Analog's Children of the Future

Schmidt Analog Anthologies #3

by Stanley Schmidt (Editor), Lewis Padgett (Contributor), Theodore Sturgeon (Contributor)

Contents:

• Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Lewis Padgett
• Mewhu's Jet by Theodore Sturgeon
• The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz
• Mikal's Songbird by Orson Scott Card
• In Hiding by Wilmar H. Shiras
• Weyr Search by Anne McCaffrey
• Meeting of Minds by Ted Reynolds
• Novice by James H. Schmitz
• Child of All Ages by P. J. Plauger
• Emergence by David R. Palmer

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories

288 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1982

About the author

Stanley Schmidt is an American science fiction author. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the third anthology of stories that Schmidt edited of stories taken from Astounding SF magazine (which was renamed Analog in 1960), this one with stories with the common theme of children. There are four stories from the 1940's and two each from '60's, '70's. and '80's. The oldest story, Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Lewis Padgett (which was a pseudonym used by Henry Kuttner in collaboration with his wife, C.L. Moore) inspired a pretty good film for kids fifteen years ago or so, The Last Mimzy. There are good stories from Theodore Sturgeon, Orson Scott Card, Wilmar H. Shiras (In Hiding, which she later expanded into a forgotten classic novel, Children of the Atom), Anne McCaffrey (Weyr Search, one of the classic Pern stories), and two good ones from James H. Schmitz, one a Telzey story and the other my favorite from the book, The Witches of Karres.

[Leanne Ellis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read several of the essays in here and they seemed pretty dated. I got this book to read one in particular, "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett, and even though that one was written in the 1940's, I thought it held up and was quite clever. It was also the short story that inspired the children's movie "The Last Mimzy".

[Tim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some hits but mostly misses. Several are of the typical "strange child sent to counselor, counselor only adult that gains child's trust, sees gifted child for what they are, reader learns about unique situation through eyes of counselor" variety. The Anne McCaffrey story is a decent introduction to Pern - I read it when I was young and loved it, though I'm not into fantasy as much these days.

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

10 childhood stories by nine well-known writers

Mimsy Were the Borogroves – by Lewis Padgett (February 1943)
Mewhu’s Jet – by Theodore Sturgeon (November 1946)
The Witches of Karres – by James H. Schmitz (December 1949)
Mikal’s Songbird – by Orson Scott Card (May 1978)
In Hiding – by Wilmar H. Shiras (November 1948)
Weyr Search – by Anne McCaffrey (October 1967)
Meeting of Minds – by Ted Reynolds (November 1980)
Novice – by James H. Schmitz (June 1962)
Child of all Ages – by P.J. Plauger (March 1975)
Emergence – by David R. Palmer (January 1981)

I bought this book specifically for the first story. However, I read to the last story.

Some stories went on to the form of a novel. Others became movies. They will all become good memories.