{"product_id":"the-science-fiction-century-volume-david-g-hartwell-9780312864842","title":"The Science Fiction Century, Volume One","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Science fiction is the characteristic literary genre of the century. It is the genre that stands in opposition to literary modernism.\" -David G. Hartwell, from the Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in hardcover in 1997, \u003ci\u003eThe Science Fiction Century \u003c\/i\u003ewas an anthology that defined and explained what we mean when we talk about modern SF. Now it returns to print in an affordable two-volume softcover edition. Here in volume 1, literary names such as Rudyard Kipling and Jack London rub shoulders with genre authors whose pedigrees run back to the 1940s and 50s, including figures such as Hal Clement, John Wyndham, Poul Anderson, Harlan Ellison, Bruce Sterling, James Tiptree, Jr., and Connie Willis. Here is modern science fiction in all its breadth, from the anthologist hailed by John Updike as a \"loving expert.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David G. Hartwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312864841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312864842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.18w x 1.35d","brand":"David G. Hartwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913671278847,"sku":"9780312864842","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9320bd53-cb96-4738-93ed-b56fd9a38f56.jpg?v=1680621649","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-science-fiction-century-volume-david-g-hartwell-9780312864842","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}