I only bought
The Norton Book of Science Fiction because Le Guin was
one of the editors, and I almost felt I'd received my money's worth after
reading her twenty eight page introduction! While there is no theme to
the collection, it is not representative of science fiction as a whole,
being restricted to North American writers and to stories published
between 1960 and 1990. Some of the stories are classics and have
been anthologized many times before; others are not well known at all.
As expected, the editors take a broad view of what constitutes science
fiction and have included more stories by women than one usually finds
in science fiction anthologies. All in all, this is probably the best
general science fiction anthology I have ever read. Tastes will differ,
of course, but anyone who likes science fiction should find a lot of
enjoyable reading in this collection.
February 1995
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