Remembrance and Reflection” (1953–1958)13. Wilson Tucker, Wild Talent (1954)14. James H. Schmitz, The Ties of Earth (1955)15. John Wyndham, The Chrysalids/Re-Birth (1955)16. Robert A. Heinlein, Time for the Stars (1956)17. Frank M. Robinson, The Power (1956) and Waiting (1999)18. George O. Smith, Highways in Hiding (1956)19. Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination (1956–57)20. Lan Wright, A Man Called Destiny (1958)21. Marion Zimmer Bradley, Darkover Series (1958–)22. Jack Vance, “Parapsyche,” “The Miracle Workers” and “Telek” (1958)23. Short Stories (1940s–1950s)Katherine MacLean, “Defense Mechanism” (1949)C.M. Kornbluth, “The Mindworm” (1950)Walter M. Miller, Jr., “Command Performance” (1952)Isaac Asimov, “Belief” (1953)Algis Budrys, “Riya’s Foundling” (1953)Cordwainer Smith, “The Game of Rat and Dragon” (1955)Brian W. Aldiss, “Psyclops” (1956)J.T. McIntosh, “Empath” (1956)Poul Anderson, “Journeys End” (1957)24. Mark Phillips (Randall Garrett and Laurence M. Janifer), Brain Twister, Impossibles and Supermind (1959–1961)25. Arthur Sellings, Telepath (1962)26. Keith Woodcott, a.k.a. John Brunner, Crack of Doom/The Psionic Menace (1962–1963)27. John Brunner, Telepathist/The Whole Man (1964)28. Dan Morgan, The Sixth Perception Series (1967–75)29. Richard Cowper, Breakthrough (1967)30. Anne McCaffrey, Talents Universe (1968–)31. Philip K. Dick, Ubik (1969)32. Colin Wilson, The Philosopher’s Stone (1969)33. Joanna Russ, And Chaos Died (1970)34. Lester del Rey, Pstalemate (1971)35. Robert Silverberg, Dying Inside (1972)36. Katherine MacLean, Missing Man (1975)37. Robert Silverberg, The Stochastic Man (1975)38. Octavia Butler, Mind of My Mind (1976)39. Joan D. Vinge, Psion (1982)40. Lucius Shepard, Life During Wartime (1987)41. Carrie Vaughn, After the Golden Age (2011) and Dreams of the Golden Age (2013)42. Connie Willis, Crosstalk (2016)43. Two Novels by Psychics (1978, 1998)44. Short Stories (1960s–1990s)Poul Anderson, “Night Piece” (1961)Robert Silverberg, “Something Wild Is Loose” (1971)C.J. Cherryh, “Cassandra” (1978)Brian M. Stableford, “The Oedipus Effect” (1991)ConclusionAppendix 1: A Brief Guide to Paranormal ResearchAppendix 2: Psi and Afterlife in Psience FictionChapter NotesReferencesIndex

“Psience Fiction is a must for anyone who enjoys science fiction and has in interest in psi phenomena. Broderick is engaging, informative, witty, and stimulating as he brings us to understand more about the heritage that psi enjoys in the body of literature that has in many ways inspired--and predicted--the modern world in which we now live.”—Journal of Scientific Exploration.