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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One 1929-1964

Author : Robert Silverberg

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 580 pages

File Size : 24,55 MB

Release : 2005-02

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780765305374

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Twenty-six of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. Robert Heinlein in "The Roads Must Roll" describes an industrial civilization of the future caught up in the deadly flaws of its own complexity. "Country of the Kind," by Damon Knight, is a frightening portrayal of biological mutation. "Nightfall, " by Isaac Asimov, one of the greatest stories in the science fiction field, imagines a planet where the sun sets only once every millennium and is a chilling study in mass psychology.



The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A

Author : Robert Silverberg

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 736 pages

File Size : 40,97 MB

Release : 2004-12

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780765305343

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The mysteries and marvels of the science fiction world are brought to life in this compilation of stories representing the work of major authors in this field.



Science Fiction Hall of Fame

Author : Robert Silverberg

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 16,15 MB

Release : 1972

Category : Science fiction

ISBN : 9780722178331

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Masterpieces

Author : Orson Scott Card

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 436 pages

File Size : 19,1 MB

Release : 2004-03-02

Category : 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 Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories

Author : Tom Shippey

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 587 pages

File Size : 44,76 MB

Release : 2003-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780192803818

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A collection of classic science fiction short stories features tales by H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clark, Frederik Pohl, Clifford Simak, Brian Aldiss, Ursala K. LeGuin, and many others. Edited by the author of The Road to Middle-Earth. 20,000 first printing.



The Book of Skulls

Author : Robert Silverberg

Publisher : Open Road Media

Page : 246 pages

File Size : 31,82 MB

Release : 2018-05-08

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1504051351

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How far will four friends go for immortality? This novel is Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author “Robert Silverberg at his very best” (George R. R. Martin). After Eli, a scholarly college student, finds and translates an ancient manuscript called The Book of Skulls, he and his friends embark on a cross-country trip to Arizona in search of a legendary monastery where they hope to find the secret of immortality. On the journey with Eli, there’s Timothy, an upper-class WASP with a trust fund and a solid sense of entitlement; Ned, a cynical poet and alienated gay man; and Oliver, a Kansas farm boy who escaped his rural origins and now wants to escape death. If they can find the House of Skulls where immortal monks allegedly reside, they’ll undergo a rigorous initiation. But do those eight grinning skulls mean the joke will be on them? For a sacrifice will be required. Two must die so that two may live forever . . . Stretching the boundary between science fiction and horror, Robert Silverberg masterfully probes deeper existential questions of morality, brotherhood, and self-determined destiny in what Harlan Ellison refers to as “one of my favorite nightmare novels.” This ebook features an illustrated biography of Robert Silverberg including rare images from the author’s personal collection.



The Very Best of the Best

Author : Gardner Dozois

Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin

Page : 705 pages

File Size : 37,52 MB

Release : 2019-02-26

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 125029620X

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A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY For the first time in a decade, a compilation of the very best in science fiction, from a world authority on the genre. For decades, the Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after thirty-five annual collections comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies. In The Very Best of the Best, legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the finest short stories for this landmark collection, including short fiction from authors such as Charles Stross, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Greg Egan, Stephen Baxter, Pat Cadigan, and many many more.



The Norton Book of Science Fiction

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin

Publisher : R.S. Means Company

Page : 869 pages

File Size : 30,85 MB

Release : 1993

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780393972412

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A collection of sixty-seven contemporary American science fiction stories includes contributions by Poul Anderson, Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Samuel R. Delany, and Philip K. Dick



The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction

Author : Arthur B. Evans

Publisher : Wesleyan University Press

Page : 787 pages

File Size : 50,61 MB

Release : 2010-08

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0819569550

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The best single-volume anthology of science fiction available—includes online teacher's guide The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction features over a 150 years' worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and startling futuristic speculations, these stories will appeal to all readers as they chart the emergence and evolution of science fiction as a modern literary genre. They also provide a fascinating look at how our Western technoculture has imaginatively expressed its hopes and fears from the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century to the digital age of today. A free online teacher's guide at http://sfanthology.site.wesleyan.edu/ accompanies the anthology and offers access to a host of pedagogical aids for using this book in an academic setting. The stories in this anthology have been selected and introduced by the editors of Science Fiction Studies, the world's most respected journal for the critical study of science fiction.



Coming Attraction

Author : Fritz Leiber

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 24 pages

File Size : 17,3 MB

Release : 2016-03-03

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 168146506X

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Wysten Turner is a Brit visiting America after it's great war with Russia. He meets a woman with a tale of woe in the streets of New York. Her boyfriend is a professional wrestler who beats her. She begs Turner to help her escape him, but is the situation as straight forward as it seems? Nominated for a Retro Hugo Award.