The Hard SF Renaissance

Something exciting has been happening in modern SF. After decades of confusion, many of the field's best writers have been returning to the subgenre called, roughly, "hard SF" - science fiction focused on science and technology, often with strong adventure plots. Now, World Fantasy Award-winning editors David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer present an immense, authoritative anthology that maps the development and modern-day resurgence of this form, argues for its special virtues and present preeminence - and entertains us with some spectacular storytelling along the way. Included are major stories by contemporary and classic names such as Poul Anderson, Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, David Brin, Arthur C. Clarke, Hal Clement, Greg Egan, Joe Haldeman, Nancy Kress, Paul McAuley, Frederik Pohl, Alastair Reynolds, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, Karl Schroeder, Charles Sheffield, Brian Stableford, Allen Steele, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, and Vernor Vinge. "The Hard SF Renaissance" will be an anthology that SF readers return to for years to come. Contents: Gene Wars (1991) by Paul J. McAuley Wang's Carpets (1995) by Greg Egan Genesis (1995) by Poul Anderson Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars (1999) by Kim Stanley Robinson On the Orion Line (2000) by Stephen Baxter Beggars in Spain (1991) by Nancy Kress Matter's End (1989) by Gregory Benford The Hammer of God (1992) by Arthur C. Clarke Think Like a Dinosaur (1995) by James Patrick Kelly Mount Olympus (1999) by Ben Bova Marrow (1997) by Robert Reed Microbe (1995) by Joan Slonczewski The Lady Vanishes (1996) by Charles Sheffield Bicycle Repairman (1996) by Bruce Sterling An Ever-Reddening Glow (1996) by David Brin Sexual Dimorphism (1999) by Kim Stanley Robinson Into the Miranda Rift (1993) by G. David Nordley The Shoulders of Giants (2000) by Robert J. Sawyer A Walk in the Sun (1991) by Geoffrey A. Landis For White Hill (1995) by Joe Haldeman A Career in Sexual Chemistry (1987) by Brian Stableford Reef (2000) by Paul J. McAuley Exchange Rate (1999) by Hal Clement Reasons to Be Cheerful (1997) by Greg Egan Griffin's Egg (1991) by Michael Swanwick Great Wall of Mars (2000) by Alastair Reynolds A Niche (1990) by Peter Watts Gossamer (1995) by Stephen Baxter Madam Butterfly (1997) by James P. Hogan Understand (1991) by Ted Chiang Halo (1996) by Karl Schroeder Different Kinds of Darkness (2000) by David Langford Fast Times at Fairmont High (2001) by Vernor Vinge Reality Check (2000) by David Brin The Mendelian Lamp Case (1997) by Paul Levinson Kinds of Strangers (1999) by Sarah Zettel The Good Rat (1995) by Allen Steele Built upon the Sands of Time (2000) by Michael F. Flynn Taklamakan (1998) by Bruce Sterling Hatching the Phoenix (1999) by Frederik Pohl Immersion (1996) by Gregory Benford View Less