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Twenty-First Century Science Fiction

Twenty-First Century Science Fiction
Author: David G. Hartwell
Publisher: Tor Books
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429988746

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One of Publishers Weekly's Best Science Fiction Books of 2013 Twenty-First Century Science Fiction is an enormous anthology of short stories—close to 250,000 words—edited by two of the most prestigious and award-winning editors in the SF field and featuring recent stories from some of science fiction's greatest up-and-coming authors. David Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden have long been recognized as two of the most skilled and trusted arbiters of the field, but Twenty-First Century Science Fiction presents fans' first opportunities to see what their considerable talents come up with together, and also to get a unique perspective on what's coming next in the science fiction field. The anthology includes authors ranging from bestselling and established favorites to incandescent new talents including Paolo Bacigalupi, Cory Doctorow, Catherynne M. Valente, John Scalzi, Jo Walton, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Bear, and Peter Watts, and the stories selected include winners and nominees of all of the science fiction field's major awards. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.


Masterpieces

Masterpieces
Author: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2004-03-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780441011339

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A collection of the best science fiction short stories of the 20th century as selected and evaluated by critically-acclaimed author Orson Scott Card. Featuring stories from the genre's greatest authors: Isaac Asimov • Arthur C. Clarke • Robert A. Heinlein • Ursula K. Le Guin • Ray Bradbury • Frederik Pohl • Harlan Ellison • George Alec Effinger • Brian W. Aldiss • William Gibson & Michael Swanwick • Theodore Sturgeon • Larry Niven • Robert Silverberg • Harry Turtledove • James Blish • George R. R. Martin • James Patrick Kelly • Karen Joy Fowler • Lloyd Biggle, Jr. • Terry Bisson • Poul Anderson • John Kessel • R.A. Lafferty • C.J. Cherryh • Lisa Goldstein • Edmond Hamilton In much of the science fiction of the past, the twenty-first century existed only in the writers’ imaginations. Now that it’s here, it’s time to take a look back at the last one hundred years in science fiction through the works of the most celebrated and acclaimed authors of the century—to see where we’ve been and just how far we’ve come. Along with a critical essay by Orson Scott Card reassessing science fiction in the twentieth century, Masterpieces includes short fiction by writers who have forged a permanent place for science fiction in the popular culture of today...and tomorrow. It offers a glimpse of the greatest works that mixed science with fiction in trying to figure out humanity’s place in the universe. Featuring bold, brave, and breathtaking stories, this definitive collection will stand the test of time in both this century and those to come.


The Science Fiction Century, Volume One

The Science Fiction Century, Volume One
Author: David G. Hartwell
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2006-04-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312864842

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Finally in trade paperback, the best historical overview anthology of 20th-century SF


Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century

Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century
Author: Edward James
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1994
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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Explores this popular literary genre as a cultural phenomenon which has had a considerable impact upon the the way in which the modern world is viewed


Future Perfect

Future Perfect
Author: Howard Bruce Franklin
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1995
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780813521527

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Critics, science fiction writers, scientists, and scholars throughout the world hailed the original publication of Future Perfect in 1966 as a book that would transform our evaluation of science fiction and our understanding of American culture. The praise has proved well founded, for Future Perfect has been more responsible than any other single work for the recognition of the value and significance of science fiction.


Science Fiction of the 20th Century

Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Author: Frank M. Robinson
Publisher: Collectors Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781888054408

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Newly reprinted and redesigned, this special edition is vividly illustrated with images of film posters, magazines, and books. From dime store novels to pulp magazines, science fiction has chronicled both our hopes for the future and our fear of it.. Learn the story-behind-the-story in this monumental volume documenting 100 years of science fiction. Deeply researched and meticulously documented.


Dark Matter

Dark Matter
Author: Sheree R. Thomas
Publisher: Aspect
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2004-01-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0759509646

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Dark Matter is the first and only series to bring together the works of black SF and fantasy writers. The first volume was featured in the "New York Times," which named it a Notable Book of the Year.


The Reincarnated Giant

The Reincarnated Giant
Author: Mingwei Song
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2018-09-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0231542542

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A new wave of Chinese science fiction is here. This golden age has not only resurrected the genre but also subverted its own conventions. Going beyond political utopianism and technological optimism, contemporary Chinese writers conjure glittering visions and subversive experiments—ranging from space opera to cyberpunk, utopianism to the posthuman, and parodies of China’s rise to deconstructions of the myth of national development. This anthology showcases the best of contemporary science fiction from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the People’s Republic of China. In fifteen short stories and novel excerpts, The Reincarnated Giant opens a doorway into imaginary realms alongside our own world and the history of the future. Authors such as Lo Yi-chin, Dung Kai-cheung, Han Song, Chen Qiufan, and the Hugo winner Liu Cixin—some alive during the Cultural Revolution, others born in the 1980s—blur the boundaries between realism and surrealism, between politics and technology. They tell tales of intergalactic war; decoding the last message sent from an extinct human race; the use of dreams as tools to differentiate cyborgs and humans; poets’ strange afterlife inside a supercomputer; cannibalism aboard an airplane; and unchecked development that leads to uncontrollable catastrophe. At a time when the Chinese government promotes the “Chinese dream,” the dark side of the new wave shows a nightmarish unconscious. The Reincarnated Giant is an essential read for anyone interested in the future of the genre.


Daughters of Earth

Daughters of Earth
Author: Justine Larbalestier
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2006-05-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0819566764

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Women's contributions to science fiction have been lasting and important. This is a collection of 11 key stories, alongside 11 essays that explore the stories' contexts, meanings, and theoretical implications. Organized chronologically, it aims to create a different canon of feminist science fiction and examines the theory that addresses it.


A Century of Science Fiction, 1950-1959

A Century of Science Fiction, 1950-1959
Author: Martin Greenberg
Publisher: M J F Books
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1997-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781567311549

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