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  1. Tor Horror

    The Dark Descent

    by David G. Hartwell, H. P. Lovecraft

    In The Dark Descent , hailed as one of the most important anthologies ever to examine horror fiction, editor David G. Hartwell traces the complex history of horror in literature back to the earliest short stories. The Dark Descen t, which won the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology,... (learn more about this book)

  2. The Science Fiction Century

    The Science Fiction Century (collective work)

    by David G. Hartwell, George Turner

    The Science Fiction Century is editor David G. Hartwell's anthology spanning 100 years of science fiction, beginning with its birth in the 1890s. It contains 45 tales in all, with selections from the genre's earliest writers (H.G. Wells, C.S. Lewis), Golden Age authors (Poul Anderson, A.E. Van... (learn more about this book)

  3. The Hard SF Renaissance

    by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell

    omething exciting has been happening in modern SF. After decades of confusion, many of the field's best writers have been returning to the subgenre called, roughly, 'hard SF'-science fiction focused on science and technology, often with strong adventure plots. Now, World Fantasy Award-winning... (learn more about this book)

  4. The Space Opera Renaissance

    by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell

    “Space opera”, once a derisive term for cheap pulp adventure, has come to mean something more in modern SF: compelling adventure stories told against a broad canvas, and written to the highest level of skill. Indeed, it can be argued that the “new space opera” is one of the defining streams of... (learn more about this book)

  5. Year's Best SF: Book 6

    Year's Best SF 6

    by David G. Hartwell

    Get Ready To Expand Your Mind... Acclaimed editor and anthologist David G. Hartwell is back with the sixth annual collection of the year's most impressive, thought-provoking, and just plain great science fiction. Year's Best SF 6 includes contributions from the greatest stars of the field as... (learn more about this book)

  6. Year's Best SF 14

    by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer

    Unique visions and astonishments—new stories by: Tobias S. Buckell and Karl Schroeder Cory Doctorow Neil Gaiman Kathleen Ann Goonan Alastair Reynolds Michael Swanwick Last year's best short-form SF—selected by acclaimed, award-winning editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell... (learn more about this book)

  7. Year's Best SF 12

    by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer

    This title contains the best short form science fiction of 2006, selected by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, two of the most respected editors in the field.

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  8. Year's Best SF 11

    by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer

    This is the best short form science fiction of 2005, selected by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, two of the most respected editors in the field. The short story is one of the most vibrant and exciting areas in science fiction today. It is where the hot new authors emerge and where the... (learn more about this book)

  9. Year's Best SF 13

    by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer

    The thirteenth annual collection of the previous year's finest short-form sf is at hand. Once again, award-winning editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have gathered together a stunning array of science fiction that spans a veritable universe of astonishing visions and... (learn more about this book)

  10. Year's Best SF: Book 10

    Year's Best SF 10

    by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer

    A banner year for speculative fiction has yielded a crop of superb short form SF. Now the very best to appear over the past twelve months has been amassed into one extraordinary volume by acclaimed editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, offering bold visions of days to... (learn more about this book)

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