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Huomispäivän maailmat
HUOMISPÄIVÄN MAAILMAT vie lukijansa kymmenelle hyytävän epätavalliselle matkalle. Kymmenestä novellista yhdeksän tapahtumat on sijoitettu aurinkokuntamme planeetoille ja yhdessä seikkaillaan Kuussa.
Aurinkoa lähinnä olevalta Merkuriukselta edetään kymmenen tieteiskertomusten mestarin mukana ihmisen olemassaololle yhtä vihamieliselle planeettajärjestelmämme toiselle äärirajalle, Plutoon saakka.
Kaikki kirjoittajat ovat tieteiskirjallisuuden huippunimiä: Arthur C. Clarke, Raymond Z. Gallun, Robert A. Heinlein, Walter U. Miller Jr., Clifford D. Simak, Harry Harrison, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Alexei Panshin, Larry Niven ja Robert Silverberg, joka on myös toimittanut kokoelman.
Muutamat näistä kertomuksista ovat jo vuosikymmenien ikäisiä, joten osa niiden perusteena olleista tieteen tuloksista on myöhemmin osoitettu vääriksi. Tämä ei kuitenkaan vähennä kertomusten tehoa. Kunkin novellin alkuun liitetyssä esipuheessa selvitetään käsitellyn aihepiirin tieteellisen tutkimuksen nykyisiä teorioita ja annetaan tietoja kertomuksen kirjoittajasta.
Aurinkoa lähinnä olevalta Merkuriukselta edetään kymmenen tieteiskertomusten mestarin mukana ihmisen olemassaololle yhtä vihamieliselle planeettajärjestelmämme toiselle äärirajalle, Plutoon saakka.
Kaikki kirjoittajat ovat tieteiskirjallisuuden huippunimiä: Arthur C. Clarke, Raymond Z. Gallun, Robert A. Heinlein, Walter U. Miller Jr., Clifford D. Simak, Harry Harrison, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Alexei Panshin, Larry Niven ja Robert Silverberg, joka on myös toimittanut kokoelman.
Muutamat näistä kertomuksista ovat jo vuosikymmenien ikäisiä, joten osa niiden perusteena olleista tieteen tuloksista on myöhemmin osoitettu vääriksi. Tämä ei kuitenkaan vähennä kertomusten tehoa. Kunkin novellin alkuun liitetyssä esipuheessa selvitetään käsitellyn aihepiirin tieteellisen tutkimuksen nykyisiä teorioita ja annetaan tietoja kertomuksen kirjoittajasta.
234 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1969
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Robert Silverberg
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Robert Silverberg is a highly celebrated American science fiction author and editor known for his prolific output and literary range. Over a career spanning decades, he has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards and was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2004. Inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999, Silverberg is recognized for both his immense productivity and his contributions to the genre's evolution.
Born in Brooklyn, he began writing in his teens and won his first Hugo Award in 1956 as the best new writer. Throughout the 1950s, he produced vast amounts of fiction, often under pseudonyms, and was known for writing up to a million words a year. When the market declined, he diversified into other genres, including historical nonfiction and erotica.
Silverberg’s return to science fiction in the 1960s marked a shift toward deeper psychological and literary themes, contributing significantly to the New Wave movement. Acclaimed works from this period include Downward to the Earth, Dying Inside, Nightwings, and The World Inside. In the 1980s, he launched the Majipoor series with Lord Valentine’s Castle, creating one of the most imaginative planetary settings in science fiction.
Though he announced his retirement from writing in the mid-1970s, Silverberg returned with renewed vigor and continued to publish acclaimed fiction into the 1990s. He received further recognition with the Nebula-winning Sailing to Byzantium and the Hugo-winning Gilgamesh in the Outback.
Silverberg has also played a significant role as an editor and anthologist, shaping science fiction literature through both his own work and his influence on others. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, author Karen Haber.
Robert Silverberg is a highly celebrated American science fiction author and editor known for his prolific output and literary range. Over a career spanning decades, he has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards and was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2004. Inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999, Silverberg is recognized for both his immense productivity and his contributions to the genre's evolution.
Born in Brooklyn, he began writing in his teens and won his first Hugo Award in 1956 as the best new writer. Throughout the 1950s, he produced vast amounts of fiction, often under pseudonyms, and was known for writing up to a million words a year. When the market declined, he diversified into other genres, including historical nonfiction and erotica.
Silverberg’s return to science fiction in the 1960s marked a shift toward deeper psychological and literary themes, contributing significantly to the New Wave movement. Acclaimed works from this period include Downward to the Earth, Dying Inside, Nightwings, and The World Inside. In the 1980s, he launched the Majipoor series with Lord Valentine’s Castle, creating one of the most imaginative planetary settings in science fiction.
Though he announced his retirement from writing in the mid-1970s, Silverberg returned with renewed vigor and continued to publish acclaimed fiction into the 1990s. He received further recognition with the Nebula-winning Sailing to Byzantium and the Hugo-winning Gilgamesh in the Outback.
Silverberg has also played a significant role as an editor and anthologist, shaping science fiction literature through both his own work and his influence on others. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, author Karen Haber.
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March 27, 2016
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April 7, 2026
In 1969, Robert Silverberg began to make his presence felt in the SF community as an editor and anthologizer. He had been editing one anthology per year since 1966. He increased this to three anthologies in 1969. He would go on to become one of the most influential anthologizers of the 1970's when he often published seven or eight per year.
This anthology presents ten short stories, one set on each planet in the solar system, plus a moon story for good measure.
Sunrise on Mercury by Robert Silverberg (1957) -- A scientific expedition lands too close to the sunside of Mercury and must race against time and an unknown alien presence to save themselves. Reminds me of some of the best Asimov man-versus-nature adventure stories.
Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke (1961) -- Researchers discover life on Venus that displays characteristics of both plant and animal life. Unfortunately, the presence of humans introduces new variables into the environment that cause damage. This story features a strong conceptualization of a new life form, although one detail keeps bothering me: How can an atmosphere with only 5% oxygen produce enough water for lakes and rivers?
Seeds of the Dusk by Raymond Z. Gallun (1938) -- Spores from Mars make their way to Earth and begin to proliferate. This is an excellent story in which each succeeding chapter adds unexpected layers of world-building. The far-future Earth has at least two sentient species, the Interloo (Children of Man) and the Kaw (birds who have evolved intelligence on par with early human cavemen). Neither are prepared for the intelligence and adaptability of the plant-based Martian invaders.
The Black Pits of Luna by Robert Heinlein (1948) -- Dick Logan, a Boy Scout, must use his wits to find his younger brother, who has gotten lost during a family excursion to the surface of the moon.
Crucifixus Etiam by Walter Miller Jr (1953) --A laborer on Mars struggles with the living conditions and the toll the alien environment takes on his body. This is another superb story that succeeds due to the extent of its worldbuilding. For most workers, the decision to go to Mars proves to be an irreversible one. The artificial ventilators that pump oxygen into their blood also cause their lungs to atrophy. The work camps are inhumane, and the labor itself is tedious. A key part of the story is figuring out what their work is for and deciding whether their sacrifice is worth the cost. Also published as "The Sower Does Not Reap".
Desertion by Clifford Simak (1944) -- Kent Fowler keeps sending men into the gaseous maelstrom of Jupiter, and they keep on not returning. He keeps trying to perfect the changes, to give his men Jovian bodies that can survive the hellish environment. But on the day he decides to change himself, to go forth to the surface of the gas giant as a mutant, he learns that nothing is as is seems when you are a Jovian. This oft-anthologized short story is part of Simak's classic fix-up novel The City.
Pressure by Harry Harrison (1968) -- Researchers descend to Saturn's surface in a sphere made of atomically welded metals. Their mission is to install a Matter Transmitter, which works principles similar to quantum computing today. This is one of a series of stories Harrison wrote about the MT device; they are all collected in One Step from Earth (1970).
The Planet of Doubt by Stanley Weinbaum (1935) -- A husband and wife team chart the inhabitable continent near Uranus' north pole. There is no wind on the surface of the planet, only fog which limits visibility to never more than fifty feet. When Pat gets lost, her husband Hammond must confront the planet's apex life form to find her. This early sci-fi adventure creates a credible system of alien biology and is accurate to the geographic details of the planet known at the time.
One Sunday in Neptune by Alexei Panshin (1969) -- In an era when almost every planet has been visited, and most of them found to contain life, there is not much glory left in being the first man to touch down on a new planet. In the case of Neptune, there is no land to touch anyway. It is just a ball of poisonous gas that can only be surveyed in a bathyscaphe. This is a quiet story but satisfying, nonetheless.
Wait it Out by Larry Niven (1968) -- After his ship crashes in the ice, a desperate astronaut puts himself into suspended animation at near absolute zero temperature on the surface of Pluto. The extreme cold turns his nervous system into a semi-sentient superconductor.
A very strong collection - 4 1/2 stars
This anthology presents ten short stories, one set on each planet in the solar system, plus a moon story for good measure.
Sunrise on Mercury by Robert Silverberg (1957) -- A scientific expedition lands too close to the sunside of Mercury and must race against time and an unknown alien presence to save themselves. Reminds me of some of the best Asimov man-versus-nature adventure stories.
Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke (1961) -- Researchers discover life on Venus that displays characteristics of both plant and animal life. Unfortunately, the presence of humans introduces new variables into the environment that cause damage. This story features a strong conceptualization of a new life form, although one detail keeps bothering me: How can an atmosphere with only 5% oxygen produce enough water for lakes and rivers?
Seeds of the Dusk by Raymond Z. Gallun (1938) -- Spores from Mars make their way to Earth and begin to proliferate. This is an excellent story in which each succeeding chapter adds unexpected layers of world-building. The far-future Earth has at least two sentient species, the Interloo (Children of Man) and the Kaw (birds who have evolved intelligence on par with early human cavemen). Neither are prepared for the intelligence and adaptability of the plant-based Martian invaders.
The Black Pits of Luna by Robert Heinlein (1948) -- Dick Logan, a Boy Scout, must use his wits to find his younger brother, who has gotten lost during a family excursion to the surface of the moon.
Crucifixus Etiam by Walter Miller Jr (1953) --A laborer on Mars struggles with the living conditions and the toll the alien environment takes on his body. This is another superb story that succeeds due to the extent of its worldbuilding. For most workers, the decision to go to Mars proves to be an irreversible one. The artificial ventilators that pump oxygen into their blood also cause their lungs to atrophy. The work camps are inhumane, and the labor itself is tedious. A key part of the story is figuring out what their work is for and deciding whether their sacrifice is worth the cost. Also published as "The Sower Does Not Reap".
Desertion by Clifford Simak (1944) -- Kent Fowler keeps sending men into the gaseous maelstrom of Jupiter, and they keep on not returning. He keeps trying to perfect the changes, to give his men Jovian bodies that can survive the hellish environment. But on the day he decides to change himself, to go forth to the surface of the gas giant as a mutant, he learns that nothing is as is seems when you are a Jovian. This oft-anthologized short story is part of Simak's classic fix-up novel The City.
Pressure by Harry Harrison (1968) -- Researchers descend to Saturn's surface in a sphere made of atomically welded metals. Their mission is to install a Matter Transmitter, which works principles similar to quantum computing today. This is one of a series of stories Harrison wrote about the MT device; they are all collected in One Step from Earth (1970).
The Planet of Doubt by Stanley Weinbaum (1935) -- A husband and wife team chart the inhabitable continent near Uranus' north pole. There is no wind on the surface of the planet, only fog which limits visibility to never more than fifty feet. When Pat gets lost, her husband Hammond must confront the planet's apex life form to find her. This early sci-fi adventure creates a credible system of alien biology and is accurate to the geographic details of the planet known at the time.
One Sunday in Neptune by Alexei Panshin (1969) -- In an era when almost every planet has been visited, and most of them found to contain life, there is not much glory left in being the first man to touch down on a new planet. In the case of Neptune, there is no land to touch anyway. It is just a ball of poisonous gas that can only be surveyed in a bathyscaphe. This is a quiet story but satisfying, nonetheless.
Wait it Out by Larry Niven (1968) -- After his ship crashes in the ice, a desperate astronaut puts himself into suspended animation at near absolute zero temperature on the surface of Pluto. The extreme cold turns his nervous system into a semi-sentient superconductor.
A very strong collection - 4 1/2 stars
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July 9, 2025"One Sunday in Neptune": ⭐️⭐️⭐️: Not on Neptune, in Neptune. Bet you didn't know Neptune went that way.
June 2, 2025
Some chapters were extremely interesting while others fell short and we're intensely hard to read. I wish I could have read more about the "Alien" that could read thoughts/feel emotions. I think it took me so long to read because of the language and the fact that it's an anthology. It's hard to stay focused when every chapter is a different storyline. Overall wish I didn't read. 1 1/2⭐'s
December 5, 2022
A nice collection of "old science fiction"; the book was published 1969.
It's just natural that astronomers have proved that some of the things described are not such as some writers have back then imagined them to be. Actually it doesn't matter but gives some perspective to the fact that we knew and know very little even about our own solar system.
There is an own story for each planet in our system plus one for the Earth's Moon. Some stories are better than the others which is also natural when talking about ten different authors. You just like one more than the next one; matter of taste. My favourite was the story about Venus and its lost future.
The elderly age explains also the colony thinking when it comes to the conquest of the planets - and the lack of women in the stories. If it happens to be a woman involved her childish or impulsive features cause challenges or even troubles. And men come as saviors.
One should ignore those perhaps irritating properties in some stories. Times were different.
There were some pearls - which I liked more than others. As I said, Arthur C. Clarke's short sad story about happenings on Venus was an eye opening dystopia about small things which can drastically change the course of history.
A good glance on different writers' styles. Pick your own favorites.
P.S. Obviously this (2026) was the second time I read this collection and it appeared quite fresh. Even so that I gave one more star without knowing I've reviewed this before. Four it is.
Huomispäivän maailmat
Gummerus 1971
It's just natural that astronomers have proved that some of the things described are not such as some writers have back then imagined them to be. Actually it doesn't matter but gives some perspective to the fact that we knew and know very little even about our own solar system.
There is an own story for each planet in our system plus one for the Earth's Moon. Some stories are better than the others which is also natural when talking about ten different authors. You just like one more than the next one; matter of taste. My favourite was the story about Venus and its lost future.
The elderly age explains also the colony thinking when it comes to the conquest of the planets - and the lack of women in the stories. If it happens to be a woman involved her childish or impulsive features cause challenges or even troubles. And men come as saviors.
One should ignore those perhaps irritating properties in some stories. Times were different.
There were some pearls - which I liked more than others. As I said, Arthur C. Clarke's short sad story about happenings on Venus was an eye opening dystopia about small things which can drastically change the course of history.
A good glance on different writers' styles. Pick your own favorites.
P.S. Obviously this (2026) was the second time I read this collection and it appeared quite fresh. Even so that I gave one more star without knowing I've reviewed this before. Four it is.
Huomispäivän maailmat
Gummerus 1971
April 23, 2013
Ten stories, originally written between the 1930s and the 1960s, with one set on each of the planets, plus one for the Moon. (Pluto is included, of course.) Most of the authors are multiple Hugo and Nebula award winners; some, like Stanley G Weinbaum, have no such awards only because he was writing decades before they existed. The quality of the writing is generally excellent, in any case.
The main way in which the stories feel dated is the optimism that life would prevail in some form on nearly every planet: from lichens on Venus through a variety of creatures swimming in the high-pressure gas giants, to ghostly creatures a few degrees above absolute zero on Pluto.
The technology and planetary details are sometimes a little out of date, of course. (The most outrageous is the story that involves smoking a pipe and strolling around without a suit on the surface of Uranus.) But for the most part the stories are about humans, rather than technology, and are still enjoyable 50 years or more after they were penned.
The main way in which the stories feel dated is the optimism that life would prevail in some form on nearly every planet: from lichens on Venus through a variety of creatures swimming in the high-pressure gas giants, to ghostly creatures a few degrees above absolute zero on Pluto.
The technology and planetary details are sometimes a little out of date, of course. (The most outrageous is the story that involves smoking a pipe and strolling around without a suit on the surface of Uranus.) But for the most part the stories are about humans, rather than technology, and are still enjoyable 50 years or more after they were penned.
September 18, 2010
This book is the only scifi book I know my father read. He bought it in Finnish in 1971, and I read it the next year when I was eight.
It made a huge impression. I loved the way the navigator with a death wish guided his craft too much to the Sun-side of Mercury, and how people went to Jupiter by entering a machine that converted them into strange life-forms, able to take the pressure of Jupiter's atmosphere.
And the last bit on Pluto, where an astronaut decides he'd rather commit suicide by removing his helmet than starve to death, left a lasting memory of his consciousness returning to life when the Sun pushed his temperature just a bit over absolute zero.
This collection is immortal, and I have just made my two sons (14 & 17) read it. Three generations now love Heinlein's anthology.
It made a huge impression. I loved the way the navigator with a death wish guided his craft too much to the Sun-side of Mercury, and how people went to Jupiter by entering a machine that converted them into strange life-forms, able to take the pressure of Jupiter's atmosphere.
And the last bit on Pluto, where an astronaut decides he'd rather commit suicide by removing his helmet than starve to death, left a lasting memory of his consciousness returning to life when the Sun pushed his temperature just a bit over absolute zero.
This collection is immortal, and I have just made my two sons (14 & 17) read it. Three generations now love Heinlein's anthology.
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