TV: 2000

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TV: 2000

Editors| Isaac Asimov
Charles G. Waugh
Martin H. Greenberg
Language| English
Genre| Science fiction anthology
Publisher| Fawcett Crest Books

Publication date

| 1982
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (Paperback)
Pages| 352 p.
ISBN| 0-449-24493-8
OCLC| 8272488

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

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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

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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

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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.

*[OCLC]: Online Computer Library Center number