Essays and Short Fiction by Sylvia Engdahl

Essays	Stories
The Mythic Role of Space Fiction Revised version of my acceptance speech for the 1990 Phoenix Award.	The Beckoning Trail from Universe Ahead (Atheneum, 1975)
Perspective on the Future: The Quest of Space Age Young People Published in 1972 but still relevant.	Timescape from Anywhere, Anywhen (Atheneum, 1976)
Relating Past and Future in Fiction for Young People Based on another speech I gave about science fiction for children.	Tranquility Written in early 1957 but unpublished, and now outdated (but interesting...)
On Writing An invited contribution to Critique Magazine's "On Writing III" that explains why I haven't written more novels.
The Benefits of Computer Conferencing Published in 1985 in Netweaver, the electronic magazine of the Electronic Networking Association, a pre-Internet organization for people involved in conferencing on various separate systems. (At that time I was active in Participate on The Source.) It is even more relevant today because far more people are online--now we take the benefits for granted!
The Evolutionary Significance of the Metanormal Published in 1993; contains my view of paranormal abilities.

For my essays about the importance of space and the new mythology of the Space Age, please visit my Space Subsite Home Page

Interviews

Interview with Trumpet Book Club

Interview with YA Books Central

Interview with Teens Read Too

Interview with SFF World

Radio interview on WCBN's Living Writers (45-minute audio)

Radio interviews on The Space Show (90-minute audios)
October 26, 2003 and May 9, 2004

Forum discussion of Enchantress from the Stars at Readerville

Interview with Catharton.com





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Links to pages about me and about my novels.

Awards and Honors

• Junior Literary Guild selection (Enchantress from the Stars), 1970

• ALA Notable Children's Books (Enchantress from the Stars), 1970

• Horn Book Fanfare (Enchantress from the Stars), 1971

• Newbery Honor Book (Enchantress from the Stars), 1971

• Christopher Award (This Star Shall Abide), 1973

• Phoenix Award (Enchantress from the Stars), 1990

• New York Public Library 100 Favorite Children's Books (Enchantress from the Stars), 1998

• Teen People Book Club selection (Enchantress from the Stars), 2001

• Book Sense Book of the Year finalist, Rediscovery category (Enchantress from the Stars ), 2002

• CBC Not Just For Children Anymore, Classics category (Enchantress from the Stars), 2002 and later

• CCBC Choices (Enchantress from the Stars), 2002

• ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (Enchantress from the Stars), 2004

Publications

Novels for Young Adults

• Enchantress from the Stars. Hardcover: Atheneum, 1970, illustrated by Rodney Shackell; Junior Literary Guild (book club), 1970; Walker, 2001, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.
  Paperback: Aladdin, 1972; Collier, 1989; Troll (book club), 1993; Scholastic (book club), 2002; Firebird, 2003.
  Foreign: Gollancz (UK, hc), 1974; Hayakawa (Japan, pb), 1981; Arena (Germany, hc), 2002; Diagonal del Grupo 62 (Spain, Castilian, hc), 2002; Editorial Empuries (Spain, Catalan, hc), 2002; Cite (Taiwan, pb), 2003; Circulo de Leitores (Portugal, hc), 2003; Tammi (Finland, hc), 2003; CBT (Germany, pb), 2006; Yanshuf (Israel, hc), 2007; BIR (Korea), forthcoming; Pearl Publishing (Thailand), forthcoming.
  E-book: Walker, 2002; Audio Book: Recorded Books, cassette & CD, 2006.

• Journey Between Worlds. Hardcover: Atheneum, 1970, illustrated by James and Ruth McCrea; G. P. Putnam's Sons (updated edition), 2006, jacket by Craig Phillips.
  Paperback: Firebird, 2007.

• The Far Side of Evil. Hardcover: Atheneum, 1971, illustrated by Richard Cuffari; Walker (updated edition), 2003, illustrated by Jody Hewgill.
  Paperback: Aladdin, 1973; Collier, 1989; Firebird, 2005.
  Foreign: Gollancz (UK, hc), 1975; BIR (Korea), forthcoming; Pearl Publishing (Thailand), forthcoming.

• This Star Shall Abide. Hardcover: Atheneum, 1972, illustrated by Richard Cuffari; Meisha Merlin (updated, in Children of the Star), 2000.
  Softcover: Aladdin, 1979; Meisha Merlin (updated, in Children of the Star), 2000.
  Foreign: Gollancz (UK, hc, as Heritage of the Star), 1973; Puffin (UK, pb, as Heritage of the Star), 1976.

• Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains. Hardcover: Atheneum, 1973, illustrated by Richard Cuffari; Meisha Merlin (updated, in Children of the Star), 2000.
  Softcover: Meisha Merlin (updated, in Children of the Star), 2000.

• The Doors of the Universe. Hardcover: Atheneum, 1981. Meisha Merlin (updated, in Children of the Star), 2000.
  Softcover: Meisha Merlin (updated, in Children of the Star), 2000.

Adult Novels

• Children of the Star. (One-volume edition of above trilogy, originally published for young adults.)
  Softcover and limited print-to-order hardcover: Meisha Merlin, 2000, cover art by Tom Kidd.

• Stewards of the Flame. (Not appropriate for young adults.)
  Softcover: BookSurge, 2007, cover photo by Jason Salmon.

Nonfiction Books

• The Planet-Girded Suns: Man's View of Other Solar Systems. Hardcover: Atheneum, 1974, illustrated by Richard Cuffari.

• The Subnuclear Zoo: New Discoveries in High Energy Physics (with Rick Roberson). Hardcover: Atheneum, 1977.

• Tool for Tomorrow: New Knowledge About Genes (with Rick Roberson). Hardcover: Atheneum, 1979.

• Our World is Earth (picture book). Hardcover: Atheneum, 1979, illustrated by Don Sibley.

Anthologies Edited

• Universe Ahead: Stories of the Future (with Rick Roberson). Hardcover: Atheneum, 1975.

• Anywhere, Anywhen: Stories of Tomorrow. Hardcover: Atheneum, 1976.

• Extraterrestrial Life (Contemporary Issues Companion series). Hardcover & softcover: Greenhaven Press, 2005.

• Genetic Engineering (Contemporary Issues Companion series). Hardcover & softcover: Greenhaven Press, 2006.

• Cloning (Contemporary Issues Companion series). Hardcover & softcover: Greenhaven Press, 2006.

• Euthanasia (Contemporary Issues Companion series). Hardcover & softcover: Greenhaven Press, 2006.

• Artificial Intelligence (Contemporary Issues Companion series). Hardcover & softcover: Greenhaven Press, 2007.

• Religious Liberty (Issues on Trial series). Hardcover & softcover: Greenhaven Press, 2007.

• Free Speech (Issues on Trial series). Hardcover & softcover: Greenhaven Press, 2007 (forthcoming).

• Online Social Networking (Current Controversies series). Hardcover & softcover: Greenhaven Press, 2007.

• Blogs (Current Controversies series). Hardcover & softcover: Greenhaven Press, 2008 (forthcoming).

• Domestic Wiretapping (Current Controversies series). Hardcover & softcover: Greenhaven Press, 2008 (forthcoming).

• Prescription Drugs (Current Controversies series). Hardcover & softcover: Greenhaven Press, 2008 (forthcoming).

Stories

• "The Beckoning Trail" (with Rick Roberson). In Universe Ahead, 1975

• "Timescape" (with Mildred Butler). In Anywhere, Anywhen, 1976

Essays

• "The Changing Role of Science Fiction in Children's Literature," Horn Book Magazine, October 1971, pp. 449-455. Reprinted in Children and Literature, Virginia Haviland, ed., Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1973.

• "Why Write for Today's Teenagers," Horn Book Magazine, June 1972, pp. 249-254. Reprinted in Crosscurrents of Criticism, Paul Heins, ed., The Horn Book, 1977.

• "Perspective on the Future: The Quest of Space Age Young People," School Media Quarterly, Fall 1972, pp. 27-35. Reprinted in Only Connect: Readings on Children's Literature, S. Egoff, G.T. Stubbs & L.F. Ashley, eds., Oxford University Press, 1980.

• "Do Teenage Novels Fill a Need?", English Journal, February 1975, pp. 48-52. Reprinted in Young Adult Literature in the Seventies, Jana Varlejs, ed., Scarecrow Press, 1978.

• "An Observer of Planet Earth," in Something About the Author Autobiography Series, Vol. 5, pp. 89-110. Gale Publishing, 1988.

• "The Mythic Role of Space Fiction," in The Phoenix Award of the Children's Literature Association 1990-1994, Alethea Helbig and Agnes Perkins, eds., Scarecrow Press, 1996. Also in Work and Play in Children's Literature, Susan R. Gannon and Ruth Anne Thompson, eds., Children's Literature Association, 1991 and in Journal of Social and Biological Structures, Vol. 13, pp. 289-295 (1990).

• "The Evolutionary Significance of the Metanormal,"Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems, Vol. 16, pp. 503-513 (1993).

• "Autobiography: Sylvia Louise Engdahl," in Something About the Author, Vol. 122, pp. 35-54 (Gale, 2001). Also in Contemporary Authors, Vol. 195, pp. 82-105 (Gale, 2002). An updated version of "An Observer of Planet Earth," listed above.

• "Space Race," in Americans at War: Society, Culture and the Homefront, John P. Resch, ed., Vol. 4, pp. 180-183 (Macmillan Reference, 2004).

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