The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume 2
Author: | Gordon Van Gelder |
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Tachyon Publications, 2014 |
Series: | F&SF Anniversary Anthologies: Book 9 |
1. A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
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Book Type: | Anthology |
Genre: | Science-Fiction / Fantasy |
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Synopsis
A mutant baby goes on a rampage through Central Park. An immigrant reveals secrets in the folds of a perfect gift. Lucky Cats extend their virtual paws to salute a generous revolution. The Internet invades a third-world village.
The premier speculative-fiction magazine Fantasy & Science Fiction continues to discover and showcase many of the most inventive authors writing in any genre. Now drawing even more deeply upon F&SF's impressive history, this extraordinary companion anthology expands upon sixty-five years' worth of top-notch storytelling. The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume Two is a star-studded tribute to the continuing vision of F&SF.
Table of Contents
- Foreword - essay by Gordon Van Gelder
- Introduction - essay by Michael Dirda
- The Third Level - (1950) - shortstory by Jack Finney
- The Cosmic Charge Account - (1956) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
- The Country of the Kind - (1956) - shortstory by Damon Knight
- The Anything Box - (1956) - shortstory by Zenna Henderson
- The Prize of Peril - (1958) - shortstory by Robert Sheckley
- "—All You Zombies—" - (1959) - shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein
- A Kind of Artistry - (1962) - novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
- Green Magic - (1963) - shortstory by Jack Vance
- Narrow Valley - (1966) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
- Sundance - (1969) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
- The Attack of the Giant Baby - (1975) - shortstory by Kit Reed
- The Hundredth Dove - (1977) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
- Jeffty Is Five - (1977) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
- Salvador - (1984) - shortstory by Lucius Shepard
- The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything - (1984) - shortstory by George Alec Effinger
- Rat - (1986) - shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
- The Friendship Light - (1989) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
- The Bone Woman - (1992) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
- The Lincoln Train - (1995) - shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh
- Maneki Neko - (1998) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
- Winemaster - (1999) - novelette by Robert Reed
- Suicide Coast - (1999) - shortstory by M. John Harrison
- Have Not Have - (2001) - novelette by Geoff Ryman
- The People of Sand and Slag - (2004) - novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Echo - (2005) - shortstory by Elizabeth Hand
- The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates - (2008) - shortstory by Stephen King
- The Paper Menagerie - (2011) - shortstory by Ken Liu
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