The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 2

Tachyon Publications
Stephen King, Charles De Lint, Jane Yolen, Paolo Bacigalupi, edited by Gordon Van Gelder
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"Fantasy & Science Fiction" continues to showcase some of the most famous authors writing in any genre. The magazine jumpstarted the careers of bestselling authors such as Roger Zelazny, Bruce Sterling, and Jane Yolen and continues to champion bold new crossover talents including Paolo Baciagalupi and Ken Liu. Now drawing upon "F&SF"'s impressive history of classic and contemporary tales, this extraordinary companion anthology revisits and expands upon sixty-five years' worth of top-notch fiction. These broad-ranging, award-winning tales appeal to readers of genre fiction and beyond, exploring alternate history, time travel, urban fantasy, virtual reality, modern myth, horror, interstellar travel, epic fantasy, mystery, and space opera. Highlights: An android is the perfect employee until warm weather activates its homicidal tendenciesExtreme fisherman pursue monsters of the deep in the oceans of VenusAn unsupecting third world village downloads the entire Internet directly into their brainsPaw-waving Lucky Cats disseminate an economic revolution started by artificial intelligences.