The Norton Book of Science Fiction

The Norton Book of Science Fiction

by Brian Attebery (Author), Brian Attebery (Author), Ursula K. Le Guin (Author)

Synopsis

Successfully used at over one hundred schools nationwide, these sixty-seven stories offer compelling evidence that science fiction is a source of the most thoughtful, imaginative-indeed, literary-fiction being written today.

Readers will be introduced to some rarely anthologized gems from well-known authors-Poul Anderson, Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Samuel R. Delany, Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, Joanna Russ, Theodore Sturgeon, James Tiptree, Jr., Gene Wolfe, Roger Zelazny-as well as starling work by today's rising stars. Students and teachers alike will appreciate the sophisticated range of voices exploring the nature of reality and the condition of the human spirit.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 872
Edition: New edition
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 22 Jul 1998

ISBN 10: 0393972410
ISBN 13: 9780393972412

Author Bio
Ursula K. Le Guin has written over fifty books of prose and poetry. Winner of many prizes including a National Book Award, she is perhaps best known for her six Books of Earthsea which have sold millions of copies and been translated into sixteen languages.