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These 30 SF tales, arranged chronologically from 1903 to 1990, cover a typically wide and uneven range in the genre. The omission of some authors might raise eyebrows--notably Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, and Robert A. Heinlein, all known for their short fiction. Only three women are represented: C. L. Moore (whose The Piper's Son is written under the collaborative pseudonym Lewis Padgett), Ursula K. Le Guin and Racoona Sheldon (Alice Sheldon, better known under the James Tiptree Jr. pseudonym). Only Sheldon's The Screwfly Solution, a devastatingly scary story about misogyny gone mad, dates from the past 20 years, during which women have made serious progress in the genre; thus, the final third of the book is less representative than it might be. Standouts include Le Guin's 0. Henry-esque The Dowry of the Angyar, Gene Wolfe's frightening How the Whip Came Back, H. G. Wells's anticipation of modern weapons in The Land Ironclads, Thomas M. Disch's insightful Problems of Creativeness, George R.R. Martin's fascinating religious study The Way of Cross and Dragon and Frederik Pohl's The Tunnel Under the World, which opens with the now-classic line, On the morning of June 15th, Guy Burckhardt woke up screaming out of a dream.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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From H.G. Wells's "The Land Ironclads" (1903) to David Brin's "Piecework" (1990), this collection of 30 sf stories gives a chronological sampling of 20th-century speculative fiction.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Great Anthology,
By sword_user (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (Paperback)
I love this anthology. The variety of stories is what makes this book so useful. You have issues that range from technology, humanity, aliens, genetic modifications to space travel issues. I would recommend this anthology to any teacher.
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Excellent Science Fiction Anthology,
By R. G. Somebody "Feegle" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (Hardcover)
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey is a very representative collection of some of the best short stories of the genre written between 1903 and 1990 and collecting stories form such luminaries in the field as H.G. Wells, Ursula K. LeGuin, and George R. R. Martin. As you read each story, you are on a linear progression throughout the last century, watching the genre evolve and you get a good representation of the various forms of science fiction, from extraterrestrial exploration to time traveling. Shippey also does a good job of choosing stories that reflect the social conditions of the time each story was written letting us see how the world turned out despite the warnings given by the author's tale. The introduction is also a wonderful accounting of science fiction and its eras written by Shippey, which is a great read. This book should definitely be on the shelf of every science fiction aficionado.
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Excelent insight into the gnere,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (Hardcover)
A collection of Science-Fiction stories that tries to follow the genere from it's earliest days of H.G. Wells to the modern Gibson and Brin. Some of the stories are already famous, but a surprising number of them are excelent, yet mostly unknown to the average reader. In my opinion it's good both as an excelent collection as an historic collection.
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Not Free SF Reader,
By Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (Hardcover)
As you would expect from an anthology of this sort, there is a historical and/or critical if you like introduction to the field of science fiction, of some reasonable length, before getting to the stories.Then, you have a chronological progression of tales, or various types chosen by the editor to be presumably representative. He appears to have done a rather good job, too, averaging 3.73 over a wide range of eras. Should be able to, though, if taking your pick. Pretty minor Wolfe and Le Guin stories, and a useless Disch tale drag it down a little. With that, and the intro, probably a 4.75 anthology I think, definitely excellent. Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : The Land Ironclads - H. G. Wells Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Finis - Frank L. Pollock Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : As Easy as A.B.C. - Rudyard Kipling Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : The Metal Man - Jack Williamson Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : A Martian Odyssey - Stanley G. Weinbaum Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Night - John W. Campbell, Jr. Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Desertion - Clifford D. Simak Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : The Piper's Son - Lewis Padgett Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : The Monster - A. E. van Vogt Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Second Night of Summer - James H. Schmitz Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Second Dawn - Arthur C. Clarke Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Crucifixus Etiam - Walter M. Miller Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : The Tunnel Under the World - Frederik Pohl Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Who Can Replace a Man? - Brian W. Aldiss Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Billenium - J. G. Ballard Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : The Ballad of Lost C'Mell - Cordwainer Smith Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Semley's Necklace - Ursula K. Le Guin Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : How Beautiful with Banners - James Blish Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : A Criminal Act - Harry Harrison Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Problems of Creativeness - Thomas M. Disch Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : How the Whip Came Back - Gene Wolfe Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Cloak of Anarchy - Larry Niven Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : A Thing of Beauty - Norman Spinrad Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : The Screwfly Solution - Raccoona Sheldon Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : The Way of Cross and Dragon - George R. R. Martin Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Swarm - Bruce Sterling Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Burning Chrome - William Gibson Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Silicon Muse - Hilbert Schenck Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Karl and the Ogre - Paul J. McAuley Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories : Piecework - David Brin Give tanks a try. 3.5 out of 5 Flame on, lights out. 4 out of 5 Air travel advancing control. 4 out of 5 Amazing scientifiction. 3 out of 5 Interplanetary interpersonal communication. 4 out of 5 Showing your flight age. 3.5 out of 5 Altered man mission adds a mutt. 4.5 out of 5 Dead race destruction discovery toasting. 3 out of 5 Grandma has a pony. All the better to help her defeat alien invastions. 4 out of 5 Composite Mind War accomodation. 3.5 out of 5 Martian labor aeration. 4 out of 5 Brain capacity reduction circuit. 3 out of 5 Human lack machine chaos conflict. 4 out of 5 Population space premium. 4 out of 5 Underpeople Lord assisted capital punishment escapage. 4.5 out of 5 Dowry delay death. 3 out of 5 Bubble suit Titan tearaway. 4 out of 5 Breeding punishment volunteer. 4 out of 5 Classification. 2.5 out of 5 Slave vote. 3.5 out of 5 Free Park experiment not bright. 4 out of 5 Got a bridge to sell you. 4 out of 5 S8x and violence. 4 out of 5 Betrayer Star Knights. 3.5 out of 5 Interspecies business shocks. 4 out of 5 Cracking victim charity. 4 out of 5 Total access story program plan. 4 out of 5 A whole generation of children with enhanced intelligence wipe out all the adults via bacteria, and these superbright changelings go hunting the remnants that haven't been killed outright. 3.5 out of 5 Dropping your bundle and bundle. 4 out of 5 |
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