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	The Road to Science Fiction: Volume 2: From Wells to Heinlein publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., published: 2002-08-27 ASIN: 0810844397 sales rank: 264505 price: $44.04 (new), $39.99 (used)	Now in paperback! Cloth edition previously published in 1979. Volume 2: From Wells to Heinlein, samples the science fiction from a wide variety of authors that paved the way for the Golden Age.
	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, published: 2007-07-10 ASIN: 0312363354 sales rank: 394604 price: $11.70 (new), $2.92 (used)	The twenty-eight stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now.  Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: * Cory Doctorow * Robert Charles Wilson * Michael Swanwick * Ian McDonald * Benjamin Rosenbaum * Kage Baker * Bruce McAllister * Alastair Reynolds * Jay Lake * Ruth Nestvold * Gregory Benford * Justin Stanchfield * Walter Jon Williams * Greg Van Eekhout * Robert Reed * David D. Levine * Paul J. McAuley * Mary Rosenblum * Daryl Gregory * Jack Skillingstead * Paolo Bacigalupi * Greg Egan * Elizabeth Bear * Sarah Monette * Ken MacLeod * Stephen Baxter * Carolyn Ives Gilman * John Barnes * A.M. Dellamonica Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.
	How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy by: Orson Scott Card publisher: Writers Digest Books, published: 2001-09-15 ASIN: 158297103X sales rank: 30239 price: $6.79 (new), $5.52 (used)	Finally, Orson Scott Card's Hugo award-winning classic on the art and craft of writing science fiction and fantasy is available in paperback! Card provides invaluable advice for every science fiction and fantasy writer interested in constructing stories about people, worlds and events that stretch the boundaries of the possible...and the magical. They'll learn: * what is and isn't science fiction and fantasy, and where their story fits in the mix * how to build, populate, and dramatize a credible, inviting world readers will want to explore * how to use the MICE quotient--milieu, idea, character and event--to structure a successful story * where the markets are, how to reach them and get published There's no better source of information for writers working in these genres. This book will help them effectively produce exciting stories that are both fascinating and market-ready.
	Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology (Galaxy Books) by: Eric S. Rabkin publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, published: 1983-04-07 ASIN: 0195032721 sales rank: 231129 price: $17.78 (new), $16.44 (used)	An invaluable contribution to the serious study of science fiction as well as a highly entertaining collection, Science Fiction contains 27 chronologically-arranged stories and excerpts, ranging from such early classic works as Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Shelley's Frankenstein to recent stories such as Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" and Ursula K. Le Guin's "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow." Including brief general essays and a separate introduction to each individual story or excerpt, Rabkin's anthology greatly illuminates the evolution of the genre.
	The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, published: 2003-04-17 ASIN: 0192803816 sales rank: 249893 price: $10.45 (new), $4.96 (used)	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 reality, a universe all its own. Readers can sample H.G. Well's 1903 story ""The Land Ironclads"" (which predicted the stalemate of trench warfare and the invention of the tank), Jack Williamson's ""The Metal Man,"" a rarely anthologized gem written in 1928, Clifford D. Simak's 1940s classic, ""Desertion,"" set on ""the howling maelstrom that was Jupiter,"" Frederik Pohl's 1955 ""The Tunnel Under the World"" (with its gripping first line, ""On the morning of June 15th, Guy Burckhardt woke up screaming out of a dream""), right up to the current crop of writers, such as cyberpunks Bruce Sterling and William Gibson, whose 1982 story ""Burning Chrome"" foreshadows the idea of virtual reality, and David Brin's ""Piecework,"" written in 1990. In addition, Shippey provides an informative Introduction, examining the history of the genre, its major themes, and its literary techniques.
	The Secret History of Science Fiction publisher: Tachyon Publications, published: 2009-10-01 ASIN: 1892391937 sales rank: 688695 price: $8.73 (new), $5.88 (used)	This ingeniously conceived anthology raises the intriguing question, If Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow had won the Nebula award in 1973, would the future distinction between literary fiction and science fiction have been erased? Exploring the possibility of an alternate history of speculative fiction, this literary collection reveals that the lines between genres have already been obscured. Don DeLillo’s “Human Moments in World War III” follows the strange detachment of two astronauts who are orbiting in a skylab while a third world war rages on earth. “The Ziggurat” by Gene Wolfe traverses a dissolving marriage, a custody dispute, and the visit of time travelers from the future. T. C. Boyle’s “Descent of Man” is the subversively funny tale of a man who suspects that his primatologist lover is having an affair with one of her charges. In “Schwarzschild Radius,” Connie Willis draws an allegorical parallel between the horrors of trench warfare and the speculative physics of black holes. Artfully crafted and offering a wealth of esteemed authors—from writers within the genre to those normally associated with mainstream fiction, as well as those with a crossover reputation—this volume aptly demonstrates that great science fiction appears in many guises.
	Right Ascension by: David Derrico publisher: CreateSpace, published: 2009-08-25 ASIN: 1448687608 sales rank: 555694 price: $9.08 (new), $8.11 (used)	Set in the year 3040, Right Ascension examines mankind's place in the Universe, how we ascended to that lofty position, and the horrifying price of that ascension. Humanity's position of political and technological dominance within the galaxy is suddenly shattered when a sleek alien vessel arrives unexpectedly at Earth. Admiral Daniel Atgard and the crew of the Apocalypse embark on a mission to find these enigmatic aliens, but the focus of the mission quickly turns from finding answers to exacting revenge. Meanwhile, a belligerent species of reptilian warriors, seeking to avenge a previous defeat at the hands of the human-controlled United Confederation of Planets, takes this opportunity to plan an all-out assault on Earth. Faced with overwhelming odds and the terrible knowledge of mankind's most horrifying secret, Daniel must choose between honor ... and humanity's very survival.
	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, published: 2005-07-01 ASIN: 0312336608 sales rank: 376652 price: $6.49 (new), $1.47 (used)	'The range of stories indicates that SF still doesn't know the meaning of the word 'boundaries.'' -Publishers Weekly (starred review) on the Twenty-First Annual Collection Long considered a necessary read for fans of science fiction, the 2004 Locus Award-winning anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction is the best collection of short SF stories this side of the universe. The twenty-second edition of this venerable collection continues to uphold its traditional standard of excellence with stories from James Patrick Kelly, Nancy Kress, Terry Bisson, Pat Murphy, Vernor Vinge, Stephen Baxter, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Robert Reed, Christopher Rowe, and Albert E. Cowdrey, and many others.
	How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel by: Charles Yu publisher: Pantheon, published: 2010-09-07 ASIN: 0307379205 sales rank: 692 price: $11.63 (new), $11.25 (used)	National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award winner Charles Yu delivers his debut novel, a razor-sharp, ridiculously funny, and utterly touching story of a son searching for his father . . . through quantum space–time.   Minor Universe 31 is a vast story-space on the outskirts of fiction, where paradox fluctuates like the stock market, lonely sexbots beckon failed protagonists, and time travel is serious business. Every day, people get into time machines and try to do the one thing they should never do: change the past. That’s where Charles Yu, time travel technician—part counselor, part gadget repair man—steps in. He helps save people from themselves. Literally. When he’s not taking client calls or consoling his boss, Phil, who could really use an upgrade, Yu visits his mother (stuck in a one-hour cycle of time, she makes dinner over and over and over) and searches for his father, who invented time travel and then vanished. Accompanied by TAMMY, an operating system with low self-esteem, and Ed, a nonexistent but ontologically valid dog, Yu sets out, and back, and beyond, in order to find the one day where he and his father can meet in memory. He learns that the key may be found in a book he got from his future self. It’s called How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, and he’s the author. And somewhere inside it is the information that could help him—in fact it may even save his life.   Wildly new and adventurous, Yu’s debut is certain to send shock waves of wonder through literary space–time.
	Nature of the Beast (Military Science Fiction Series) by: Richard Fawkes publisher: Eos, published: 2004-08-01 ASIN: 0060536772 sales rank: 388817 price: $2.90 (new), $0.41 (used)	The forces of annihilation Throughout the galaxy, the near-invincible armies of the alien Remor have set their sights on one goal: the complete extermination of the human race. Outnumbered and outgunned, The Interstellar Defense League cannot afford to discard any asset -- so a disgraced Sector Commander is being given a chance to redeem himself ... by sacrificing his life. The fate of Christoph Stone -- and, perhaps, the destiny of all humankind -- is to be decided on a distant frontier planet nestled deep in enemy-controlled space. Saddled with shockingly green troops, a captain with a checkered past, and a trouble-making civilian expeditionary force, Stone's mission is clear and clearly suicidal. Because even his superiors are unaware of the weapon the Remor have waiting for the human invaders as they attempt to retake a captive world: an instrument of destruction that is demonic, unstoppable ... and obscenely human.

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