Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology (Galaxy Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (878 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195032721 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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A nice little anthology covering the history of Sci Fi Lawrance Bernabo I have been checking out various Science Fiction anthologies looking for something to use in a college course, and I ended up selecting this historical anthology edited by Eric S. Rabkin. My initial reason for selecting this collection was that it included both a short story by Harlan Ellison, "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream," and the Daniel Keyes classic, "Flowers for Algernon." But the more I looked over this book the more I was impressed. There are excerpts from "Gulliver's Travels," "Frankenstein," and "Looking Backward," which serve to give . A Superb Compilation of Science Fiction It's generally known to those that read science fiction that there are two awards called the Hugo and Nebula Awards given per year to the best sf novels and stories for that year. Historically these awards go back to 1965 for the Nebula and to the 50's for the Hugo. That means for someone trying to catch up on sf, there are decades of works to read through, which can be overwhelming, and personally some of it has not held up to well with the passage of time. Awards may have been given due to political or cultural events of that year. And to catch up. A comprehensive historical anthology I wanted to have a collection of what is considered "best of" in sci-fi literature and this anthology offers exactly that: it is a collection of sci-fi short stories ranging from the 17th century (with extracts from classics, like Gulliver's Travels or Frankenstein) until the modern times (1960s).As the name itself suggests, this is a historical anthology. So its aim is to present just a few classic samples of sci-fi literature through time. Don't buy this book if you're more interested in reading modern sci-fi stories, since the "modern period" sec
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