Sources
| Source | ID | Link |
|---|---|---|
| GoodReads | 11675430 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11675430 |
| Amazon |
Description
"As good an introduction to SF as you can buy." - Iain M. Banks
"The best yet introduction to a bewildering field." - Gregory Benford
"First rate." - Daily Telegraph
"Ideal... even contains much to convert the sceptics."
- Independent on Sunday
"A great selection of intelligent and intriguing work." - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Contents:
The Land Ironclads (1903) by H. G. Wells
Finis (1906) by Frank Lillie Pollock
As Easy as ABC (1912) by Rudyard Kipling
The Metal Man (1928) by Jack Williamson
A Martian Odyssey (1934) by Stanley G. Weinbaum
Night (1935) by John W. Campbell, Jr.
Desertion (1944) by Clifford D. Simak
The Piper's Son (1945) by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
The Monster (1948) by A. E. van Vogt
The Second Night of Summer (1950) by James H. Schmitz
Second Dawn (1951) by Arthur C. Clarke
Crucifixus Etiam (1953) by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Tunnel under the World (1955) by Frederik Pohl
Who Can Replace a Man? (1958) by Brian W. Aldiss
Billennium (1961) by J. G. Ballard
The Ballad of Lost C'mell (1962) by Cordwainer Smith
Semley's Necklace (1964) by Ursula K. Le Guin
How Beautiful with Banners (1966) by James Blish
A Criminal Act (1966) by Harry Harrison
Problems of Creativeness (1967) by Thomas M. Disch
How the Whip Came Back (1970) by Gene Wolfe
Cloak of Anarchy (1972) by Larry Niven
A Thing of Beauty (1973) by Norman Spinrad
The Screwfly Solution (1977) by James Tiptree, Jr.
The Way of Cross and Dragon (1979) by George R. R. Martin
Swarm (1982) by Bruce Sterling
Burning Chrome (1982) by William Gibson
Silicon Muse (1984) by Hilbert Schenck
Karl and the Ogre (1988) by Paul J. McAuley
Piecework (1990) by David Brin
"The best yet introduction to a bewildering field." - Gregory Benford
"First rate." - Daily Telegraph
"Ideal... even contains much to convert the sceptics."
- Independent on Sunday
"A great selection of intelligent and intriguing work." - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Contents:
The Land Ironclads (1903) by H. G. Wells
Finis (1906) by Frank Lillie Pollock
As Easy as ABC (1912) by Rudyard Kipling
The Metal Man (1928) by Jack Williamson
A Martian Odyssey (1934) by Stanley G. Weinbaum
Night (1935) by John W. Campbell, Jr.
Desertion (1944) by Clifford D. Simak
The Piper's Son (1945) by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
The Monster (1948) by A. E. van Vogt
The Second Night of Summer (1950) by James H. Schmitz
Second Dawn (1951) by Arthur C. Clarke
Crucifixus Etiam (1953) by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Tunnel under the World (1955) by Frederik Pohl
Who Can Replace a Man? (1958) by Brian W. Aldiss
Billennium (1961) by J. G. Ballard
The Ballad of Lost C'mell (1962) by Cordwainer Smith
Semley's Necklace (1964) by Ursula K. Le Guin
How Beautiful with Banners (1966) by James Blish
A Criminal Act (1966) by Harry Harrison
Problems of Creativeness (1967) by Thomas M. Disch
How the Whip Came Back (1970) by Gene Wolfe
Cloak of Anarchy (1972) by Larry Niven
A Thing of Beauty (1973) by Norman Spinrad
The Screwfly Solution (1977) by James Tiptree, Jr.
The Way of Cross and Dragon (1979) by George R. R. Martin
Swarm (1982) by Bruce Sterling
Burning Chrome (1982) by William Gibson
Silicon Muse (1984) by Hilbert Schenck
Karl and the Ogre (1988) by Paul J. McAuley
Piecework (1990) by David Brin