Science Fiction: The Best of 2002

by Robert Silverberg (Editor), Karen Haber (Editor)

1 Tourist by Charles Stross
2 The long chase by Geoffrey A. Landis
3 Coelacanths by Robert Reed
4 Liking what you see : a documentary by Ted Chiang
5 The black abacus by Yoon Ha Lee
6 The discharge by Christopher Priest
7 Aboard the Beatitude by Brian W. Aldiss
8 Droplet by Benjamin Rosenbaum
9 The war of the worldviews by James Morrow
10 Breathmoss by Ian R. MacLeod
11 Angles by Orson Scott Card

Genres: Short Stories, Anthologies, Science Fiction, Fiction

420 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2003

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Robert Silverberg is a highly celebrated American science fiction author and editor known for his prolific output and literary range. Over a career spanning decades, he has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards and was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2004. Inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999, Silverberg is recognized for both his immense productivity and his contributions to the genre's evolution.
Born in Brooklyn, he began writing in his teens and won his first Hugo Award in 1956 as the best new writer. Throughout the 1950s, he produced vast amounts of fiction, often under pseudonyms, and was known for writing up to a million words a year. When the market declined, he diversified into other genres, including historical nonfiction and erotica.
Silverberg’s return to science fiction in the 1960s marked a shift toward deeper psychological and literary themes, contributing significantly to the New Wave movement. Acclaimed works from this period include Downward to the Earth, Dying Inside, Nightwings, and The World Inside. In the 1980s, he launched the Majipoor series with Lord Valentine’s Castle, creating one of the most imaginative planetary settings in science fiction.
Though he announced his retirement from writing in the mid-1970s, Silverberg returned with renewed vigor and continued to publish acclaimed fiction into the 1990s. He received further recognition with the Nebula-winning Sailing to Byzantium and the Hugo-winning Gilgamesh in the Outback.
Silverberg has also played a significant role as an editor and anthologist, shaping science fiction literature through both his own work and his influence on others. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, author Karen Haber.

Reviews

[Christopher Colton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finally read this, after it had sat on my shelf for almost as long as it had been published for. Like most story collections it's a mixed bag. I particularly liked The Long Chase, The War of the Worldviews, and Breathmoss. Angles and The Black Abacus had particularly interesting concepts, but I felt like I wanted more out of them. Most of the rest were decent but not really noteworthy, and Coelacanths was so overly strange and bizarre it was little more than so much nonsense.

[Anne Patkau · Rating 1 out of 5]

Couldn't make any sense. Quickly forgotten.

[bluetyson]

isbn,original

[Durval Menezes · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have read this book a long time ago (10 years or more) but remember absolutely nothing about it, so it must have been pretty unremarkable (therefore the 2-stars rating).

[Steve Clark]

Mass Market Paperback