Future Primitive - The New Ecotopias

Future Primitive - The New Ecotopias

Future Primitive - The New Ecotopias, Tor Books, 1994, edited by Kim Stanley Robinson, republishes notable short works of utopian fiction and dystopian fiction[?], incorporating elements of primitivism and of eco-anarchism.

Complete contents:

an introduction by Robinson, outlining the visionary role of such fiction
Tomorrow's Song[?], Gary Snyder (a poem)

Part one: "Statements of desire"

Bears Discover Fire[?], Terry Bisson[?]
In the Abode of the Snows[?], Pat Murphy[?]
Boomer Flats[?], R. A. Lafferty

Part two: "Denial of the body"

Hogfoot Right and Bird-Hands[?], Gary Kilworth[?]

Part three: "But what were they really like?"

House of Bones[?], Robert Silverberg

Part four: "And might we ever be like that again?"

'A Story' by John V. Marsch[?], Gene Wolfe
The Bead Woman[?], Rachel Pollack[?]
Chocco[?], Ernest Callenbach[?]
(excerpt from) The New World (novel)[?], Frederick Turner[?]
Rangriver Fell[?], Paul Park[?]
Mary Margaret Road-Grade[?], Howard Waldrop

Part five: "Parables"

Looking Down[?], Carol Emshwiller[?]
Newton's Sleep[?], Ursula K. Le Guin
Return (story)[?], Robinson Jeffers[?]

Endnotes characterizing the purpose of each story in the anthology[?] Further Reading, on historical origins, scientific considerations, philosophical considerations, 'what is to be done', 'some wild and human places', and other science fiction