Zenith

Zenith: The Best in New British Science Fiction #1

by David S. Garnett (Editor)

In Translation by Lisa Tuttle
Time of the Tree by Robert Holdstock
Death Ship by Barrington J. Bayley
The Traveller by Colin Greenland
Cinema Altéré by Andrew Stephenson
The Pleasure Giver Taken by Storm Constantine
White Noise by Garry Kilworth
Gardenias by Ian McDonald
Feminopolis by Elizabeth Sourbut
Days in the Life of a Galactic Empire by Brian W. Aldiss
Skyrider by William King
The Bridge by Christopher Evans

298 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1989

About the author

David S. Garnett (born 1947) is a UK science fiction author and editor whose novels include Cosmic Carousel, Stargonauts and Bikini Planet. He edited a paperback anthology revival of Michael Moorcock's New Worlds magazine, two Zenith anthologies of original British SF stories, and three Orbit Science Fiction Yearbooks.

Reviews

[Robert Hepple · Rating 4 out of 5]

Zenith is a collection of 12 British science fiction stories from 1989. The quality does vary despite the 'best' superlative in the subtitle. For me, the highpoints were Storm Constantine's 'The Pleasure Giver Taken', Garry Kilworth's 'White Noise' and Christopher Evans's 'The Bridge'. The low points were Elizabeth Sourbut's 'Feminopolis', which has some oldfashioned viewpoints even by the standards of 1989, and William King's 'Skyrider' which could have just as easily been set in modern day Bradford for all the difference it made. Nevertheless, as a great fan of SF short stories I found it a great read.

[Andy]

1ST EDITION. ANTHOLOGY OF BRITISH SF.