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Title: The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, Gregory Benford ISBN: 0-312-85509-5 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 August, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great authors, so-so editors
Comment: This book presents a massive collection of excellent "hard" science fiction stories. (The precise definition of "hard" s-f is left as an exercise to the alert reader.) While the stories are unimpeachable, the introductions and section headings written by the editors range from merely dull to painful. Buy the book, love the book, read the stories, skip the editorial matter.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent resourse, a wonderful read.
Comment: "The Ascent of Wonder" should be on the shelf of any reader, and especially any writer, of science fiction. There are enough stories packed inside to keep any fan, new or old, drifting through the myriad universes that some of the best minds in the genre could concieve.
Rating: 5
Summary: From HG Wells to David Brin, such scope!
Comment: This weighty tome, is absolutely packed with some of the definitive stories of hard science fiction. The introductions to the stories illustrate the trends from the late 19th century to today.
Although there is an annoying misuse of the word 'affect' for 'effect', the story reviews are illuminating as to the great authors and their stories.
To have read this book is to have gained an overview of the evolution science fiction, to see where it all came from, to see the stories that started the subgenres, to know what IS the core of SF, hard SF.
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Title: The Hard SF Renaissance by David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer ISBN: 0312876351 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 16 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Visions of Wonder : The Science Fiction Research Association Reading Anthology by David G. Hartwell, Milton T. Wolf ISBN: 0312852878 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The DREAMS OUR STUFF IS MADE OF: How Science Fiction Conquered the World by Thomas M. Disch ISBN: 0684859785 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 05 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh ISBN: 0312860986 Publisher: Orb Books Pub. Date: 15 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 044100864X Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 06 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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