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Synopsis

Quite possibly the greatest science fiction collection of all time--past, present, and future!

What if life was neverending? What if you could change your body to adapt to an alien ecology? What if the pope were a robot? Spanning galaxies and millennia, this must-have anthology showcases classic contributions from H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Octavia E. Butler, and Kurt Vonnegut, alongside a century of the eccentrics, rebels, and visionaries who have inspired generations of readers. Within its pages, you'll find beloved worlds of space opera, hard SF, cyberpunk, the New Wave, and more. Learn about the secret history of science fiction, from titans of literature who also wrote SF to less well-known authors from more than twenty-five countries, some never before translated into English. In The Big Book of Science Fiction, literary power couple Ann and Jeff VanderMeer transport readers from Mars to Mechanopolis, planet Earth to parts unknown. Immerse yourself in the genre that predicted electric cars, space tourism, and smartphones. Sit back, buckle up, and dial in the coordinates, as this stellar anthology has got worlds within worlds.

Including:

• Legendary tales from Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin
• An unearthed sci-fi story from W. E. B. Du Bois
• The first publication of the work of cybernetic visionary David R. Bunch in twenty years
• A rare and brilliant novella by Chinese international sensation Cixin Liu

Plus:

• Aliens!
• Space battles!
• Robots!
• Technology gone wrong!
• Technology gone right!

Excerpt

Table of Contents:

• Yoshio Aramaki, "Soft Clocks" 1968 (Japan) - translated by Kazuko Behrens and stylized by Lewis Shiner
• Juan José Arreola, "Baby H.P." 1952 (Mexico) - new translation by Larry Nolen
• Isaac Asimov, "The Last Question" 1956
• J.G. Ballard, "The Voices of Time" 1960
• Iain M. Banks, "A Gift from the Culture" 1987
• Jacques Barbéri, "Mondo Cane" 1983 (France) - first translation by Brian Evenson
• John Baxter, "The Hands" 1965
• Barrington J. Bayley, "Sporting with the Chid" 1979
• Greg Bear, "Blood Music" 1983
• Dmitri Bilenkin, "Crossing of the Paths" 1984 - new translation by James Womack
• Jon Bing, "The Owl of Bear Island" 1986 (Norway) - translation
• Adolfo Bioy Casares, "The Squid Chooses Its Own Ink" 1962 (Argentina) - new translation by Marian Womack
• Michael Bishop, "The House of Compassionate Sharers" 1977
• James Blish, "Surface Tension" 1952
• Michael Blumlein, "The Brains of Rats" 1990
• Jorge Luis Borges, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" 1940 (Argentina) - translation by Andrew Hurley
• Ray Bradbury, "September 2005: The Martian" 1949
• David R. Bunch, "Three From Moderan" 1959, 1970
• Octavia Butler, "Bloodchild" 1984
• Pat Cadigan, "Variations on a Man" 1984
• André Carneiro, "Darkness" 1965 (Brazil) - translation by Leo L. Barrow
• Stepan Chapman, "How Alex Became a Machine" 1996
• C.J. Cherryh, "Pots" 1985
• Ted Chiang, "The Story of Your Life" 1998
• Arthur C. Clarke, "The Star" 1955
• John Crowley, "Snow" 1985
• Samuel R. Delany, "Aye, and Gomorrah" 1967
• Philip K. Dick, "Beyond Lies the Wub" 1952
• Cory Doctorow, "Craphound" 1998
• W.E.B. Du Bois, "The Comet" 1920
• Jean-Claude Dunyach, "Paranamanco" 1987 (France) - translation by Sheryl Curtis
• S. N. Dyer, "Passing as a Flower in the City of the Dead" 1984
• Harlan Ellison, "'Repent Harlequin!' Said the Ticktock Man" 1965
• Carol Emshwiller, "Pelt" 1958
• Paul Ernst, "The Microscopic Giants" 1936
• Karen Joy Fowler, "The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things" 1985
• Sever Gansovsky, "Day of Wrath" 1964 (Ukraine) - new translation by James Womack
• William Gibson, "New Rose Hotel" 1984
• Angélica Gorodischer, "The Unmistakable Smell of Wood Violets" 1973 (Argentina) - first translation by Marian Womack
• Edmond Hamilton, "The Star Stealers" 1929
• Han Song, "Two Small Birds" 1988 (China) - first translation by John Chu
• Alfred Jarry, "The Elements of Pataphysics" 1911 (re-translation by Gio Clairval; France)
• Gwyneth Jones, "The Universe of Things" 1993
• Langdon Jones, "The Hall of Machines" 1968
• Kaijo Shinji, "Reiko's Universe Box" 1981 (Japan) - translation by Toyoda
• Takashi and Gene van Troyer
• Gérard Klein, "The Monster" 1958 (France) - translation by Damon Knight
• Damon Knight, "Stranger Station" 1956
• Leena Krohn, "The Gorgonoids" 1992 (Finland) - translation by Hildi Hawkins
• R.A. Lafferty, "Nine Hundred Grandmothers" 1966
• Kojo Laing, "Vacancy for the Post of Jesus Christ" 1992 (Ghana)
• Geoffrey A. Landis, "Vacuum States" 1988
• Tanith Lee, "Crying in the Rain" 1987
• Ursula K. Le Guin, "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow" 1971
• Stanislaw Lem, "Let Us Save the Universe" 1981 (Poland) - translation by Joel Stern and Maria Swiecicka-Ziemianek
• Cixin Liu, "The Poetry Cloud" 1997 (China) - translation by Chi-yin Ip and Cheuk Wong
• Katherine MacLean, "The Snowball Effect" 1952
• Geoffrey Maloney, "Remnants of the Virago Crypto-System" 1995
• George R.R. Martin, "Sandkings" 1979
• Michael Moorcock, "The Frozen Cardinal" 1987
• Pat Murphy, "Rachel in Love" 1987
• Misha Nogha, "Death is Static Death is Movement" 1990
• Silvina Ocampo, "The Waves" 1959 (Argentina) - first translation by Marian Womack
• Chad Oliver, "Let Me Live in a House" 1954
• Manjula Padmanabhan, "Sharing Air" 1984 (India)
• Frederick Pohl, "Day Million" 1966
• Rachel Pollack, "Burning Sky" 1989
• Robert Reed, "The Remoras" 1994
• Kim Stanley Robinson, "Before I Wake"1989
• Joanna Russ, "When It Changed" 1972
• Josephine Saxton, "The Snake Who Had Read Chomsky" 1981
• Paul Scheerbart, "The New Abyss" 1911 (Germany) - first translation by Daniel Ableev and Sarah Kaseem
• James H. Schmitz, "Grandpa" 1955
• Vadim Shefner, "A Modest Genius" 1965 (Russia) -translation by Matthew J. O'Connell
• Robert Silverberg, "Good News from the Vatican" 1971
• Clifford D. Simak, "Desertion" 1944
• Johanna Sinisalo, "Baby Doll" 2002 (Finland) - translation by David Hackston
• Cordwainer Smith, "The Game of Rat and Dragon" 1955
• Margaret St. Clair, "Prott" 1985
• Bruce Sterling, "Swarm" 1982
• Karl Hans Strobl, "The Triumph of Mechanics" 1907 (Germany)--first translation by Gio Clairval
• Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, "The Visitors" 1958 (Russia)--new translation by James Womack
• Theodore Sturgeon, "The Man Who Lost the Sea" 1959
• William Tenn, "The Liberation of Earth" 1953
• William Tenn, "Ghost Standard" 1994
• James Tiptree, Jr., "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" 1972
• Tatyana Tolstoya, "The Slynx" 2000 (Russia)--translation byJamey Gambrell
• Yasutaka Tsutsui, "Standing Woman" 1974 (Japan)--translation by Dana Lewis
• Lisa Tuttle, "Wives" 1979
• Miguel de Unamuno, "Mechanopolis" 1913 (Spain)--new translation by Marian Womack
• Élisabeth Vonarburg, "Readers of Lost Art" 1987 (Canada/Quebec)--translation by Howard Scott
• Kurt Vonnegut, "2BRO2B" 1962
• H.G. Wells, "The Star," 1897
• James White, "Sector General" 1957
• Connie Willis, "Schwarzschild Radius" 1987
• Gene Wolfe, "All the Hues of Hell" 1987
• Alicia Yánez Cossío, "The IWM 1000" 1975 (Chile)--translation by Susana Castillo and Elsie Adams
• Valentina Zhuravlyova, "The Astronaut" 1960 (Russia)--new translation by James Womack
• Yefim Zozulya, "The Doom of Principal City" 1918 (Russian)--first translation by Vlad Zhenevsky

Copyright © 2016 by Ann VanderMeer

Copyright © 2016 by Jeff VanderMeer

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