{"id":18378,"date":"2022-01-08T10:38:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T15:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=18378"},"modified":"2022-01-08T10:39:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T15:39:22","slug":"sf-fantasy-collections-anthologies-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/sf-fantasy-collections-anthologies-6\/","title":{"rendered":"SF &#038; fantasy collections &#038; anthologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/sf-fantasy-collections-anthologies-5\/\">this<\/a> list.<\/p>\n<h2>Collections<\/h2>\n<p>Best of the best<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I, Robot<\/strong> by Isaac Asimov<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nightfall<\/strong> by Isaac Asimov<\/li>\n<li><strong>Virtual Unrealities<\/strong> by Alfred Bester<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Golden Apples of the Sun<\/strong> by Ray Bradbury<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keeper of Dreams<\/strong> by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maps in a Mirror<\/strong> by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/exhalation\/\"><strong>Exhalation<\/strong><\/a> by Ted Chiang<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stories of Your Life and Others<\/strong> by Ted Chiang<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expedition to Earth<\/strong> by Arthur C. Clarke<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Nine Billion Names of God<\/strong> by Arthur C. Clarke<\/li>\n<li><strong>Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick<\/strong> by Philip K. Dick<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daughter of Regals &amp; Other Tales<\/strong> by Stephen R. Donaldson<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gravity Wells<\/strong> by James Alan Gardner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/organisms\/\"><strong>Organisms<\/strong><\/a> by James Alan Gardner<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Birthday of the World and Other Stories<\/strong> by Ursula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/four-ways-to-forgiveness\/\"><strong>Four Ways to Forgiveness<\/strong><\/a> by Ursula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Wind\u2019s Twelve Quarters<\/strong> by Ursula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/the-paper-menagerie-and-other-stories\/\"><strong>The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories<\/strong><\/a> by Ken Liu<\/li>\n<li><strong>Identity Theft and Other Stories<\/strong> by Robert J. Sawyer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Iterations<\/strong> by Robert J. Sawyer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Over the River &amp; Through the Woods<\/strong> by Clifford D. Simak<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Perseids and Other Stories<\/strong> by Robert Charles Wilson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Runner ups<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/gold\/\"><strong>Gold<\/strong><\/a> by Isaac Asimov<\/li>\n<li><strong>Redemolished<\/strong> by Alfred Bester<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Meetings<\/strong> by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/elements\/\"><strong>Elements<\/strong><\/a> by Suzanne Church<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eye<\/strong> by Frank Herbert<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Other Wind<\/strong> by Ursula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr.<\/strong> by Walter M. Miller, Jr.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/counting-tadpoles\/\"><strong>Counting Tadpoles<\/strong><\/a> by Uncle River<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/the-engine-of-recall\/\"><strong>The Engine of Recall<\/strong><\/a> by Karl Schroeder<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/starlings\/\"><strong>Starlings<\/strong><\/a> by Jo Walton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/this-is-the-year-zero\/\"><strong>This is the Year Zero<\/strong><\/a> by Andrew Weiner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/the-aliens-among-us\/\"><strong>The Aliens Among Us<\/strong><\/a> by James White<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/impossible-things\/\"><strong>Impossible Things<\/strong><\/a> by Connie Willis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honourable mentions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/burning-chrome\/\"><strong>Burning Chrome<\/strong><\/a> by William Gibson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/callahans-crosstime-saloon\/\"><strong>Callahan&#8217;s Crosstime Saloon<\/strong><\/a> by Spider Robinson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Anthologies<\/h2>\n<p>Best of the best<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Seeds of Change<\/strong> edited by John Joseph Adams<\/li>\n<li><strong>Masterpieces<\/strong> edited by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/one-million-a-d\/\"><strong>One Million A. D.<\/strong><\/a> edited by Gardner Dozois<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/foundations-friends\/\"><strong>Foundation\u2019s Friends<\/strong><\/a> edited by Martin H. Greenberg<\/li>\n<li><strong>Give Me Liberty<\/strong> edited by Martin Harry Greenberg &amp; Mark Tier<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Road to Science Fiction Volume 4: From Here to Forever<\/strong> edited by James Gunn<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Savage Humanists<\/strong> edited by Fiona Kelleghan<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Bakka Anthology<\/strong> edited by Kristen Pederson Chew<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/new-suns\/\"><strong>New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color<\/strong><\/a> edited by Nisi Shawl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Runner ups<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Best of Crank!<\/strong> edited by Brian Cholfin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Isaac Asimov&#8217;s Utopias<\/strong> edited by Gardner Dozois &amp; Sheila Williams<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dangerous Visions<\/strong> edited by Harlan Ellison<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/hieroglyph\/\"><strong>Hieroglyph: Stories &amp; Visions for a Better Future<\/strong><\/a> edited by Ed Finn &amp; Kathryn Cramer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/space-opera\/\"><strong>Space Opera<\/strong><\/a> edited by Rich Horton<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crossing the Line<\/strong> edited by Robert J. Sawyer &amp; David Skene-Melvin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Welcome to the Greenhouse<\/strong> edited by Gordon Van Gelder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honourable mentions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/shine\/\"><strong>Shine<\/strong><\/a> edited by Jetse de Vries<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dinosaur Fantastic<\/strong> edited by Mike Resnick &amp; Martin H. Greenberg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Shorts<\/h2>\n<p>These are short stories, novelettes, and novellas published as separate books.<\/p>\n<p>Best of the best<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/a-psalm-for-the-wild-built\/\"><strong>A Psalm for the Wild-Built<\/strong><\/a> by Becky Chambers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/to-be-taught-if-fortunate\/\"><strong>To Be Taught, If Fortunate<\/strong><\/a> by Becky Chambers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Runner ups<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/a-war-of-gifts\/\"><strong>A War of Gifts<\/strong><\/a> by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/this-is-how-you-lose-the-time-war\/\"><strong>This Is How You Lose the Time War<\/strong><\/a> by Amal El-Mohtar &amp; Max Gladstone<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/the-word-for-world-is-forest\/\"><strong>The Word for World Is Forest<\/strong><\/a> by Ursula K. 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