Medea: Harlan's World

Medea: Harlan's World
	First edition
Cover artist	Frank Kelly Freas
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Published	1985
Publisher	Phantasia Press
Publication place	United States
Media type	anthology

Last updated August 31, 2025

Medea: Harlan's World (1985; ISBN 0-932096-36-0) is a 1985 collection of science fiction short stories by different authors,^[1] all taking place on the same fictional moon. It was an experiment in collaborative science fictional world-building, featuring contributions by Hal Clement, Frank Herbert, and others.

It was based on a 1975 UCLA seminar called "10 Tuesdays Down a Rabbit Hole", held by Harlan Ellison and other science fiction authors.

Introduction: Cosmic Hod-Carriers
Part I: The Specs
- Introduction
- Basic Concepts: Astrophysics, Geology (by Hal Clement)
- Geology, Meteorology, Oceanography, Geography, Nomenclature, Biology (by Poul Anderson)
- Biology, Ecology, Xenology (by Larry Niven)
- Xenology, Sociology, Politics, Theology, Mathematics (by Frederik Pohl)
Part II: The Concept Seminar
Part III: The Extrapolations, the Questions
Part IV: Second Thoughts
Part V: The Stories
- "Farside Station" by Jack Williamson
- "Flare Time" by Larry Niven
- "With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole" by Harlan Ellison
- "Swanilda's Song" by Frederik Pohl
- "Seasoning" by Hal Clement
- "Concepts" by Thomas M. Disch
- "Songs of a Sentient Flute" by Frank Herbert
- "Hunter's Moon" by Poul Anderson
- "The Promise" by Kate Wilhelm
- "Why Dolphins Don't Bite" by Theodore Sturgeon
- "Waiting for the Earthquake" by Robert Silverberg

References

↑ Medea: Harlan's World. Worldcat. 1985. OCLC 11622689.

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[1] Medea: Harlan's World. Worldcat. 1985. OCLC 11622689.

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v t e Harlan Ellison
Bibliography
Novels and novellas	Web of the City Spider Kiss A Boy and His Dog Mefisto in Onyx
Short story collections	The Deadly Streets Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation Ellison Wonderland Paingod and Other Delusions Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World Alone Against Tomorrow Approaching Oblivion Deathbird Stories No Doors, No Windows Strange Wine Shatterday Stalking the Nightmare Angry Candy Slippage Can & Can'tankerous
Short stories	"Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans" "The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World" "Croatoan" "The Deathbird" "The Discarded" "From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet" "The Function of Dream Sleep" "How Interesting: A Tiny Man" "How's the Night Life on Cissalda?" "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" "Jeffty Is Five" "Paladin of the Lost Hour" "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World" ""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" "Soldier from Tomorrow" "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs"
Collaborations	Phoenix Without Ashes Mind Fields
Television work	"Soldier" "Demon with a Glass Hand" "The City on the Edge of Forever" "Paladin of the Lost Hour" "Gramma" "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich"
Adaptations	I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream "Shatterday" A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)
Anthologies edited	Dangerous Visions Again, Dangerous Visions Medea: Harlan's World The Last Dangerous Visions
Non-fiction	Memos from Purgatory The Glass Teat & The Other Glass Teat Harlan Ellison's Watching The Harlan Ellison Hornbook
Related	The Voice From the Edge

Medea: Harlan's World

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