Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century -- Orson Scott C

<b>A collection of the best science fiction short stories of the 20th century as selected and evaluated by critically-acclaimed author Orson Scott Card.</b> <p/><b><b>Featuring stories from the genre's greatest authors: Isaac Asimov - Arthur C. Clarke<b> - </b>Robert A. Heinlein<b> - </b>Ursula K. Le Guin<b> - </b>Ray Bradbury<b> - </b>Frederik Pohl<b> - </b>Harlan Ellison<b> - </b>George Alec Effinger<b> - </b>Brian W. Aldiss<b> - </b>William Gibson & Michael Swanwick<b> - </b>Theodore Sturgeon<b> - </b>Larry Niven<b> - </b>Robert Silverberg<b> - </b>Harry Turtledove<b> - </b>James Blish<b> - </b>George R. R. Martin<b> - </b>James Patrick Kelly<b> - </b>Karen Joy Fowler<b> - </b>Lloyd Biggle, Jr.<b> - </b>Terry Bisson<b> - </b>Poul Anderson<b> - </b>John Kessel<b> - </b>R.A. Lafferty<b> - </b>C.J. Cherryh<b> - </b>Lisa Goldstein<b> - </b>Edmond Hamilton</b><br></b><br>In much of the science fiction of the past, the twenty-first century existed only in the writers' imaginations. Now that it's here, it's time to take a look back at the last one hundred years in science fiction through the works of the most celebrated and acclaimed authors of the century--to see where we've been and just how far we've come. <p/> Along with a critical essay by Orson Scott Card reassessing science fiction in the twentieth century, <i>Masterpieces</i> includes short fiction by writers who have forged a permanent place for science fiction in the popular culture of today...and tomorrow. It offers a