TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCIENCE FICTION is an anthology of the best SF short stories published this century. It is an extensive collection that features veterans of the SF genre as well as new stars who will continue to shape the changing SF field. David Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden, considered two of the best editors of in SF, compiled this amazing set of stories, and they offer a glimpse of what's to come for the SF genre.

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCIENCE FICTION is a large collection and with 34 stories by 34 authors. I savor anthologies and short story collections, never reading more than one story a day. It might take me awhile to finish, but each story has time to steep. I love science fiction. It makes me think about where we are now and where we could be ten, fifty, a hundred, or a thousand years down the road, and this anthology is filled with amazingly talented writers.

Three of my favorite stories are John Scalzi's "Tale of the Wicked," Cory Doctrow's "Chicken Little," and Ken Liu's "The Algorithm of Love." Each is unique and explores highly different elements of science fiction, and that's what this entire collection does. It is a diverse look at the broad field of science fiction, offering fans a look into how science fiction is changing and growing. It also shows how diverse our current world truly is. All the "what ifs" explored within these stories stem from current fears, ideas, and behaviors. They speak deeply to what it is we fear is going to happen, but more than that science fiction is a hopeful genre. TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCIENCE FICTION untangles threads of possibilities to follow into the future, but the real beauty lies in the change that occurs within when a story catches your heart and your mind and allows you to examine where you are and where you are going.

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCIENCE FICTION is a superb anthology that will please SF fans. It offers a wide variety of SF short stories by award-winning authors who are changing the science fiction genre in fantastic ways. You really don't want to miss TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCIENCE FICTION.