Galactic Empires 1

10 best books like Galactic Empires 1 (Brian W. Aldiss): The Year's Best Fantasy First Annual Collection, The World Treasury of Science Fiction, The Fantasy Hall of Fame, Dragon Fantastic, Dragons of Light, The Winter of the World, The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur, Weird Tales: The Magazine That Never Dies, Stories Volume 2, Captive Universe

The Year's Best Fantasy First Annual Collection

Author	Ellen Datlow
ISBN	0312018525

When I started the anthology, at first I felt robbed.

I hadn't read this one before, so most of the stories were new to me, but I have read other books in the series, as well as other things that the editors have done together.

I wasn't prepared to come back to it. Not only have both fantasy...

The World Treasury of Science Fiction

Author	David G. Hartwell
ISBN	0316349410

Table of contents

Introduction 1988 essay by David G. Hartwell
Harrison Bergeron 1961 story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Forgetfulness 1937 story by John W. Campbell Jr
Special Flight 1939 story by John Berryman
Chronopolis 1960 story by J.G. Ballard
Triceratops 1974 story...

The Fantasy Hall of Fame

Author	Robert Silverberg
ISBN	1568658583

Trouble with water / H. L. Gold --
Nothing in the rules / L. Sprague de Camp --
Fruit of knowledge / C. L. Moore --
Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius / Jorge Luis Borges --
Compleat werewolf / Anthony Boucher --
Small assassin / Ray Bradbury --
Lottery / Shirley Jackson --
Our fair...

Dragon Fantastic

Author	Rosalind M. Greenberg
ISBN	0886775116

Each story included in this volume offers a new perspective on the legends of the dragons, the fiercest creatures in the annals of fantasy. Challenges and delights await readers in this all-original collection of imaginative dragon tales tales by such top talents as Alan Dean Foster, Mickey Zucker...

Dragons of Light

Author	Orson Scott Card
ISBN	1557850372

The dragons are coming! Here are thirteen original tales about that most popular of fabulous beasts--the dragon! Edited by Orson Scott Card, this book features works by authors such as Roger Zelazny, Michael Bishop, Craig Shaw Gardner, Steve Rasnic Tem and more.

The Ice Dragon by George R....

The Winter of the World

Author	Poul Anderson
ISBN	0812523113

Thousands of years from now, after a new Ice Age has reduced our world to frozen ruins, new civilizations and cultures arise from the Ice. But as the people of tomorrow slowly uncover the lost technology of the past, they also rediscover war, conquest, diplomacy...and betrayal.

While the might...

The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur

Author	Mike Ashley
ISBN	0872262286

Sixteen stories based on the Arthurian tradition, by such authors as John Steinbeck, Jane Yolen, Andre Norton, and others. Also included are a helpful guide to Arthurian names and characters and a bibliography of "100 Years of Arthurian Fiction."

Contents
Introduction --
Dramatis...

Weird Tales: The Magazine That Never Dies

Author

Marvin Kaye

Since its first issue in March 1923, Weird Tales - "The Unique Magazine" - has provided countless readers with the most innovative and offbeat fantasy, suspense and horror stories. Almost every important writer of fantastic fiction in the first half of this century - including H.P. Lovecraft, Robert...

Stories Volume 2

Author

Ray Bradbury

A scintillating collection of stories from the master of science fiction.

Since the beginning of his career in the 1940s, Ray Bradbury has become synonymous with great science fiction from the pulp comic books of his early work to his adaptations for television, stage and screen and most notably...

Captive Universe

Author	Harry Harrison
ISBN	0441091423

"For the first fifty pages you'll swear that Harrison has been rummaging in an old trunk. Here's that tired old theme...the lost community of Aztecs who have been cut off in a hidden valley by a landslide centuries ago. Presently they will discover the outside world--our world. The stalwart Aztec maverick...

Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth

Author	Pat Mills
ISBN	1840237740

The first, fantastic Dredd saga is now available in an awesome paperback When plague devastates Mega-City Two, Judge Dredd volunteers to deliver the vaccine that will save its last remaining inhabitants. But first, he and his crew have to travel 1,000 miles across the Cursed Earth, the savage radioactive...

Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters - from Mickey Mouse to Aladdin

Author	Walt Disney Company
ISBN	1562829041

Pros: an exhaustive and comprehensive guide to every Disney character in each feature film, short subjects, and television. This is valuable for finding out names of characters whose names aren't mentioned in the films the appear in.

Cons: the information could have been better organized,...

Solar Flare

Author	Larry Burkett
ISBN	1881273075

As a Christian and a fan of science fiction, I had great hopes for Solar Flare as I opened the book and began to read. Christian art in all its forms is used to glorify God and/or as a vehicle to present ideas about the faith. Solar Flare is Mr. Burkett's means to discuss ideas about society from a Christian...

The Hugo Winners Vol 1 and 2 1955-1970

Author	Isaac Asimov
ISBN	9997403711

The Hugo Award is to science fiction what the Oscar is to Hollywood, and every year the coveted statuette (modeled after a spaceship) is presented at the World Science Fiction Convention. Here are twenty-three award-winning stories for the years 1955 to 1970, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov.
All...