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  • THE SWORD & SORCERY ANTHOLOGY edited by David G. Hartwell and Jacob Weisman

    TITLE: THE SWORD & SORCERY ANTHOLOGY EDITED BY: David G. Hartwell and Jacob Weisman CATEGORY: Short Fiction SUB-CATEGORY: Anthology PUBLISHER: Tachyon Publications, San Francisco, 2012 FORMAT: Trade Paperback, 1st Edition, 480 pages ISBN 13: 978-1-61696-069-8 ISBN 10: 1-61696-069-8 CONTENTS: Introduction: Storytellers: A Guided Ramble into Sword and Sorcery Fiction by David Drake \”The Tower of…

  • POSSIBLE WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION edited by Groff Conklin

    [T]his is an interesting anthology, edited by one of the great classic SF anthologists, and another of my favourites, Groff Conklin. TITLE: POSSIBLE WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION EDITED BY: Groff Conklin CATEGORY: Anthology SUB-CATEGORY: Short Fiction FORMAT: Hardback, 256 pages PUBLISHER: Grayson & Grayson, Ltd, London, 1952. CONTENTS: Introduction by Groff Conklin PART ONE: THE…

  • Some New Books, First Quarter 2014

    Here are some SF books, some new, some old, that I\’ve picked up over the past two or three months from various places such as Ebay UK, Amazon UK and my regular supplier of comics and books in the US: Novels: THE SPACE MACHINE & A DREAM OF WESSEX Omnibus by Christopher Priest (paperback) STARFARERS…

  • Reading Science Fiction

    Reading Science Fiction literature has always been one of my main interests in life, and I\’ve been reading \”proper\” science fiction since I first signed out H.G. Wells\’ The Time Machine from the local library at the tender age of about eight or nine years old (circa 1969-1970). I usually prefer older (classic) SF, pre-\”New…

  • ON OUR WAY TO THE FUTURE edited by Terry Carr

    [W]e\’ve certainly got an interesting anthology here, an oldish one from 1970. It\’s also the first anthology posting (but definitely will not be the last) on this blog from another of my favourite SF anthologists, Terry Carr. TITLE: ON OUR WAY TO THE FUTURE EDITED BY: Terry Carr CATEGORY: Short Fiction SUB-CATEGORY: Anthology PUBLISHER: Ace…

  • VOYAGERS IN TIME edited by Robert Silverberg

    [I]n my last SF Anthologies post I commented that I\’d recently bought a couple of nice old SF anthologies from Amazon UK. I made a few comments about the newer of the two anthologies, TRIPS IN TIME and gave a contents listing for it. Here\’s the same routine for the second anthology, which was published…

  • VOYAGERS IN TIME edited by Robert Silverberg

    TITLE: VOYAGERS IN TIME – Twelve Stories of Science Fiction EDITED BY: Robert Silverberg CATEGORY: Short Fiction SUB-CATEGORY: Anthology PUBLISHER: Meredith Press, New York, 1967 FORMAT: Hardcover, 243 pages. In my last post I commented that I\’d recently bought a couple of nice old SF anthologies from Amazon UK. I made a few comments about…

  • TRIPS IN TIME edited by Robert Silverberg

    [R]ecently I bought a couple of nice old SF anthologies from Amazon UK, both edited by Robert Silverberg. The first of the two is: TITLE: TRIPS IN TIME – Nine Stories of Science Fiction EDITED BY: Robert Silverberg CATEGORY: Short Fiction SUB-CATEGORY: Anthology PUBLISHED: Wildside Press, 1977 FORMAT: Trade paperback, 152 pages. The anthology is…