The Big Book of Science Fiction by Ann VanderMeer

Sit back, buckle up, and dial in the coordinates, as this stellar anthology has got worlds within worlds. And PLEASE don’t make this your first foray into short Science Fiction. I recommend that you buy it and read it, but know what it is. It wants Science Fiction to be ‘taken seriously. Immerse yourself in the genre that predicted electric cars, space tourism, and smartphones. There is definitely a chip on this book’s shoulder. In The Big Book of Science Fiction, literary power couple Ann and Jeff VanderMeer transport readers from Mars to Mechanopolis, planet Earth to parts unknown. Ann VanderMeer is an American publisher and editor, and the second female editor of the horror magazine Weird Tales. Learn about the secret history of science fiction, from titans of literature who also wrote SF to less well-known authors from more than twenty-five countries, some never before translated into English. Within its pages, youll find beloved worlds of space opera, hard SF, cyberpunk, the New Wave, and more. No one’s choices were going to please everyone and this book certainly can be polarizing. Like their 2016 effort The Big Book of Science Fiction, it is a thorough attempt to broaden and update the classics. Attempting to cover the entire history of science fiction: from 1897 to 2007 is to find yourself awash in a supernova of stories. Ann and Jeff VanderMeer’s The Big Book of Classic Fantasy. Butler, and Kurt Vonnegut, alongside a century of the eccentrics, rebels, and visionaries who have inspired generations of readers. By any definition, The Big Book of Science Fiction was a massive undertaking for Ann and Jeff Vandermeer. What if life was neverending? What if you could change your body to adapt to an alien ecology? What if the pope were a robot? Spanning galaxies and millennia, this must-have anthology showcases classic contributions from H.

The Big Book of Science Fiction by Ann VanderMeer