From: danny@cs.su.oz.au (Danny Yee)
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 18:04:32 +1000
Subject: Book Review - The Norton Book of Science Fiction

     title: The Norton Book of Science Fiction
    edited: Ursula K. Le Guin + Brian Attebery
 publisher: Norton 1993
  subjects: science fiction, short fiction
     other: 869 pages, index, A$34.95

I only bought _The Norton Book of Science Fiction_ because Le Guin
was one of the editors, and I almost felt I'd received my money's
worth after reading her twenty eight page introduction!  While there
is no theme to the collection, it is not representative of science
fiction as a whole, being restricted to North American writers and
to stories published between 1960 and 1990.  Some of the stories are
classics and have been anthologized many times before; others are not
well known at all.  As expected, the editors take a broad view of what
constitutes science fiction, and have included more stories by women
than one usually finds in science fiction anthologies.  All in all,
this is probably the best general science fiction anthology I have
ever read.  Tastes will differ, of course, but anyone who likes science
fiction should find a lot of enjoyable reading in this collection.

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%T	The Norton Book of Science Fiction
%E	Ursula K. Le Guin
%E	Brian Attebery
%I	Norton
%C	New York
%D	1993
%O	hardcover, index
%G	ISBN 0-393-03546-8
%P	869pp
%K	science fiction, short fiction

Danny Yee (danny@cs.su.oz.au)
8 February 1995

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