The Mammoth Book of Best Short SF Novels
Science fiction is ideally suited to the short novel form: long enough to conjure an alien or future society in our imaginations, yet elegant and powerful — free of padding. Award-winning editor Gardner Dozois presents here the 13 finest science fiction novellas of the last two decades.
Science fiction is ideally suited to the short novel form: long enough to conjure an alien or future society in our imaginations, yet elegant and powerful — free of padding. Award-winning editor Gardner Dozois presents here the 13 finest science fiction novellas of the last two decades:
- Sailing to Byzantium (1985) by Robert Silverberg
- Surfacing (1988) by Walter Jon Williams
- The Hemingway Hoax (1990) by Joe Haldeman
- Mr. Boy (1990) by James Patrick Kelly
- Beggars in Spain (1991) by Nancy Kress
- Griffin's Egg (1991) by Michael Swanwick
- Outnumbering the Dead (1990) by Frederik Pohl
- Forgiveness Day (1994) by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Cost to Be Wise (1996) by Maureen F. McHugh
- Oceanic (1998) by Greg Egan
- Tendeléo's Story (2000) by Ian McDonald
- New Light on the Drake Equation (2001) by Ian R. MacLeod
- Turquoise Days (2002) by Alastair Reynolds
| Author | Gardner Dozois (Ed.) |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Robinson Publishing |
| Place | London |
| Year | 2009 |
| ISBN | 9781845299231 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Comments | Yellowed pages |
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