My nominations for best SF anthologies of all time

[bryheinnen]

Clifford Simak's CITY or Isaac Asimov's I, ROBOT.<br /><br />Comments?

 

[CalliArcale]

Oh, there are just so many..... "I, Robot" is indeed excellent, and one of the seminal works in SF.<br /><br />But one must mention this: "Dangerous Visions". Many authors, but the collection was the brainchild of Harlan Ellison. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

Yeah, too many to mention that are worthy.<br /><br />The <i>Ringworld</i> series by Niven is just too good to ignore.<br /><br />Same with the <i>Riverworld</i> series by Farmer.<br /><br />Pournelle's <i>Codominium</i> series is excellent.<br /><br />Ditto, the <i>Witchworld</i> series by Norton (or her "Crosstime" series as well).<br /><br />The <i>Dosadi</i> series by Dickinson deserves mention.<br /><br />And the <i>"Forever War"</i> series by Joe Haldeman too.<br /><br />The <i>Medusa</i> series by Chalker is great.<br /><br />The <i>Barrayar</i> series by McMaster-Bujold as well.<br /><br />How about the <i>"Maijipoor"</i> series ("begins with Lord Valentine's Castle")?<br /><br />Or Anderson's <i>Ensign Flandry?</i><br /><br />Or Saberhagen's <i>Beserkers</i>?<br /><br />There are more, of course... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[vogon13]

Clarke : Tales from the White Hart<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

Another excellent example (it's been years since I read it). <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[bryheinnen]

I'll be 61 on Christmas Day, and I guess that might mean I'm old and set in my ways...I love my Science Fiction (Heinlein, Asimov, Simak, Davidson, Tenn, Van Vogt, Lem etc.) and I love my Fantasy (Tolkien, Lewis, Stewart, Donaldson etc.) What I DON'T like at all is to see them MIXED. When I read SF, I want to see it based in some minimal degree on hard science. When I read Fantasy, I don't want any nonsense about laser guns, etc. in it and that space opera junk. Actually I read much less SF today than when I was younger because most of it so badly disappoints me precisely be cause it does mix the genres into a (to me) distasteful mishmash. I think of the above guys I listed as SF authors being part of the golden age of the genre. IMO, about the time guys like Silverberg started selling books, I think SF began to stink pretty badly.<br /><br />The last SF I read that IMO really qualified as genuine SF was Robinson's Mars trilogy. I loved the details about how Mars might be colonized and terraformed, but the characters were so densely drawn and boring that eventually I gave up on that one too, about 1/2 of the way through the last book. The characters simply weren't very damned inrteresting. Mars had stopped being the main character in favor of some dull and pedantic soap opera that just happened to take place on Mars.<br /><br />No offense, but can't stand Niven, Bova, and ESPECIALLY not Norton, who couldn't IMO write her way out of a wet paper bag. Herbert? I thought the DUNE series was pure irredeemable trash. I couldn't BELIEVE how many people made a cult of it!<br /><br />Anyway, fire away.<br /><br />I do like Horror, too. Big Lovecraft, King, and Koontz fan. <br /><br />Also, I'm not usually into that kind of thing, but I LOVE the Special Agent Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Pendergast is one of the most interesting characters I've come upon in a long time. First book I read was "A Cabinet of Curiosities" and the most recent was "Relic".

 

[yevaud]

Well, as they say...tastes differ...<br /><br />...that's why they make cool-whip!<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[spacefire]

can "Riverworld" qualify as an anthology? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[hracctsold]

Bryheinnen,<br /><br />I'll be 54 next year, and I can agree with much of what you say, if no one else does. I like many of the same people as well. I just found a site where the Hawksbill Station by Silverburg was offered as an E-Book, and that took me back a few years to when I read it as a teen.<br /><br />But I like it when fantasy stays fantasy and sci-fi stays what it is. I like things like X-Men as well, but when they put them in the same novel as Star Trek, that is just a little more strange then I care to spend time on.<br /><br />I do, though, have to say that I do like Norton, even if it is termed for young readers. I like to have the writing be adventureous and able to put you in the middle of it. And since we are in the thread of series of short stories or other books, I do like the the Beastmaster series or Ross Merdock and the Time Traders.<br /><br />Maybe your comments are just for the old farts like us. But again, that is just IMO.

 

[summoner]

Since I do partake in a bit of space opera at times, I'd nominate Weber's Honor Harrington series. Couple more than should probably be added to the list are Anne McCaffery's Pern series and the Dune series from Herbert. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:271px;background-color:#FFF;border:1pxsolid#999"><tr><td colspan="2"><div style="height:35px"><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/htmlSticker1/language/www/US/MT/Three_Forks.gif" alt="" height="35" width="271" style="border:0px" /></div>

 

[yevaud]

The <i>Amber</i> series by Roger Zelazny. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>