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With the help of SF author Karen Joy Fowler (billed as "consultant"), editors Le Guin ( Tehanu ) and Attebery ( Strategies of Fantasy ) have assembled a massive volume of admirable scope and ingenuity that includes most--no one could include all --of the influential North American science fiction writers of the past 30 years. From Fritz Leiber and Samuel R. Delany through Zenna Henderson, James Tiptree Jr. and Barry N. Malzberg to Harlan Ellison, Joanna Russ, John Varley, Octavia Butler, Orson Scott Card and Connie Willis, the table of contents reads like an SF Who's Who. But the editors have collected "rarely anthologized gems," an approach that may not serve readers unfamiliar with the genre: by and large, they've chosen lesser-known works by these well-known authors, rather than the stories that best exemplify their contributions to the field. All the selections are quite good, but in many cases they don't demonstrate what makes these writers important: for instance, William Gibson is represented by "The Gernsback Continuum" instead of one of the cyberpunk tales that made him famous. For those well-versed in futuristic fiction, this volume offers a treasure trove of more obscure but eminently worthwhile stories. For the newcomer, it will serve as only a partial introduction to the subject.
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The distinguished publisher of a library-full of canon-establishing anthologies finally embraces science fiction. As an sf master and critic whose reputation transcends the genre, LeGuin is ideal for overseeing the project, albeit assisted by an academic. The resulting collection limits its scope to North American writers of the last three decades--a period said to contain "science fiction in its maturity"--but its more than 60 stories by as many authors include some of the most brilliantly crafted works the field has to offer. They represent the full range of thematic possibilities, from alternate history (e.g., Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Lucky Strike," a plainspoken revision of the A-bomb's first drop) to alien culture (e.g., Vonda McIntyre's evocative "The Mountains of Sunset, the Mountains of Dawn"). Such veterans as Knight, Silverberg, and Ellison as well as many considerably less-known names prove equally adept at every stylistic maneuver from postmodernist plot inversion to dystopian satire. Indeed, by ignoring mere reputation (notably absent, for instance, are Asimov and Clarke) and focusing on less-anthologized stories, the editors have produced a compilation of intelligent and entertaining sf that belongs in virtually every fiction collection. Carl Hays --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 I love LeGuin, but...., Fév 22 2000
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This review is from: Norton Book Of Science Fiction (Hardcover)
This anthology is certainly that: an "anthology", a collection of stories. What it is NOT, however, is a "representative anthology". As an introduction to SF it is terrible. As an intro to "mature" SF it is also terrible. By excluding everything written before 1960-in other words before LeGuin and her associates became active-an enormous number of the genres masterpieces were disqualified. By limiting the collection to American stories-and LeGuin is certainly American- the entire, and seminal, British and Continental contribution to SF goes unrepresented. This is historical revisionism of the worst, most destructive sort. And deeply manipulative.

There is also something fishy going on in the word count. Avowedly feminist -and female- authors put far more words into this volume than the male authors. This, in spite of the fact that most of the SF written today and yesterday is and was written by men. The feminists' (and I have always considered myself one) strongest and longest stories have been included while the shorter, less substantial stories of men are offered. This is suspiciously ideological.

I realize that LeGuin has a vast reputation, and it is certainly as deserved as anybody's. Her fiction and her non-fiction both have an important place in my heart and on my bookshelf. But... the publishers and co-editors have let that reputation blind them to the ideological distortions of this book. And I am here to tell you that the emperor has no clothes.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 A fantastic collection of Science Fiction short stories., Aoû 2 1999
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This review is from: Norton Book Of Science Fiction (Hardcover)
This anthology is a great collection of short stories from some of the greatest Science Fiction writers of from 1960-1990. This collection was gathered by one of the premier Science Fiction writers of our lifetime, Ursula K. Le Guin. Each story takes you places you have never dreamed of, and truly makes you think about the world around you.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 A Generous View of SF, Avril 22 1999
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This review is from: Norton Book Of Science Fiction (Hardcover)
In this anthology, the wide-ranging editors dared to choose the stories they personally thought were important, rather than accepting consensus reality of everyone else's favorites. I like what they chose. Every story is worth reading.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 The Norton Book of PC Science Fiction
While there are some excellent stories in this volume, the editors excluded authors and stories because they didn't meet their politically correct feminist viewpoints... Read more
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4.0étoiles sur 5 A fine collection slightly flawed by ideology
This is a fine and thoughtful anthology of serious science fiction, compiled mainly by Ursula Le Guin, one of science fiction's finest and most thoughtful voices. Read more
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