Book description
This volume, covering the period from the 1890s to the future,
includes stories from founding fathers of the field like H. G. Wells
and C. S. Lewis; beloved mainstays of the genre, such as Philip Jose
Farmer, Roger Zelazny and Jack Vance; notable female writers,
including Nancy Kress, and authors like Bruce Sterling, William Gibson
and James Morrow, who have hit their stride in the last two decades.
Also featured are those widely recognised outside the genre, the
celebrated writing of E. M. Forster and Michael Shaara, as well as
translations of foreign writers' formative work including that of
Wolfgang Jeschke and Dino Buzzati.
