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I don't like short stories. I read of few of these, and still don't like short stories. I borrowed it for the Ellison, but it's nothing special. I quit.
This anthology was published in 1999 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the publication of the magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It's not a retrospective anthology, since all the included stories were published in the 90s (and I do with there had been more representation from across the decades). Still, a very fine set of stories, and only two didn't hold any interest for me. My favorite story was Ursula LeGuin's Solitude, set in ghe Hainish universe. Her shorter fiction in that universe...
Not a bad story in this book.
Most of these I couldn't get into at all (even the Ray Bradbury one, which disappointed me) but gotta say.. 'All the Birds of Hell' by Tanith Lee was great. Beautiful and scary. I do now have a few authors I need to look other books up of.
Despite the title, it's really the editors' picks of the best stories they published from 1993 to 1998. Many of these I've previously read. As you will see, many are award winners. I've added links to stories available online. Despite the all-star cast, many of these stories weren't quite to my taste. Often a problem (for me) with F&SF stories. Hence the 3 star overall rating, despite some truly outstanding stories. Good anthology, particularly if you are a fan of F&SF magazine. TOC: http://www....
An excellent selection of late 1990's stories from the magazine. I was familiar with several, but some were new to me. Certainly all were worth this special 50th Anniversary Anthology.
It was when I reached the THIRD STORY ABOUT AGING BABY BOOMER HIPPIES ENCOUNTERING THE FANTASTIC in this anthology that I decided that perhaps it wasn't for me (and promptly quit reading it). That and stories about abortion seem to be the theme of the magazine in the 90s.John Crowley and Gene Wolfe had some decent stories, but the standout by far was Tanith Lee's "All the Birds of Hell," a creepy post-apocalyptic-ice-age story set in a Soviet-style bureaucracy and revolving around two frozen bod...
There have been a number of books with The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction as part of the title. This was their fiftieth anniversary anthology, published in 1999. All of the stories had appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in the years 1993 - 1998.There are twenty or twenty-one stories here, depending on what you consider Paul Di Filippo's "Plumage from Pegasus." Di Filippo has had a humor column titled "Plumage from Pegasus" in F&SF since 1994. Each entry in this series...
