Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 30th Anniversary Anthology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1892391473 ISBN 13: 9781892391476

Publisher: Tachyon Publications, 2007

Synopsis

This wide-ranging collection represents the breadth of science fiction writing published in the most significant and enduring magazine in the field during the past three decades. Slipstream authors such as Jonathan Lethem, James Patrick Kelly, and Kelly Link mingle with classic authors like Isaac Asimov, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Connie Willis along with the young turks of the field?Charles Stross, Michael Swanwick, and Stephen Baxter. Featuring a well-balanced overview of both the classic and the contemporary, the book contains memorable stories from highly respected contributors to the science fiction genre such as Isaac Asimov’s ?Robot Dreams,” Bruce Sterling’s ?Dinner in Audoghast,” Jonathan Lethem’s ?The Happy Man,” Ursula LeGuin’s ?Ether, OR,” and Octavia E. Butler's "Speech Sounds.”

About this title

About the Author

Sheila Williams is the Hugo Award–winning editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction. She started her career at Asimov’s in 1982 and served as the executive editor of Analog from 1998 until 2004. Williams has edited or co-edited more than twenty anthologies.

Reviews

Starred Review. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Asimov's Science Fiction, Williams, editor of Asimov's and Analog for 25 of those 30 years, has compiled a truly extraordinary sampler of tales, including Air Raid (1977) by John Varley (writing as Herb Boehm), an oft-imitated story about time travelers trying to save the human race, and Robert Reed's Eight Episodes (2006), a Hugo-nominated tale of a short-lived TV series that turns out to be a message from an alien race. Every piece in this superlative collection is a nugget of pure science fiction gold.
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This compact retrospective of a leading sf magazine contains 18 stories by a roster alphabetically ranging from its namesake to Connie Willis. Amid the staggering variety proffered are Asimov's last fling with his venerable character Susan Calvin; an Ursula LeGuin story of her home state, which she assures us is not fantasy; John Varley's classic "Air Raid"; and Mike Resnick at his alternate-historical best and soberest. Despite inevitable overlap with the contents of many best-of collections, a gem and a credit to editor Williams. Green, Roland

Edition details

• Publisher: Tachyon Publications
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1892391473
• ISBN 13: 9781892391476
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 349
• Editor: Williams Sheila