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12 Jan 2010, 7:05 pm

Hi all! Could someone please give me some advice as to good science fiction short-story anthologies? I enjoyed "The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction", edited by Mike Ashley, very much, and now I'm looking for a new tome along similar lines. In general I prefer the more extreme, mind-stimulating kind of science fiction, so no run-of-the-mill space opera please.

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13 Jan 2010, 12:11 am

hmm...I have some strange tastes, and go back quite a ways
There was a 'hell' series, I think Jan Morris was the editor, about famous people in Hell, and it goes on for a few books. Late 70s, I think.

There was another sereies 'There will be War', trying to remember who did it (Drake, Pournelle, or someone like that)

The '1630s' series, Mostly by Flint, but a few other people as well. 1633, 34, and 35, and a few others

Should get ya started.


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13 Jan 2010, 3:24 am

Have you tried an Analog magazine subscription?


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13 Jan 2010, 10:51 am

I am not sure of any anthologies, but I can suggest at least one or two books.

Brave new world (forget who wrote it.)
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray bradbury


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13 Jan 2010, 12:03 pm

I think Brave New World is Aldous Huxley...


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13 Jan 2010, 2:54 pm

Thanks guys for all your replies. I'll certainly check the stuff you mentioned out. And yes, Brave New World is by Aldous Huxley.


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14 Jan 2010, 7:07 am

Look around for old copies of the two anthologies compiled by Harlan Ellison, 'Dangerous Visions', and 'Again, Dangerous Visions'. --Groundbreaking stuff from the Science Fictions New Wave.


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