Literature / Valence and Vision: A Reader in Psychology

First published in 1974, Valence and Vision: A Reader in Psychology is a Science Fiction and Science Fact Anthology edited by Rich Jones and Richard L Roe.

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Works of fiction published in this Anthology:

• "The Day The Martians Came" by Frederik Pohl (1967)
• "Fear Hound" by Katherine Mac Lean (1968)
• "The Flying Machine" by Ray Bradbury (1953)
• "He Who Shapes" by Roger Zelazny (1965)
• "Jokester" by Isaac Asimov (1956)
• "Knots" by RD Laing (1974)
• "Learning Theory" by James V Mc Connell (1957)
• "Living Space" by Isaac Asimov (1956)
• "Mad House" by Richard Matheson (1953)
• "The Murderer" by Ray Bradbury (1953)
• "Patent Pending" by Arthur C. Clarke (1954)
• "The Petrified World" by Robert Sheckley (1968)
• "Profession" by Isaac Asimov (1957)
• ""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison (1965)
• "The Sixth Palace" by Robert Silverberg (1965)
• "Sundance" by Robert Silverberg (1969)
• "A Visit To Cleveland General" by Sydney Van Scyoc (1968)
• "William And Mary" by Roald Dahl (1960)

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Works of Non-Fiction published in this Anthology:

• "All About the New Sex Therapy" by Anonymous
• "ARVN as Faggots: Inverted Warfare in Vietnam" by Charles J Levy
• "The Chemistry of Learning" by David Krech
• "ESP and Credibility in Science" by RA Mc Connell
• "Genetics and the Diversity of Behavior" by T Dobzhansky
• "The Happiest Creatures on Earth?" by Edward Brecher and Ruth
• "How the Machine Called the Brain Feels and Thinks" by Dean E Wooldridge
• "The Myth of Mental Illness" by Thomas Szasz
• "The New Biology: What Price Relieving Man's Estate?" by Leon R Kass
• "O Rotten Gotham- Sliding Down Into the Behavioral Sink" by Tom Wolfe
• "Parapsychology in the USSR" by Richard Davidson and Stanley Kripper
• "The Pathos of Power" by Kenneth Clark
• "Psychological Testing: A Smoke Screen Against Logic" by Frank B Mc Mahon, Jr.
• "A Scientist's Variations on a Disturbing Racial Theme" by John Neary
• "The Sex Testers" by Anonymous
• "Therapy Is the Handmaiden of the Status Quo" by Seymour L Halleck
• "Valence and Vision: Introductory Notes, Psychology in the Year 2000" by Gardner Murphy
• "We Have the Awful Knowledge to Make Exact Copies of Human Beings" by Willard Gaylin, M.D.
• "What Can We Predict?" by Ruby Yoshioka

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This work provides examples of:

• Advert-Overloaded Future: Ray Bradbury's "The Murderer": A man is futilely destroying the myriad electronics around him; loudspeakers, radios, TVs, etc., which endlessly broadcast commercials at the populace.
• Cutting the Electronic Leash: Ray Bradbury's "The Murderer": A man gets fed up with his Advert-Overloaded Future filled with wristwatch phones, portable radios, and talking appliances. He starts by crushing his wristwatch phone and happily sharing a bowl of ice cream with his car radio.
• Grand Inquisitor Scene: Ray Bradbury's "The Flying Machine": A man in ancient China invents a flying machine, and the Emperor informs him that his machine must burn and he must die lest enemies use the contraption to attack the Empire.
• Novelette:
  • "Fear Hound" by Katherine Mac Lean
  • "Mad House" by Richard Matheson
  • "William And Mary" by Roald Dahl
• Novella:
  • "He Who Shapes" by Roger Zelazny
  • "Profession" by Isaac Asimov
• One-Word Title:
  • "Knots" by RD Laing
  • "Sundance" by Robert Silverberg
• Short Story:
  • ""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison
  • "A Visit To Cleveland General" by Sydney Van Scyoc
  • "The Sixth Palace" by Robert Silverberg
  • "Sundance" by Robert Silverberg
  • "The Petrified World" by Robert Sheckley
  • "Patent Pending" by Arthur C. Clarke
  • "The Day The Martians Came" by Frederik Pohl
  • "The Murderer" by Ray Bradbury
  • "Jokester" by Isaac Asimov
  • "Living Space" by Isaac Asimov
  • "The Flying Machine" by Ray Bradbury
  • "Learning Theory" by James V Mc Connell
  • "Knots" by RD Laing
• The World Is Not Ready: Ray Bradbury's "The Flying Machine": A man invents the titular device in ancient China. The Emperor realizes that the machine could be used for war (such as for flying over the Great Wall of China), and has the inventor executed and the machine destroyed.

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