The Science Fiction Century, Volume 2 (The Science Fiction Century #Part 2)
David G. Hartwell, Robert Silverberg, Roger Zelazny, Frank Herbert, John Crowley, Cordwainer Smith, John Wyndham, Chad Oliver, Nancy Kress, J.-H. Rosny aîné, Harlan Ellison, Bruce Sterling, Eddy C. Bertin, R.S. Richardson, Richard A. Lupoff, Jack Vance, Aleksandr Kuprin, William Gibson, Gordon Eklund, Gregory Benford, George Turner
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"Science fiction is the characteristic literary genre of the century. It is the genre that stands in opposition to literary modernism." -David G. Hartwell, from the Introduction
First published in hardcover in 1997, The Science Fiction Century was an anthology that defined and explained what we mean when we talk about modern SF. Now it returns to print in an affordable two-volume softcover edition. Here in volume 2, bestsellers like Frank Herbert and William Gibson mix with stylists like Harlan Ellison and Cordwainer Smith, alongside titans of the genre such as Gregory Benford, John Crowley, Robert Silverberg, John Wyndham, Roger Zelazny, Bruce Sterling, and Nancy Kress. Here is modern science fiction in all its breadth, from the anthologist hailed by John Updike as a "loving expert."
First published in hardcover in 1997, The Science Fiction Century was an anthology that defined and explained what we mean when we talk about modern SF. Now it returns to print in an affordable two-volume softcover edition. Here in volume 2, bestsellers like Frank Herbert and William Gibson mix with stylists like Harlan Ellison and Cordwainer Smith, alongside titans of the genre such as Gregory Benford, John Crowley, Robert Silverberg, John Wyndham, Roger Zelazny, Bruce Sterling, and Nancy Kress. Here is modern science fiction in all its breadth, from the anthologist hailed by John Updike as a "loving expert."
Contents
Sundance • (1969) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg
Something Ending • (1973) • shortstory by Eddy C. Bertin
Sail the Tide of Mourning • [Bentfin Boomers] • (1975) • shortstory by Richard A. Lupoff
Rumfuddle • (1973) • novella by Jack Vance
Liquid Sunshine • (1982) • novelette by Alexander Kuprin (aka Zhidkoe solntse 1913 )
Johnny Mnemonic • (1981) • shortstory by William Gibson
If the Stars Are Gods • [Bradley Reynolds] • (1974) • novelette by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford
I Still Call Australia Home • (1990) • shortstory by George Turner
He Who Shapes • (1965) • novella by Roger Zelazny
Greenslaves • (1965) • novelette by Frank Herbert
Great Work of Time • (1989) • novella by John Crowley
Drunkboat • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
Consider Her Ways • (1956) • novella by John Wyndham
Blood's a Rover • (1952) • novella by Chad Oliver
Beggars in Spain • [Sleepless] • (1991) • novella by Nancy Kress
Another World • (1962) • novelette by J. H. Rosny aîné (aka Un Autre Monde 1895 )
"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman • (1965) • shortstory by Harlan Ellison
Swarm • [Shaper/Mechanist] • (1982) • novelette by Bruce Sterling
The Dimple in Draco • (1967) • shortstory by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham ]