{"id":7668,"date":"2015-12-13T13:07:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T18:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=7668"},"modified":"2020-01-09T21:20:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T02:20:23","slug":"sf-fantasy-collections-anthologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/sf-fantasy-collections-anthologies\/","title":{"rendered":"SF &#038; fantasy collections &#038; anthologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Collections<\/h2>\n<p>Best of the best<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I, Robot \u2013 Isaac Asimov<\/li>\n<li>Nightfall \u2013 Isaac Asimov<\/li>\n<li>Virtual Unrealities \u2013 Alfred Bester<\/li>\n<li>The Golden Apples of the Sun \u2013 Ray Bradbury<\/li>\n<li>Keeper of Dreams \u2013 Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li>Maps in a Mirror \u2013 Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li>Stories of Your Life and Others \u2013 Ted Chiang<\/li>\n<li>Expedition to Earth \u2013 Arthur C. Clarke<\/li>\n<li>The Nine Billion Names of God \u2013 Arthur C. Clarke<\/li>\n<li>Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick \u2013 Philip K. Dick<\/li>\n<li>Daughter of Regals &amp; Other Tales \u2013 Stephen R. Donaldson<\/li>\n<li>Gravity Wells \u2013 James Alan Gardner<\/li>\n<li>The Birthday of the World and Other Stories \u2013 Ursula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n<li>The Wind\u2019s Twelve Quarters \u2013 Ursula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n<li>Identity Theft and Other Stories \u2013 Robert J. Sawyer<\/li>\n<li>Iterations \u2013 Robert J. Sawyer<\/li>\n<li>Over the River &amp; Through the Woods \u2013 Clifford D. Simak<\/li>\n<li>The Perseids and Other Stories \u2013 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\/\">Gold<\/a> &#8212; Isaac Asimov<\/li>\n<li>Redemolished &#8212; Alfred Bester<\/li>\n<li>First Meetings &#8212; Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li>Eye &#8212; Frank Herbert<\/li>\n<li>The Other Wind &#8212; Ursula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n<li>The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr. &#8212; Walter M. Miller, Jr.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/counting-tadpoles\/\">Counting Tadpoles<\/a> &#8212; Uncle River<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/the-dying-earth\/\">The Dying Earth<\/a> &#8212; Jack Vance<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/this-is-the-year-zero\/\">This is the Year Zero<\/a> &#8212; Andrew Weiner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/the-aliens-among-us\/\">The Aliens Among Us<\/a> &#8212; James White<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/impossible-things\/\">Impossible Things<\/a> &#8212; 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\/\">Burning Chrome<\/a> &#8212; William Gibson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/callahans-crosstime-saloon\/\">Callahan&#8217;s Crosstime Saloon<\/a> &#8212; Spider Robinson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Anthologies<\/h2>\n<p>Best of the best<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seeds of Change \u2013 ed. John Joseph Adams<\/li>\n<li>Masterpieces \u2013 ed. Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/one-million-a-d\/\">One Million A. D.<\/a> &#8212; ed. Gardner Dozois<\/li>\n<li>Give Me Liberty \u2013 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg &amp; Mark Tier<\/li>\n<li>The Road to Science Fiction Volume 4: From Here to Forever \u2013 ed. James Gunn<\/li>\n<li>The Savage Humanists \u2013 ed. Fiona Kelleghan<\/li>\n<li>The Bakka Anthology \u2013 ed. Kristen Pederson Chew<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Runner ups<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Best of Crank! &#8212; ed. Brian Cholfin<\/li>\n<li>Isaac Asimov&#8217;s Utopias &#8212; ed. Gardner Dozois &amp; Sheila Williams<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous Visions &#8212; ed. Harlan Ellison<\/li>\n<li>Crossing the Line &#8212; ed. Robert J. Sawyer &amp; David Skene-Melvin<\/li>\n<li>Welcome to the Greenhouse &#8212; ed. 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\/\">Shine<\/a> &#8212; ed. Jetse de Vries<\/li>\n<li>Dinosaur Fantastic &#8212; ed. Mike Resnick &amp; Martin H. 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