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The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF - David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, Gregory Benford, Ursula K. Le Guin
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF
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Featuring more than sixty groundbreaking short stories by modern science fiction's most important and influential writers, The Ascent of Wonder offers a definitive and incisive exploration of the SF genre's visionary core.From Poe to Pohl, Wells to Wolfe, and Verne to Vinge, this hefty anthology... show more
Featuring more than sixty groundbreaking short stories by modern science fiction's most important and influential writers, The Ascent of Wonder offers a definitive and incisive exploration of the SF genre's visionary core.From Poe to Pohl, Wells to Wolfe, and Verne to Vinge, this hefty anthology fully charts the themes, trends, thoughts, and traditions that comprise the challenging yet rich literary form known as "hard SF."
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780312850623 (031285062X)
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 990
Edition language: English
Category:
Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Anthologies, Short Stories, Hard Science Fiction
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4.0 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF
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At the time, this was the third Hartwell anthology I had read. It presents stories that have a solid foundation in sciences and math, which the editors define as hard scifi. It had creative, interesting, and very readable stories. My impression back then, this was like sipping a fine wine, as oppose...
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The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF - Anne McCaffrey, Robert A. Heinlein, H.G. Wells, Ursula K. Le Guin, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl, Alfred Bester, Richard Grant, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Tiptree Jr., Jules Verne, Cordwainer Smith, Gene Wolfe, Poul Anderson, Bruce Sterling,
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF - David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, Gregory Benford, Ursula K. Le Guin
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