Ian MacDonald | Best SF

Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, October/November 2002

February 14, 2010March 17, 2015 Mark Watson 0 Comments A.M. Dellamonica, G. David Nordley, Geoffrey A. Landis, Gregory Benford, Ian MacDonald, John Kessel, Michael Swanwick, Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg. With Caesar in the Underworld. Over the past fifteen years Silverberg has been developing an alternate-world scenario in

Anthologies

infinity plus two edited by Keith Brooke and Nick Gevers, (PS Publishing, 2003)

September 27, 2003February 17, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Adam Roberts, Brian Stableford, Charles Stross, Eric Brown, Ian MacDonald, Lisa Goldstein, Lucius Shepard, Michael Moorcock, Paul J. McAuley, Paul Park, Stephen Baxter, Terry Bisson, Vonda N McIntyre

A nice volume to have on the shelves, with a wide range of quality content which showcases a wide range of SF, and high production values. The high price and limited print run will restrict the volume to collectors, but as the stories aren’t originals, we can’t complain that the average SF reader is being deprived.

Anthologies

‘futures’, edited by Peter Crowther, (Gollancz 2001)

May 15, 2003February 17, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Ian MacDonald, Paul J. McAuley, Peter F. Hamilton, Stephen Baxter

This is a handsome hard-back book which would grace any shelf (albeit that the shape of the book will require a deep shelf!). The stories are of high quality, offering a lot of vision, and work together well. A recommended purchase for those of you who haven’t got the stories in their PS Publishing format.