Essential Anthologies

[Spade]

The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke

Also doubles nicely as a doorstop.

 

[AE35Unit]

I have a curious one,a little paperback called A Sense of Wonder.
3 nice early stories in there from Murray Leinster,John Wyndham and Jack Williamson,which I've yet to read.
A nice collection i once had was Off Planet by Simak,which introduced me to this author. Then there's Asimov,the robot books,king being I,Robot.
These are collections of course and I don't have a world class anthology of classic SF as yet,so this thread will prove useful!

 

[HardScienceFan]

let me give you a couple of pointers
Dangerous Visions,edited by Harlan Ellison
most anthos by Groff Conklin were pretty good

 

[AE35Unit]

You know I've heard of that Dangerous Visions,when was it published? And I've def. heard of Conklin. I used to be majorly big style into SF with a HUGE asimov collection but I kinda lost the way and an clawing my way back. I think I got put off by modern SF,I love the old stuff!

 

[HardScienceFan]

1967

hey
you def .have got to pick up a Conklin antho then


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'13 above the night' is pretty good


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[AE35Unit]

Hey thanks for that! You know I could spend all day and all night on here,this place is brilliant! The SF fanatic in me has been awakened once more!
So many books,so little time... 1967,Crikey I was barely 1 year old!

 

[j d worthington]

Dangerous Visions:

Dangerous Visions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Again, Dangerous Visions:

Again, Dangerous Visions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Crest of the New Wave, but some superb stuff and a lot of talent in those two books.

Groff Conklin:

Groff Conklin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have several of Groff's anthologies, and he was in fact one of the first anthologists I encountered in the field (with Science Fiction Terror Tales, at age 7):

Contents Lists

Is it any wonder I turned out the way I did?.... (The reference to Marionettes, Inc. following "Punishment Without Crime" is because the story is a sequel to the former.)

And, of course, if you're looking for a nice overview of sf from the Golden Age onward (and, in some cases, before), the anthologies mentioned at the beginning of this thread are a wonderful way to get a lot of very good reading....

 

[AE35Unit]

I had quite a few Nova anthologies,little paperbacks full of nova award stories,but not sure what happened to them. I seem to remember a lot of the authors were unknown to me. Also i have an Analog collection, a little orange paperback.

 

[Doug Graves]

Two guys who really get overlooked:

C.M. Kornbluth (His Share of Glory) and Barry N. Malzberg. I would put them up with Ellison and PKD as short story writers.

 

[clovis-man]

Every year Gardner Dozois produces a collection of stories under the title, The Year's Best Science Fiction. We're into the twenties now as far as the number of years this has appeared. It generally contains some really good titles representing a very representative cross section of SF authors.

Jim

 

[Snowdog]

Every year Gardner Dozois produces a collection of stories under the title, The Year's Best Science Fiction. We're into the twenties now as far as the number of years this has appeared. It generally contains some really good titles representing a very representative cross section of SF authors.

Jim

I got the 20th edition for Christmas. I haven't dipped into it yet though, it's still in the to read pile.

 

[Ian Whates]

Gardner has just selected two stories from my recent anthology disLOCATIONS (those by Ken MacLeod and Brian Stableford) for his next 'Best of Year' collection, so of course it's a good series!

 

[clovis-man]

Gardner has just selected two stories from my recent anthology disLOCATIONS (those by Ken MacLeod and Brian Stableford) for his next 'Best of Year' collection, so of course it's a good series!

One of the best things about the series is that it gives good newer writers some valuable exposure. My first encounters with Kage Baker and Michael Swanwick was via one of the earlier volumes.

Jim

 

[Donna Scott]

Yeah - DisLOCATIONS!

I have no. 5 Best New SF. Nice to see so many names from nowadays also appear in 1990!

I read Logorrhea last year -thought that was pretty quirky, reminded me of...

Magic For Beginners - Kelly Link.

First collections I ever read - Ian Watson's Slow Birds and Salvage Rites from Sedgley Library. Also a Ray Bradbury collection my uncle gave me. Can't remember the title now. Had a story in it about people who used a time machine to go hunting.

Glorifying Terrorism - now that captures a zeitgeist!

I covet Liz Williams's collection The Banquet of the Lords of the Night - but I'm too poor at the moment.

 

[Urlik]

just a few off the top of my head

Machineries of Joy :- Bradbury
The Other Side of the Sky :- Clarke
The Man Who Sold The Moon :- Heinlein
The Hugo Winners :- Edited by Azimov

 

[Connavar]

Every year Gardner Dozois produces a collection of stories under the title, The Year's Best Science Fiction. We're into the twenties now as far as the number of years this has appeared. It generally contains some really good titles representing a very representative cross section of SF authors.

Jim

How many of these do you have ? Any of them you think are stronger than the other ?


I have been looking through alot of those anthologies and Hartwells Years Best SF year.

Looking for a good one to try as many rated SF authors at once that are new to me.

 

[j d worthington]

just a few off the top of my head

Machineries of Joy :- Bradbury
The Other Side of the Sky :- Clarke
The Man Who Sold The Moon :- Heinlein
The Hugo Winners :- Edited by Azimov

A nice set of books there, Urlik, but... ummmm.... only one of them (The Hugo Winners) is an anthology. The others are single-author collections....

 

[GOLLUM]

The best modern day anthology for Fantasy and Horror is the Year's Best edited by Kelly Link among others.

 

[clovis-man]

How many of these do you have ? Any of them you think are stronger than the other ?

Re Gardner Dozois' The Years Best Science Fiction, I have a stack of 5 of them right now that I am reading in desultory fashion, oldest first. I don't have any preference among them. And there are stories that I start and then abandon in favor of the next one in the book. The greatest value of these volumes is that the contents are usually some of the best for a particular year and I get to read stuff by favorite authors and discover new ones. I can be reading novels and history books and then pick one of these up for a couple of stories to sort of "cleanse my palate". Also the editor includes an informative review of what has gone on in SF for the year in question, including film, tv, etc. as well as published works.

Check 'em out.

 

[Connavar]

Re Gardner Dozois' The Years Best Science Fiction, I have a stack of 5 of them right now that I am reading in desultory fashion, oldest first. I don't have any preference among them. And there are stories that I start and then abandon in favor of the next one in the book. The greatest value of these volumes is that the contents are usually some of the best for a particular year and I get to read stuff by favorite authors and discover new ones. I can be reading novels and history books and then pick one of these up for a couple of stories to sort of "cleanse my palate". Also the editor includes an informative review of what has gone on in SF for the year in question, including film, tv, etc. as well as published works.

Check 'em out.

I ordered Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction.

Just because it had the best stories of each volume so i could try as many new authors as possible.
I specially look forward to read Greg Bears Blood Music and authors like Kress,Resnick,Connie Willis, Reed,Bruce Sterling,Ryman,Kelly.