The Collected Essays of Sylvia Engdahl
These books contain the essays I have written so far. Most, but not all, of these essays are also available online at this website and are linked on the pages indicated below. However, because of their length you may to prefer to read them in ebook form, or paperback if available, rather than online.
There are no print editions of two of them, as they are too long to be issued in paperback at reasonable prices. If you prefer to see pages rather than flowing text you can get pdf editions at Google Play that are formatted just like books (rather than like manuscripts) and you can print them if you want to. (They are called "original pages" rather than "pdf" on the order page.)
From This Green Earth: Essays on Looking Outward
Paperback, Kindle, epub, pdf, audio
All my space advocacy essays, dealing with the importance of human activity in space, the reasons for the public's reluctance to support it, and the future of humankind as a spacefaring species. For a list of the included essays and links to the online text, click on the cover or the SPACE tab in the navigation bar.
The original edition of this book contained more essays related to space, but was shortebed to make paperback publication feasible. The omitted essays are available online at he SPACE tab and some have been added to The FutUre of Being Human.
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Reflections on Enchantress from the Stars and Other Essays">
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Essays abiut my novels, writing and publishing, plus two autobiographical essays.For a list of the included essays nd links to the online text, click the cover ovthexWRITING tab in the navigation bar.
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The Future of Being Human and Other Essays
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Essays about topics such as the future of humanity, artificial intellignce, psi, and medical policy, many of which are controversial.For a list of the included essays nd links to the online text, click on the cover or the OPINION tab in the navigation bar.
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Selected Essays on Enchantress from the Stars and More
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A short sampler containing the most important essays from the ebook essay collections that are too long to be issued in paperback at reasonable prices. It has been limited to the maximum number of pages that will permit the lowest price Amazon allows for print-on-demand paperbacks.
CONTENTS
Reflections on Enchantress from the Stars (2017)
Perspective on the Future: The Quest of Space Age Young People (1972)
Faith as the Focus of Children of the Star (1972, 2017)
Update on the Critical Stage: The Far Side of Evil's Relevance Today (2017)
A Response to Some Reactions to Journey Between Worlds (2015)
Breaking Out from Earth's Shell (2019)
The Role of Psi in Human Affairs (2017)
The Roots of Disbelief in Human Mind Powers (2020)
Transhumanism Is a Dead End (2017)
The Worship of Medical Authority (1995)
Why I Don't Read Much Science Fiction (2020)