The Science Fiction Century, Volume 2

"Science fiction is the characteristic literary genre of the century. It is the genre that stands in opposition to literary modernism." -David G. Hartwell, from the IntroductionFirst published in hardcover in 1997, The Science Fiction Century was an anthology that defined and explained what we mean when we talk about modern SF. Now it returns to print in an affordable two-volume softcover edition. Here in volume 2, bestsellers like Frank Herbert and William Gibson mix with stylists like Harlan Ellison and Cordwainer Smith, alongside titans of the genre such as Gregory Benford, John Crowley, Robert Silverberg, John Wyndham, Roger Zelazny, Bruce Sterling, and Nancy Kress. Here is modern science fiction in all its breadth, from the anthologist hailed by John Updike as a "loving expert."Contents Sundance • (1969) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg Something Ending • (1973) • shortstory by Eddy C. Bertin Sail the Tide of Mourning • [Bentfin Boomers] • (1975) • shortstory by Richard A. Lupoff Rumfuddle • (1973) • novella by Jack Vance Liquid Sunshine • (1982) • novelette by Alexander Kuprin (aka Zhidkoe solntse 1913 ) Johnny Mnemonic • (1981) • shortstory by William Gibson If the Stars Are Gods • [Bradley Reynolds] • (1974) • novelette by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford I Still Call Australia Home • (1990) • shortstory by George Turner He Who Shapes • (1965) • novella by Roger Zelazny Greenslaves • (1965) • novelette by Frank Herbert Great Work of Time • (1989) • novella by John Crowley Drunkboat • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith Consider Her Ways • (1956) • novella by John Wyndham Blood's a Rover • (1952) • novella by Chad Oliver Beggars in Spain • [Sleepless] • (1991) • novella by Nancy Kress Another World • (1962) • novelette by J. H. Rosny aîné (aka Un Autre Monde 1895 ) "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman • (1965) • shortstory by Harlan Ellison Swarm • [Shaper/Mechanist] • (1982) • novelette by Bruce Sterling The Dimple in Draco • (1967) • shortstory by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham ]