Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century

10 best books like Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century (Orson Scott Card): Future Lovecraft, Federations, Alien Sex: 19 Tales by the Masters of Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964, The Spy's Bedside Book, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II B, The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories, The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space, The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy

AuthorSilvia Moreno-Garcia
ISBN0986686468
Decades, centuries and even thousands of years in the future:
The horrors inspired by Lovecraft do not know the limits of time...or space. Journey through this anthology of science fiction stories and poems inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Listen to the stars that whisper and drive a crew...
AuthorJohn Joseph Adams
ISBN0809573474
From Star Trek to Star Wars, from Dune to Foundation, science fiction has a rich history of exploring the idea of vast intergalactic societies, and the challenges facing those living in or trying to manage such societies. The stories in Federations will continue that tradition. What are the social/religious/environmental/technological...
AuthorEllen Datlow
ISBN0451451422
I was gonna give this collection 2 stars ("it was okay"), but Connie Willis' story, called "All My Darling Daughters" (which gets 5 horrified but awestruck stars from me), was so brilliant that I'm bumping this to 3 on the strength of that story alone. I'm so glad I got to read it, even though it was traumatizing.

I...
AuthorRobert Silverberg
ISBN0765305372
If you own only one anthology of classic science fiction, it should be The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964. Selected by a vote of the membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA), these 26 reprints represent the best, most important, and most influential stories and...
AuthorHugh Greene
ISBN0091920612
A classic compendium of espionage stories penned by some of the greatest writers and most famous spies. With a new introduction by Stella Rimington, former head of MI5.

The foxhunter, the angler, the cricketer — each has had his own bedside book. Why not the spy? First published in 1957, The...
AuthorBen Bova
ISBN0380000547
This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas between 1929 to 1964 and contains eleven great classics. There is no better anthology that captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field.

Published in 1973 to honor stories that had come before the institution...
AuthorTom Shippey
ISBN0192803816
This is the definitive collection of the twentieth-century's most characteristic genre -- science fiction. The tales are organized chronologically to give readers a sense of how the genre's range, vitality, and literary quality have evolved over time. Each tale offers a unique vision, an altered...
AuthorGardner Dozois
For years, The Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after twenty-one annual collections, comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies, The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, in which legendary editor...
AuthorRaymond J. Healy
ISBN0394607317
Requiem (1940) by Robert A. Heinlein
Forgetfulness (1937) by John W. Campbell, Jr.
Nerves (1942) by Lester del Rey
The Sands of Time (1937) by P. Schuyler Miller
The Proud Robot (1943) by Henry Kuttner
Seeds of the Dusk (1938) by Raymond Z. Gallun
Black Destroyer (1939) by...
AuthorCharles N. Brown
ISBN0060594268
The Barnes & Noble Review
The introduction to The Locus Awards says it all: "This book contains some of the finest science fiction and fantasy short fiction ever written." Included within are some of the best Locus Award winning stories covering the last three decades. From Ursula K. Le Guin...
Off the Main Sequence: The Other Science Fiction Stories of Robert A. Heinlein
AuthorRobert A. Heinlein
ISBN1582881847
Stories include...
Successful Operation Let There Be Light -And He Built a Crooked House- Beyond Doubt They Solution Unsatisfactory Universe Elsewhen Common Sense By His Bootstraps Lost Legacy My Object All Sublime Goldfish Bowl Pied Piper Free Men On the Slopes of Vesuvius Columbus Was a Dope...
AuthorDavid G. Hartwell
Something 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...
AuthorIsaac Asimov
ISBN0449239179
Nine award-winning stories for the years 1955 to 1961, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov. —

Contents:

— 1955: 13th Convention, Cleveland — 1- The Darfsteller by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (novelette) — 2- Allamagoosa by Eric Frank Russel (short story)

— 1956:...
AuthorDamon Knight
ISBN0671752758
FOUR AWARD-WINNING STORIES

THE SALIVA TREE, by Brian W. Aldiss
An invasion of invisible monsters strikes terror on an English farm.

HE WHO SHAPES, by Roger Zelazny
The science of tomorrow makes possible a new kind of psychiatrist--one who can enter another human mind and...
The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Stories
AuthorPamela Sargent
"The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack" presents another stellar lineup of classic science fiction, new and old. Here are 25 stories (plus a bonus interview with best-selling author George R.R. Martin) by some of the field's greatest authors. Included are:
THE TRUE DARKNESS, by Pamela Sargent

PERMANENT...
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 4
AuthorJonathan Strahan
ISBN1597801712
The depth and breadth of what science fiction and fantasy fiction is changes with every passing year. The two dozen stories chosen for this book by award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan carefully maps this evolution, giving readers a captivating and always-entertaining look at the very best...
AuthorJohn Ringo
ISBN1439133476
Citizens is a new kind of science fiction anthology. The names appearing between its covers are not only veteran authors, among the very best in the field, they are military veterans as well. New York Times best-selling author John Ringo (a veteran of the 82nd Airborne) and Brian M. Thomsen, a Hugo finalist...
AuthorSondra Marshak
ISBN0553027190
Star Trek: The New Voyages is an anthology of short fiction based on the original Star Trek series featuring work by fan fiction authors. It was the first Star Trek short story collection, and the second original Star Trek fiction to be published (1970s Spock Must Die! was the first).

Each story...
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