The Science Fiction Century, Volume Two

"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 Introduction First 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."

Editor and anthologist David G. Hartwell lives in Pleasantville, New York.

“Drunkboat”, Cordwainer Smith
“Another World”, J.-H. Rosny-Aîné
“If the Stars Are Gods”, Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund
“I Still Call Australia Home”, George Turner
“Liquid Sunshine”, Alexander Kuprin; trans. by Leland Fetzer
“Great Work of Time”, John Crowley
“Sundance”, Robert Silverberg
“Greenslaves”, Frank Herbert
“Rumfuddle”, Jack Vance
“The Dimple in Draco”, Philip Latham
“Consider Her Ways”, John Wyndham
“Something Ending”, Eddy C. Bertin
“He Who Shapes”, Roger Zelazny
“Swarm”, Bruce Sterling
“Beggars in Spain”, Nancy Kress
“Johnny Mnemonic”, William Gibson
““Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman”, Harlan Ellison
“Blood’s a Rover”, Chad Oliver
“Sail the Tide of Mourning”, Richard A. Lupoff