I feature more than 100 science fiction anthologies in this video, which might be difficult for viewers to keep track of. As a helpful reference, I've listed below most of the anthologies I mention or display, and in roughly the same order in which they appear in the video. The Pocket Book of Science Fiction, edited by Donald Wollheim Adventures in Time and Space, edited by Raymond Healy & J. Francis McComas New Tales of Space and Time, ed. by Raymond Healy & J. Francis McComas 9 Tales of Space and Time, ed. by Raymond Healy The Best of Science Fiction, ed. by Groff Conklin Big Book of Science Fiction, ed. by Groff Conklin Possible Worlds of Science Fiction, ed. by Groff Conklin A Treasury of Science Fiction, ed. by Groff Conklin Omnibus of Science Fiction, ed. by Groff Conklin Invaders of Earth, ed. by Groff Conklin Science Fiction Thinking Machines, ed. by Groff Conklin Science-Fiction Adventures in Dimension, ed. by Groff Conklin Science Fiction Adventures in Mutation, ed. by Groff Conklin Giants Unleashed, ed. by Groff Conklin Strange Ports of Call, ed. by August Derleth The Other Side of the Moon, ed. by August Derleth Beyond Time and Space, ed. by August Derleth The Outer Reaches, ed. by August Derleth Far Boundaries, ed. by August Derleth Beachheads in Space, ed. by August Derleth Worlds of Tomorrow, ed. by August Derleth Time to Come, ed. by August Derleth Portals of Tomorrow, ed. by August Derleth My Best Science-Fiction Story, ed. by Leo Margulies The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction, ed. by Leo Margulies & Oscar J. Friend Adventures in Tomorrow, ed. by Kendell Foster Crossen Future Tense, ed. by Kendell Foster Crossen World of Wonder, ed. by Fletcher Pratt Great Stories of Science Fiction, ed. by Murray Leinster Tomorrow the Stars, ed. by Robert Heinlein Beyond Human Ken, ed. by Judith Merril Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time, ed. by Judith Merril Flight into Space, ed. by Donald Wollheim The Year After Tomorrow, ed. by Lester del Rey, Cecile Matschat & Carl Carmer A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, ed. by Anthony Boucher Star Science Fiction Stories, ed. by Frederik Pohl Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2, ed. by Frederik Pohl Star of Stars, ed. by Frederik Pohl Science Fiction Omnibus, ed. by Everett F. Bleiler & T.E, Dikty The Best Science Fiction Stories, 1950, ed. by Everett F. Bleiler & T.E, Dikty The Best Science Fiction Stories, 1951, ed. by Everett F. Bleiler & T.E, Dikty Journey to Infinity, ed. by Martin Greenberg Travelers of Space, ed. by Martin Greenberg Men Against the Stars, ed. by Martin Greenberg Five Science Fiction Novels, ed. by Martin Greenberg The Robot and the Man, ed. by Martin Greenberg All About the Future, ed. by Martin Greenberg Coming Attractions, ed. by Martin Greenberg SF: The Year’s Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. by Judith Merril SF:57 The Year’s Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. by Judith Merril SF:58 The Year’s Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. by Judith Merril SF:59 The Year’s Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. by Judith Merril Science Fiction Terror Tales, ed. by Groff Conklin Stories for Tomorrow, ed. by William Sloane No Place Like Earth, ed. by John Carnell Gateway to Tomorrow, ed. by John Carnell The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology, ed. by John W. Campbell Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction, ed. by H.L. Gold The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. by Anthony Boucher Science Fiction by Gaslight, ed. by Sam Moskowitz Under the Moons of Mars, ed. by Sam Moskowitz The Best SF of the 19th Century, ed. by Isaac Asimov, Charles Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg Before the Golden Age, ed. by Isaac Asimov Science Fiction of the 30’s, ed. by Damon Knight Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age, ed. by Terry Carr The Road to Science Fiction: From Gilgamesh to Wells, ed. by James Gunn The Fantastic Pulps, ed. by Peter Haining Dangerous Visions, ed. by Harlan Ellison Again, Dangerous Visions, ed. by Harlan Ellison An Exaltation of Stars, ed. by Terry Carr Epoch, ed. by Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg Alpha One, ed. by Robert Silverberg The Hugo Winners, Vols. 1-5, ed. by Isaac Asimov The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, ed. by Robert Silverberg The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 2, ed. by Ben Bova The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 3, ed. by Arthur C. Clarke & George Proctor The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 4, ed. by Terry Carr Terror in the Modern Vein, ed. by Donald Wollheim The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction, ed. by Isaac Asimov, Charles Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg Science Fiction Carnival, ed. by Fredric Brown & Mack Reynolds The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction, ed. by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles Waugh The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century, ed. by Harry Turtledove & Martin H. Greenberg Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology, ed. by Bruce Sterling The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF, ed. by David Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer From the Twilight Zone, ed. by Rod Serling They Came from Outer Space, ed. by Jim Wynorski Reel Future, ed. by Forrest J. Ackerman & Jean Styne Great Science Fiction Stories About the Moon, ed. by T.E. Dikty Children of Wonder, ed. by William Tenn The Pseudo-People: Androids in Science Fiction, ed. by William F. Nolan Sisters of Tomorrow: The First Women of Science Fiction, ed. by Lisa Yaszek & Patrick Sharp The Future Is Female!, ed. by Lisa Yaszek A Century of Science Fiction, ed. by Damon Knight A Science Fiction Argosy, ed. by Damon Knight Great Tales of Science Fiction, ed. by Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg The Golden Years of Science Fiction, ed. by Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. by Garyn G. Roberts The Science Fiction Century, ed. by David Hartwell Science Fiction Stories and Contexts, ed. by Heather Masri The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, ed. by Arthur Evans et al Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century, ed. by Orson Scott Card World’s Best SF (multiple annual volumes), ed. by Donald Wollheim The Best Science Fiction of the Year (multiple annual volumes), ed. by Terry Carr The Year’s Best Science Fiction (multiple annual volumes), ed. by Gardner Dozois Year’s Best SF (multiple annual volumes), ed. by David Hartwell The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year (multiple annual volumes), ed. by Jonathan Strahan The Best Science Fiction of the Year (multiple annual volumes), ed. by Neil Clarke The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year’s Best Science Fiction, ed. by Gardner Dozois The Best of the Best 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels, ed. by Gardner Dozois The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year’s Best Science Fiction, ed. by Gardner Dozois The Secret History of Science Fiction, ed. by James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel

I'm way behind schedule uploading this one, so thanks for your patience! A companion video to this one will be forthcoming within the next week or so. In it, I'll recommend several essential SF anthologies.

I started reading science fiction as a teen in the 70s. I got so many of my books at used bookstores so many of these anthologies are very familiar. I only wish I’d kept them. Thanks for the walk down memory lane!

This book collection is absolutely bananas. The host is not just a scholar but an amazing collector of vintage books.

Short stories can be so powerful in such a small word count. Love them

This was a wonderful overview of anthologies, which often don't get enough credit on today's BookTube. So envious of your collection, but I'm glad I have several of the ones you mentioned, including The Science Fiction Century and The Hard SciFi Renaissance. Absolutely cannot overstate the impact those pulp covers had on me and how much those stunning visuals were an invitation to the genre.

This is one of the best videos on this subject I've ever seen! I mentioned Dangerous Visions & Again Dangerous Visions in a post for the video of yours that you refer to here, so it's great to see your inclusion of these two ground breaking collections in this one. The collection of books you show here is simply 'Astounding"! I have a number of them and will look for others you showcased to add to my library. Thank you for doing this. Your videos are so well thought out and composed and your attention to detail for each one you make is a hallmark, along with your perfect vocal qualities, of your channel. Your subscriber base warrants being so very much larger than it is. I truly appreciate the time and effort you clearly put into your channel!

Yes! A new video!!! I get excited every time you upload. These are so well done and informative. Thank you!

J. Michael Straczynski is the executor of Harlan Ellison's estate, and has made a deal to republish both Dangerous Visions and Again, Dangerous Visions. And at last, finally, JMS has put together Ellison's near-mythical Last Dangerous Visions, to be published almost 50 years since it was first announced. Some of the stories were withdrawn by the authors, some rewritten, and a few new ones commission by contemporary authors to adds to the volume.

I am embarrassingly under-read when it comes to SF short stories. There are so many novels I want to read that it's hard to take a break and dive into the short stories but I hope to remedy that thanks to this and the videos to come. Glad to have you back.

Beautiful. An aspect I am completely underread on in SF. Thank you. 🙏🏽

Yes! You posted! Haha, love the videos, keep them coming, I always find them interesting. Particularly the deep dives on specific writers' work!

The science fiction anthology is my favorite type of book. I have a collection of 300 - 400 of them (this includes author collections) and have created an Excel index of the contents. By US standards, this is quite a modest collection, especially since most of the books are paperbacks, often bought in used condition. But in my country (South Africa), just about nobody has this stuff. All you see in bookstores is fantasy series doorstops and the like. I'm really looking forward to your "best of the best" selection!

I've always been partial to a good short story. Bradbury was really who got me started reading SF, and his stories have a permanent place in my brain/heart.

Wonderful!! I'm going to send a link to your video to every sci-fi fan I know. I'll focus especially on those who claim not to like or have time for shorter sci-fi. I have many of the anthologies you mention, including The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Vol. 1, which is in a class by itself, and both the Dangerous Visions anthologies. Keep up the great work!

Thanks for this. As a long-time reader of old SF short stories, this was a neat trip through memory lane.

I own many of the anthologies that are featured in your video. Short stories are my favorite way to read SF! Thank you for highlighting this form, which I feel is often neglected by a lot of booktubers.

Honorable mention, TLL; "The Sentinel" by Clarke, regarding your examples of short stories that became great novels. And your observation that many a bloated novel should have been left as a novella or "short" story is spot on. I enjoy these episodes immensely, always a great experience, especially when I daydream about one day having a personal library like yours. A virtual Nirvana. A Utopia. As always, great content, quality, production and presentation! Cheers.

Read about 40 years of pulp Sci fi inherited from family. Have read most of the anthologies shown. Feeling blessed to read these great works

Another great video packed with knowledge of science fiction's golden age. I am looking forward to future videos like this one and maybe covering my favorite anthology series: the 25 book series Asimov Presents the Great SF stories covering the late 30s to the early 60s.

I always feel I've learned something from your videos, Thanks.

Wow! I've been around yt commenting that SF short stories are very important and should be read and discussed. Hence the importance of anthologies and collections. Now I can send people to this video. Thank you!

Excellent. Now I want them all! 😊

Awesome video! Thank you for taking the time to make this, I learned a lot as usual. My favorites to find are Asimov's Magical World of Fantasy anthologies, but mostly because of the cover art.

This is magnificent. It was fun spotting the anthologies I have copies of. So many I wish I had! Thank you for another wonderful video!

Wow, what a great collection of science fiction anthologies. I fondly remember reading short story collections that I borrowed from my local public library as an adolescent.

Looking forward to your follow-up video with recommendations! I appreciate the high quality information in these videos.

I'm not anywhere near as familiar with SF anthologies as I'd like to be (the sheer volume of them is just so intimidating!), so I'll look forward to your next video eagerly.

Looking forward to the best of the best video! Very much interested in looking into some of these.

Just for reading purposes, some of these classic anthologies have also been harvested for blanket reprint lines that can be had very cheap. I have "Baker's Dozen" as "The Mammoth Book of Short Science Fiction Novels." Several Asimov-edited volumes were repurposed for that series, and there are other examples.

Thanks for the list in the pinned comment! Found GGK because of you, Lions an all time great

Another thoughtful and informative video. As a long-time SF reader, I recognize some of these older anthologies as books I've read many years ago, while others are found on my own shelves. In the last couple of years, I've been rediscovering short stories, and I've been searching out story collection to add to my home library, so this video is particularly appropriate for me. 😄

Always worth the wait. Looking forward to the next installment of this. As the old-school extreme sports folks used to say, and far all I know still do , " A very sick collection you have Bro"

Return of the King!!!

Thank you for all the work you put into this Bridger. I definitely want to look into some of these.

Worth the wait Bridger!! No rush :) it was a fantastic overview and taught me more patience for those fix up novels. Thanks for your dedication!!

I have fond memories of Heinlein’s Tomorrow the Stars. It was read many times when I was young and had little access to Sci Fi books.

Always exciting to see a new one of your videos. It takes me so long to watch due to all the book wish lists I make online while watching. And of course, getting lost in the book descriptions haha. Judith Merril is new to me. Definitely checking her work out 😊

Great video as per usual, Bridger. I've been reading Clark Ashton Smith recently and some of his stories are definitely in the vein of traditional sci-fi (traveling to other planets, encountering alien cultures, etc.). The Immeasurable Horror & The Door to Saturn are excellent.

Nice video. One of the gateway SF books for me is the Norton Anthology that I found on my fathers shelf. The gray one published around 1990 with Ursula Le Guin as the co-editor. I chipped away at the stories in that one for close to 10 years, always using it to sample a new author as an interlude between the novels I was reading. Such a milestone to finish it that I remember the Starbucks where I completed the last story! I think anthologies are a great way to wet your appetite and find out which authors have a style that speak to you. You can say that one has to read a book as the “seminal” SF, but that’s always going to be subjective, even for the books that are canon. A good anthology though lets you sample different approaches to SF for a thoughtful curator so you can prioritize your reading times to writing personalities that are the most intriguing.

Wonderful! One of your most important videos! (As it can be so hard to convince the modern SF audience, weaned as they are on multiple volume series, of the importance of short stories to the field.) THANK YOU! And thanks for giving Harlan his due. 😉

If there's a heaven it's going to look like your book collection! The first sf anthology I read was Adventures in Time and Space, picked up at a yard sale for about a dime. I still have my copy. So many of those stories just hit me hard, like Nerves, Adam and No Eve, The Roads Must Roll, Nightfall. It made me a lifelong fan. I've collected a number of anthologies over the years and have only kept about 100, but they're ones I still return to. I love short stories so much. They seem to have lost some favor recently so I'm glad to see some appreciation of the form from someone on KZfaq, especially someone who speaks so eloquently in their favor.

Another banger - athough this topic boggles my mind. I've got a large amount of SF anthologies, and yet I've yet read very little from them as if I'll discover the right way to wade into it (or into any SF for that matter). I usually like to take things chronologically, and so I'd love to get James Gunn's 6 "Road to Science Fiction", but I've only found #4 so far. Or I might read all the shorts from one author I like, or I think I'll like; Herbert, Clarke, Mieville or Jemisin but I've been busy getting through fantasy and horror shorts from Howard, Lovecraft, King and Bradbury (kind of soft SF) which has satisfied my need for occasional short fiction. With every thing I have to read, I easily can put off this genre for a long time, but really, I should know what I like about it outside of film - maybe I should just bite the bullet and read "the Science Fiction Century" straight through as I would a long book. Or just go straight into recent Hugo nominees as SF that's maybe more relevant. Anyway, I'll be quite interested in your followup recommendations!

You need to do a video about how to start collecting vintage… SF, fantasy, children’s, etc.

Amazing video...I want to see more!

Two thumbs up for excellent content!!! For over forty years I have had Damon Knight's "A Science Fiction Argosy" on my bookshelves and I have been planning to read "The Demolished Man" by Alfred E. Bester but kept putting it off. Finally, during the COVID season of way too much time on my hands I read the novel and absolutely LOVED it. There are some other great stories in this fine collection!

Amazing video! There's just so much to take in. Incidentally, what do you think of Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's Big Book of Science Fiction, Time Traveler's Almanac and, tangential but often overlapping, The Weird anthologies?

Great vid! looking forward for the promise ones

I especially look forward to the Connie Willis video. She seems to be under appreciated for her contribution. I read Doomsday Book this year and was so impressed I tried to find stuff on Booktube about her and there really isn’t much available.

A new video 🎉 Greatttt

Great overview! So many anthologies here I'd love to track down.

Some of the best anthologies to look out for are the annual books that were edited by Gardner Dozois and published in the uk as "The Mammoth book of best new SF ##". I've slowly been trying to get the full set of them, you can often pick them up second hand and each one is a great snapshot of that years SF publishing featuring some of the best stories of that year and a fascinating essay about the state of the genre as well. If fact any anthology edited by Gardner Dozois is always going to be worth picking up.

My favourite Sci-fi authors are Poul Anderson, Jack Vance and Andre Norton. 🤖

Definitely looking forward to your list of essential SF anthologies 🫡

This is a great video. alway love getting a history of my favourite genre.

harry Bates is the author of "Farewell to the Master," on which the movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still" was based. The story has a much different ending than the movie!

For the first five or six years after I graduated high school, I didn't have time/the attention span for novels. I consumed so many anthologies during that time. I spotted a few of them in this video, actually. I got back into reading novels, and then drifted more into history and science. But I've got a hankerin' for short stories, so I think I'll have to dig out some of my unread anthologies and maybe acquire a few new ones.

I was born in 81 and started reading scifi in earnest while in catholic school from ages 12 to 14. They had several anthologies but my favorite was always the science fiction hall of fame edited by Isaac Asimov. Anytime i saw an anthology i had to pick it up. I would read all the shortest ones first then slowly work on the longer ones. I've never really met anyone my age who loves scifi from the 30s through the 70s the way i do.

Great and impressive overview. I feel that the most relevant collections for most viewers are probably the ones published after the magical year of 2000. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Very interesting entry. Lately I've been reading my silverberg collections of short stories. Alongside r a lafferty and Tiptree jnr. I've never been that much into anthologies though but maybe I'll check some out soon. All the best

Sf is not really my thing, (and I never can get myself to start exploring the genre), but I love short story collections and anthologies in the fantasy and horror genre. I did really enjoy your video though, your works are always informative and entertaining and very well produced. Thank you and kudos

Very cool!

Fascinating!!!

I didn't quite understand the sci-fi short story until I read one named "Call Me Joe" by Poul Anderson. Absolutely brilliant. Not an idea that would've worked as a novel but a really engaging short read. And it has excellent descriptions of space and planets, something I'm always eager for. Will definitely read more from Anderson.

Another wonderful video! Reminded me that I have a ton of old sci-fi anthology audiobooks saved to my shelf on Storytel. They just added The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Vol. 1 1929-1964 edited by Silverberg, and Vol. 2-A & 2-B edited by Ben Bova a few months ago, and I keep looking at them thinking that I'll read them soon. But knowing myself and how I am with short stories, they'll probably disappear from the service before I get to them. Hell, I've had Complete Short Stories of J.G. Ballard staring at me from my living room bookshelf for three or four years now, and almost every day I go "one of these days..."

The amount of info in this video is... Austanding, Amaizing even.

Your knowledge of the genre and other areas of literature is quite amazing. Where have you pulled from to build the historic knowledge in this and other areas?

I’d recommend Stanislaw Lem’s The Truth and other stories; Harlan Ellison’s The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World and other stories; and Karin Tidbeck’s Jagannath.

I Love your videos. Thank you for another good one. Pardon me for asking, are you getting over a cold?

Great to see some attention paid to anthologies! There's nothing like a tight, well-written short story and some of today's authors could stand to keep that in mind when editing their larger works. Over the years, I've enjoyed seeing some of my favorite authors like Marion Zimmer Bradley (I noticed one of your screen shots showed her novel "The Heritage of Hastur" which is a fave of mine) both expand their own worlds (the Darkover anthologies) AND promote certain themes (female-based stories in the Sword & Sorceress anthologies). Plus, she was instrumental in launching a number of today's most popular authors (Mercedes Lackey & others) via those anthologies. My three favorite short story anthologies are Roger Zelazny's "Unicorn Variations" and the two Alan Dean Foster books "With Friends Like These..." & "...Who Needs Enemies". The stories that have remained strongest in my memory are Zelazny's "Devil Car/Last of the Wilde Ones" (you won't get in a Tesla again!) and the title story "Unicorn Variation." In Foster's book, I always remember "Why Johnny Can't Speed" (especially now as I'm teaching my own child to drive!) and I think about "The Empire of T'ang Lang" every time I go in my back yard. Plus, the cover art on "Friends" is fantastic! Thanks again for another great video! I look forward to the follow-ups!

What do you think about early television's impact on the genre? From fare such Captain Video, Space Patrol - through Tales of Tomorrow, Science Fiction Theater, One Step Beyond, Twilight Zone, etc. Did one boost the other? Did readership rise or fall with the advent of SF television?

1:26 This is why I'm subscribed to your channel hahahaha Yes I can agree actually, SCI FI is a little better to get into in short stories before going head first into epic books. Maybe thats why people love 'The outer limits', Twilight Zone and Star Trek because they can pack so much detail in such a short space of Time. They get straight to the point but leave an impact on the veiwer, or in this case reader.

Oh thank you! I started writing short-stories inspired by Martin H. Greenberg's anthologies in the 90s (Like "Alternate Presidents.") Now I'm a published writer!

Thank you for the insightful history overview. I wonder whether there were any attempts to digitize all of the old pulp publications, before they are lost into history?

Great vid very informative thanks, may I ask what the little vid you used at 7 min in the ship and the dust pyramid image was thanks

Hi Bridger. Have you read anything by John M. Ford? I had read the article about how he went out of print and how his works came back to light but I didn’t buy Tor’s enthusiasm… until I read Growing Up Weightless. I’m raving about that book and I think it’s just the perfect fit for your channel

Nice to see a Van Vogt mentioned here, shame his work is so hard to find these days.

Might try some PKD’s short stuff soon

We need a resurgence of short story mags. digging through submission grinder, it really lays bare how few places there are to get sci fi short stories. At first glance it seems like there are a lot, but a lot are specialty that are very limited in scope, many don't publish anything longer than flash fiction, and fewer still pay a reasonable rate.

Fantastic video. Hope to see some Zelazny representation.

Good job. I own many, if not most, of the anthologies you highlighted up until the end of the 20th century. There's not that much SF I enjoy from the last 20 years.

I have a good many of these anthologies if only because they have/had covers by Richard Powers.

I think I'm fairly well-read in science fiction, but there's just been so much that I know I've missed plenty of authors and stories. Especially when I was also busy reading fantasy, mysteries, and comic books, along with the science fiction. Short story anthologies provide a way to at least be familiar with an author and their style, even if you haven't read much by them. And if you find someone you really like, then you know to look for them elsewhere.

0:02 - 2 Millennias - if you start from Lucianus.

An interesting if heavily US based view, with British SF only getting an occasional look in, and nothing much beyond that at all. Many of the names are new to me, whilst some names seem missing altogether. The main picture here seems to be a broad brush view of short stories, rather than a qualitative assessment (which would be more divisive, I’d imagine). You do mention some editors preferring a more literary style, but no further indication of what that means or who would qualify as that. I do like a thoughtful style that makes good use of novum, rather than westerns in space or space opera. I loved SF as a kid, then lost it for many years, before rediscovering it via P K Dick’s short story collections, amongst others. So I’m averse to door stops and series novels. I might enjoy Dune as a film, but I’m never going to read any of the books. You are clearly pretty knowledgeable about SF, and I will look out your short story volume recommendations when you post it, with an eye on which seem to fit my interests. Thank you for sharing your interests and knowledge!

Man. I think you got them all. Good shooting.

I once found a copy of Young Extraterrestrials signed by Asimov at my local used bookstore. It didn’t have a price on it, so I brought it to the cashier to ask. She opened it and kind of went, “…OH.” She said that the store would contact me after they had figured out the price. They never got back to me. 😭

Does anyone know of the 1979 annual worlds best SF was ever published in Hardback? It sticks out like a sore thumb in my collection. 25:48

I did not know Doomsday Book came from a short story. What was the name of the short story?

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Please, please, please, a video related to care and preservation of books of all kind, no only for those owners in the States, some of the products found there may not be found on other countries...

Hon sir there are large no of books shown on screen it cannot be written to make a list so to buy you are a little faster pls give a list of books in video in description amazing reads never heard before nor seen I was quite impressed first of all by yr title of video I clicked soon I found it amazing and wonderful I will buy much of these you mentioned but pls give list I hope you will reply awaiting many graceful thnx for nice content

If this guy wrote a novel, the cover would HAVE to be by Bob Ross!

A little harsh on "Heavy Weather" perhaps? ;-)

I think another reason for the decline in short SF stories is the death of episodic SF TV. Up till the broadcast of Babylon 5, most television Sf programs, while often having an overarching framework story, were primarily self-contained in terms of the story told in each episode. This provided a big market for short stories, whereas todays programs are almost all serialized long-form stories: in fact one often sees single story episodes of thes shows dismissed as 'filler' episodes, which means that there's much fewer opportunities for short story writers to sell their work.

also Low risk low commitment way to sample new Authors : )

Wasn´t The Dying Earth published in one piece from the beginning? It also doesn´t really pretend to be a novel. Actually, it seems to me that it´s the opposite of a fixup, since it´s more like a novel pretending to be a bunch of short stories rather than the other way around

A great attempt at a difficult subject. I have, however, a few minor quibbles. Firstly, your categorisation of Gold's editorship as "leaniing towards dystopia(s)" was a bit simplistic IMO. I would say that he leant towards psychological, anthroprological, and ontological fiction. Sure, these often lead to dystopian ideas, but that was not the intent. Secondly, while you mention Moorcock as an editor, there is virtually no mention of New Worlds. The New Wave WAS British. Authors like Disch & Delaney could not get those stories published in the US. New Worlds and the like have, in turn, led to literally hundreds of anthologies. Lastly, and probably least importantly, no mention of the Spectrum anthologies. To have a prominent historian (Conquest) and a literary "giant" (Amis) put their names on the cover of a science fiction anthology "legitimized" SF in many peoples eyes at the time. I do not think it's importance in the acceptance of the genre as literature can be overstated. By the by, their taste was also excellent, giving the full spectrum (as per the title) of the field.

As soon as you said “opinionated Iconoclast” I figured you would say Ellison or Moorcock…and you said both lol

Great video as always, but I do hope you'll bring forward some female authors in the coming videos.