Essential Anthologies

[Snowdog]

Originally Posted by clovis-man

Every year Gardner Dozois produces a collection of stories under the title, The Year's Best Science Fiction. We're into the twenties now as far as the number of years this has appeared. It generally contains some really good titles representing a very representative cross section of SF authors.

Jim

I got the 20th edition for Christmas. I haven't dipped into it yet though, it's still in the to read pile.

[Ian Whates]

Gardner has just selected two stories from my recent anthology disLOCATIONS (those by Ken MacLeod and Brian Stableford) for his next 'Best of Year' collection, so of course it's a good series!

[clovis-man]

Originally Posted by Ian Whates

Gardner has just selected two stories from my recent anthology disLOCATIONS (those by Ken MacLeod and Brian Stableford) for his next 'Best of Year' collection, so of course it's a good series!

One of the best things about the series is that it gives good newer writers some valuable exposure. My first encounters with Kage Baker and Michael Swanwick was via one of the earlier volumes.

Jim

[Donna Scott]

Yeah - DisLOCATIONS!

I have no. 5 Best New SF. Nice to see so many names from nowadays also appear in 1990!

I read Logorrhea last year -thought that was pretty quirky, reminded me of...

Magic For Beginners - Kelly Link.

First collections I ever read - Ian Watson's Slow Birds and Salvage Rites from Sedgley Library. Also a Ray Bradbury collection my uncle gave me. Can't remember the title now. Had a story in it about people who used a time machine to go hunting.

Glorifying Terrorism - now that captures a zeitgeist!

I covet Liz Williams's collection The Banquet of the Lords of the Night - but I'm too poor at the moment.

[Urlik]

just a few off the top of my head

Machineries of Joy :- Bradbury
The Other Side of the Sky :- Clarke
The Man Who Sold The Moon :- Heinlein
The Hugo Winners :- Edited by Azimov

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by clovis-man

Every year Gardner Dozois produces a collection of stories under the title, The Year's Best Science Fiction. We're into the twenties now as far as the number of years this has appeared. It generally contains some really good titles representing a very representative cross section of SF authors.

Jim

How many of these do you have ? Any of them you think are stronger than the other ?


I have been looking through alot of those anthologies and Hartwells Years Best SF year.

Looking for a good one to try as many rated SF authors at once that are new to me.

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by Urlik

just a few off the top of my head

Machineries of Joy :- Bradbury
The Other Side of the Sky :- Clarke
The Man Who Sold The Moon :- Heinlein
The Hugo Winners :- Edited by Azimov

A nice set of books there, Urlik, but... ummmm.... only one of them (The Hugo Winners) is an anthology. The others are single-author collections....

[GOLLUM]

The best modern day anthology for Fantasy and Horror is the Year's Best edited by Kelly Link among others.

[clovis-man]

Originally Posted by Connavar

How many of these do you have ? Any of them you think are stronger than the other ?

Re Gardner Dozois' The Years Best Science Fiction, I have a stack of 5 of them right now that I am reading in desultory fashion, oldest first. I don't have any preference among them. And there are stories that I start and then abandon in favor of the next one in the book. The greatest value of these volumes is that the contents are usually some of the best for a particular year and I get to read stuff by favorite authors and discover new ones. I can be reading novels and history books and then pick one of these up for a couple of stories to sort of "cleanse my palate". Also the editor includes an informative review of what has gone on in SF for the year in question, including film, tv, etc. as well as published works.

Check 'em out.

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by clovis-man

Re Gardner Dozois' The Years Best Science Fiction, I have a stack of 5 of them right now that I am reading in desultory fashion, oldest first. I don't have any preference among them. And there are stories that I start and then abandon in favor of the next one in the book. The greatest value of these volumes is that the contents are usually some of the best for a particular year and I get to read stuff by favorite authors and discover new ones. I can be reading novels and history books and then pick one of these up for a couple of stories to sort of "cleanse my palate". Also the editor includes an informative review of what has gone on in SF for the year in question, including film, tv, etc. as well as published works.

Check 'em out.

I ordered Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction.

Just because it had the best stories of each volume so i could try as many new authors as possible.
I specially look forward to read Greg Bears Blood Music and authors like Kress,Resnick,Connie Willis, Reed,Bruce Sterling,Ryman,Kelly.

[Who's Wee Dug]

30th Anniversary DAW Science Fiction
30th Anniversary DAW Fantasy

Which it published 2002, some of my favorite Authors in them.

[tori_bingham]

Anything by Caitlin R. Kiernan or Poppy Z. Brite. Also 'Burning Your Boats' by Angela Carter is FANTASTIC!

Jeff Noon's 'Pollen Juice' is great.

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by tori_bingham

Anything by Caitlin R. Kiernan or Poppy Z. Brite. Also 'Burning Your Boats' by Angela Carter is FANTASTIC!

Jeff Noon's 'Pollen Juice' is great. And anything by Rhys Hughes makes me wet.

Again, these are pieces by individual writers, not anthologies....

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by Who's Wee Dug

30th Anniversary DAW Science Fiction
30th Anniversary DAW Fantasy

I have both of those too. They're good value.

@JD The collected works of a single author I have labelled as Single Author Collections (vs. anthologies) in my private library. I find that to be a pretty clear delineation.

[j. d. worthington]

Yes, it is. It is also the correct usage of the two terms....