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TV: 2000

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TV: 2000
EditorsIsaac Asimov
Charles G. Waugh
Martin H. Greenberg
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction anthology
PublisherFawcett Crest Books
Publication date
1982
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages352 p.
ISBN0-449-24493-8
OCLC8272488

TV: 2000 is a 1982 anthology of science fiction short-stories revolving around television and its implications. Its editors are Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, and Martin H. Greenberg.[1][2]

Contents

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Part I: The Control of TV

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Theme Title Author
Government "Now Inhale" Eric Frank Russell
Network Executives "Dreaming Is a Private Thing" Isaac Asimov
Writers "The Man Who Murdered Television" Joseph Patrouch
Sponsors "The Jester" William Tenn
Special Interest Groups "The Man Who Came Back" Robert Silverberg
Viewers "I See You" Damon Knight

Part II: The Content of TV

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Theme Title Author
Game Shows "The Prize of Peril" Robert Sheckley
Sports "Home Team Advantage" Jack C. Haldeman II
News "Mercenary" Mack Reynolds
Advertising "Without Portfolio" James E. Gunn
Series "The Idea" Barry N. Malzberg
Educational Programmes "And Madly Teach" Lloyd Biggle, Jr.

Part III: The Consequences of TV

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Theme Title Author
Nostalgia "What Time Is It?" Jack C. Haldeman II
Shape Perceptions of Social Reality "Interview" Frank A. Javor
Affect Deviant Behaviour "Cloak of Anarchy" Larry Niven
Promote Information Overload And Now the News Theodore Sturgeon
Influence Values "Very Proper Charlies" Dean Ing
Spread Ideas "Committee of the Whole" Frank Herbert

References

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  1. ^ Contento, William (1984). Index to science fiction anthologies and collections 1977-1983. G. K. Hall & Co. ISBN 0-8161-8554-9.
  2. ^ Sandercombe, William Fraser (2010). Masters of SF: the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing Inc. p. 40. ISBN 9781-897350-28-7.