All the 5 star, 4.5 star and 4 star novels, collections, anthologies and short stories.

A complete list of the stories in every Year's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror book, grouped by editor and ordered by volume.

A ratings guide for these sub-genres of Science Fiction, both by Author and by Type.

For fantasy in general, the short story has been less of a focus than science fiction, it would appear. I certainly also have less of it in my collection, or in my head. However, such a form has been around a lot longer, with more practitioners. Monster and ghost stories galore for centuries, for example, not to mention the various mythological tales from all around the world.

It is well known that Leigh Brackett has a group of stories that share a common setting, and that those are based on the planets of the Solar System, primarily on Venus and Mars.However, there is much other SF included in 50+ short stories and ten novels.I thought it might be interesting to see what work might coherently fit in one Future History.

Plenty has been written about the decline of the short story, anthology and collection, and when you read some older books they have been saying the same thing for decades, even in the first issue of Asimov's magazine in 1977.I have also seen Gardner Dozois write about the acceleration of the 'lack of memory' of past science fiction work. Not too surprising perhaps with the pace of change.I h

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A timeless species manipulates and controls the destiny of mankind.Unknown to most and shown only to a few, The Book not only holds the answer to the question of creation, but to the mystery of life itself.Beyond the previous three years of his troubled existence, James had only confusing memories and fragmented visions of a life unknown to him; will the activation of a technology older than time provide the answers that lie to the furthest borders of our solar system, or wi...

An American author, particularly of science fiction. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on such films as The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980).ContentsA World is Born (1941)The first ripples of blue fire touched Dio's men. Bolts of it fastened on gun-butts, and knuckles. Men screamed and fell. Jill cried out as he tore silver ornaments from her dress.Black Amazon of Mars (1951)Gri...

Los Angeles and Washington DC receive unexpected visitors and everyone is scrambling to find out what they are. Julie Rumley, a scientist from Chicago, will find out wether she wants to or not. Soaring is a short story meant to activate your imagination.

Interzone was founded in 1982 by David Pringle, John Clute, Alan Dorey, Malcolm Edwards, Colin Greenland, Graham Jones, Roz Kaveney and Simon Ounsley.Founding editor David Pringle stepped down in 2004 and the magazine has been published by TTA Press from issue 194 onwards. Interzone celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2007 and is still going strong on a bimonthly schedule.The magazine is regularly shortlisted for prestigious awards, and is a winner of the Hugo and British Fant...

The Voq are a harmless alien race on a small and insignificant planet. But the virus that's now destroying them must be contained before it spreads to other worlds, especially to Earth. Dr. Roland Price has been summoned to space station Observer I to assess whether the eighty million Voq can be saved. If not, the military plan to annihilate the entire race before their disease harms anyone else.But could Price's mother be right, as she remains on the infected planet to argue for th...