s/ An AnthologyCritics, sf writers, scientists & scholars worldwide hailed the original publication of Future Perfect in '66 as a book to transform evaluation of sf & the understanding of American culture. The praise proved well founded. It's been more responsible than any other work for the recognition of the value of sf. Future Perfect offers a stunning perspective on the relevance of 19th-century sf in the dawn of the 21st century, illustrated by stories by well-known & obscure figures.Introduction/FranklinNathaniel Hawthorne & Science Fiction 1966 essay/FranklinThe Birthmark 1843 story/Nathaniel HawthorneThe Artist of the Beautiful 1844 novelette/Nathaniel HawthorneRappaccini's Daughter 1844 novelette/Nathaniel HawthorneEdgar Allan Poe & Science Fiction 1966 essay/FranklinA Tale of the Ragged Mountains 1844 story/Edgar Allan PoeThe Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar 1845 story/Edgar Allan PoeMellonta Tauta 1849 story/Edgar Allan PoeAutomata 1966 essay/FranklinHerman Melville & Science Fiction 1966 essay/FranklinThe Bell-Tower 1855 story/Herman MelvilleHumans as Machines essay/FranklinDr. Materialismus 1890 story/Frederic Jesup StimsonMarvelous Inventions 1966 essay/FranklinThe Atoms of Chladni 1860 novelette/J.D. WhelpleyMedicine Men 1966 essay/FranklinJack London & Science Fiction essay/FranklinA Thousand Deaths 1899 story/Jack LondonInto the Psyche 1966 essay/FranklinTh Wentworth Higginson & his Dreamer 1966 essay/FranklinThe Monarch of Dreams 1886 story/Th Wentworth HigginsonAmbrose Bierce & Science Fiction 1966 essay/FranklinA Psychological Shipwreck 1879 story/Ambrose BierceEdward Bellamy & Science Fiction 1966 essay/FranklinTo Whom This May Come 1889 story/Edward BellamySpace Travel 1966 essay/FranklinThe Blindman's World 1886 story/Edward BellamyWashington Irving & Science Fiction essay/FranklinThe Men of the Moon 1809 story/Washington IrvingFitz-James O'Brien & Science Fiction 1966 essay/FranklinThe Diamond Lens 1858 novelette/Fitz-James O'BrienDimensional Speculation as Science Fiction 1966 essay/FranklinFour-Dimensional Space 1885 essay/AnonymousMysterious Disappearances 1893 story/Ambrose BierceFrom Four-Dimensional Space 1896 essay/Arthur E. BostwickTime Travel 1966 essay/FranklinBeyond the Past 1966 essay/FranklinChristmas 200,000 BC 1887 story/Stanley WaterlooMark Twain & Science Fiction 1966 essay/FranklinFrom the "London Times" of 1904 1898 story/Mark TwainThe Perfect Future 1966 essay/FranklinIn the Year Ten Thousand 1892 story/Wm HarbenNY & Oxford U. Press, '66. 401 pp. 2nd rev. edition, '68. Paper (Galaxy Books, Oxford U. Press), '68. Expanded rev. edition (cloth & paper), Oxford U. Press, '78. Expanded & rev. edition (paper), New Rutgers U. Press, '95. ISBN 00813521521