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Omni Best Science Fiction #3
Omni Best Science Fiction Three
Gathers stories by Bruce McAllister, Simon Ings, Thomas M. Disch, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gahan Wilson, John Crowley, Pat Cadigan, Ian McDonald, Scott Baker, and Pat Murphy.
266 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1993
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Ellen Datlow
278 books1,875 followersEllen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for forty years as fiction editor of OMNI Magazine and editor of Event Horizon and SCIFICTION. She currently acquires short stories and novellas for Tor.com. In addition, she has edited about one hundred science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies, including the annual The Best Horror of the Year series, The Doll Collection, Mad Hatters and March Hares, The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea, Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, Edited By, and Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles.
She's won multiple World Fantasy Awards, Locus Awards, Hugo Awards, Bram Stoker Awards, International Horror Guild Awards, Shirley Jackson Awards, and the 2012 Il Posto Nero Black Spot Award for Excellence as Best Foreign Editor. Datlow was named recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention for "outstanding contribution to the genre," was honored with the Life Achievement Award by the Horror Writers Association, in acknowledgment of superior achievement over an entire career, and honored with the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award at the 2014 World Fantasy Convention.
She's won multiple World Fantasy Awards, Locus Awards, Hugo Awards, Bram Stoker Awards, International Horror Guild Awards, Shirley Jackson Awards, and the 2012 Il Posto Nero Black Spot Award for Excellence as Best Foreign Editor. Datlow was named recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention for "outstanding contribution to the genre," was honored with the Life Achievement Award by the Horror Writers Association, in acknowledgment of superior achievement over an entire career, and honored with the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award at the 2014 World Fantasy Convention.
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October 5, 2016
A book of short stories that are two stars on average is worth one star; the whole is worth less than the sum of its parts when the total time spent feels worthless. The last story was good though.
Contents:
iv • Introduction (Omni Best Science Fiction Three) • (1993) • essay by Ellen Datlow
1 • Moving On • (1993) • novelette by Bruce McAllister **
43 • The Black Lotus • (1993) • shortstory by Simon Ings **
66 • Palindrome • (1987) • novelette by Thomas M. Disch **
96 • Along the River • (1993) • shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin *
103 • One Night, or Scheherazade's Bare Minimum • (1993) • shortstory by Thomas M. Disch *
110 • It Twineth Round Thee in Thy Joy • (1993) • shortstory by Gahan Wilson *
124 • Exogamy • (1993) • shortstory by John Crowley **
130 • Love Toys of the Gods • (1993) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan **
149 • Some Strange Desire • (1993) • novelette by Ian McDonald **
177 • Virus Dreams • (1993) • novella by Scott Baker *
239 • A Cartographic Analysis of the Dream State • novelette by Pat Murphy ***
Contents:
iv • Introduction (Omni Best Science Fiction Three) • (1993) • essay by Ellen Datlow
1 • Moving On • (1993) • novelette by Bruce McAllister **
43 • The Black Lotus • (1993) • shortstory by Simon Ings **
66 • Palindrome • (1987) • novelette by Thomas M. Disch **
96 • Along the River • (1993) • shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin *
103 • One Night, or Scheherazade's Bare Minimum • (1993) • shortstory by Thomas M. Disch *
110 • It Twineth Round Thee in Thy Joy • (1993) • shortstory by Gahan Wilson *
124 • Exogamy • (1993) • shortstory by John Crowley **
130 • Love Toys of the Gods • (1993) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan **
149 • Some Strange Desire • (1993) • novelette by Ian McDonald **
177 • Virus Dreams • (1993) • novella by Scott Baker *
239 • A Cartographic Analysis of the Dream State • novelette by Pat Murphy ***
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