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ESSAY INTRODUCTIONS
"On Science & Science Fiction" by Kathryn Cramer
"Hard Science Fiction" by David G. Hartwell
STORY NOTES
THE ASCENT OF WONDER, Part I
THE ASCENT OF WONDER, Part II
THE ASCENT OF WONDER, Part III
NAVIGATIONAL TOOLS
Appendix
Contributors
FURTHER INFORMATION
David G. Hartwell's Home Page
Kathryn Cramer's Home Page
About Tor Books
Ordering Info
Interactive Intoduction to THE ASCENT OF WONDER copyright © 1995-1997 by Kathryn Cramer.
This Web site includes two of the three introductory essays to the anthology and all of the story notes. The full text of the book is available in book form only. -KC |
An in-depth exploration of science fiction's roots by one of the field's most experienced editors
In The Ascent of Wonder, David G. Hartwell, one of the field's most influential editors, and noted anthologist Kathryn Cramer present to us an ambitious exploration of science fiction's most controversial form. Here are more than 60 classic stories from science fiction's finest authors, as well as insightful introductions by the editors and by author and scientist Gregory Benford.
The authors represented range from the genre's forefathers to its outstanding younger talents, its modern masters to its most visionary innovators -- including Isaac Asimov, Greg Bear, Arthur C. Clarke, William Gibson, Robert A. Heinlein, Ursula K. Le Guin, H. G. Wells, Vernor Vinge, and many others. A definitive collection of science fiction's landmark works as well as a brilliant critical analysis of the origins and meaning of hard SF, The Ascent of Wonder is a necessity on any SF reader's bookshelf.
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