The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction
This collection gathers some of the best science fiction stories from recent years. Explore a variety of futures and ideas from leading authors in the genre. It's a great way to discover new voices and revisit some classics.
Barry N. Malzberg is a writer whose work has shaped modern science fiction. You might know him from his editing of The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction, a great collection for anyone looking to explore the genre. He's a key voice in speculative fiction.
Charles G. Waugh is the editor of The Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century. He has a keen eye for classic tales of the eerie and unexplained.
Gregory Dale Bear (born August 20, 1951) is an American writer and illustrator best known for science fiction. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict (Forge of God books), artificial universes (The Way series), consciousness and cultural practices (Queen of Angels), and accelerated evolution (Blood Music, Darwin's Radio, and Darwin's Children). His most recent work is the 2021 novel The Unfinished Land. Greg Bear has written over 50 books in total. Greg Bear was also one of the five co...
Gregory Benford (Gregory Albert Benford) is an astrophysicist and science fiction author who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is also a contributing editor of Reason magazine. Benford is best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, a series that postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient electromechanical life. Greg was born in Mobile, Alabama. He received his Bachelor of...
Alice Bradley Sheldon (August 24, 1915 - May 1987), aka James Tiptree, Jr., was an American science fiction writer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Herbert Bradley, a lawyer, African explorer, and naturalist, and Mary Hastings Bradley, a prolific writer. As a child, she travelled the world with her parents, including an African safari in 1921-22. Initially, she worked as a graphic artist and a painter. In 1934 she married William Davey, and they divorced in 1941. Also in 1...
Kim Stanley Robinson (born 1952 in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American science fiction writer, best known for the Mars trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars). His fiction centres on ecology, economics and the role of scientists in solving collective problems, and includes the Three Californias trilogy, The Years of Rice and Salt, 2312, New York 2140 and The Ministry for the Future. He holds a PhD in English from the University of California, San Diego, where he wrote on Philip K. Dick, and has...
Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. He was also a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel. Greenberg was also an expert in terrorism and the Middle East. He was a longtime friend, colleague and busine...
American science fiction writer
Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. Anderson received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948. He married Karen Kr...
Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Silverberg received a Nebula award in 1986 for his novella Sailing to Byzantium, which takes its name from Yeats' poem; a Hugo in 1990 for Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another; and in 2004 he was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg
Suzy McKee Charnas is a writer whose work often explores dark fantasy and horror. You might know her from her contributions to "The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror" collections. She's a great choice if you're looking for something with a bit of a chill.
American fiction writer. Walter Jon Williams (born October 28, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Previously he wrote nautical adventure fiction under the name Jon Williams, in particular, Privateers and Gentlemen (1981–1984), a series of historical novels set during the age of sail.