false 2247044 1 Science fiction authors like to think big; their work spans galaxies and remakes worlds. The thus-far-fictional act of radically changing other planets to suit human desires is the theme of <I>Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming</I>, edited by Gardner Dozois, SF's greatest short fiction editor since the legendary John W. Campbell. Dozois has assembled 20 powerful, imaginative stories by many of SF's finest writers, from Poul Anderson and Arthur C. Clarke to Stephen Baxter and Bruce Sterling.<p> These stories were first published between 1954 and 2001; a majority are from the 1990s. The stories are often hard SF, but they don't sacrifice characterization for ideas or technology. SF fans will love this anthology if they don't mind that women make up only two of the contributors and not many more of the protagonists. Dozois has also edited a companion volume about remaking humanity, <I>Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future</I>. <I>--Cynthia Ward</I> 2252917 7 12 2001 Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming total:3|5:1|3:2| 3 11 10 1 3 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 08:30:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 19:34:27 -0700 2009 1 Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming, is a tightly-themed collection of science fiction shorts. It's a good overview of the terraforming subject's treatment within the genre but the anthology seems to lack any stand-out storie...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Aug 20 13:04:48 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 13:04:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 24 17:40:10 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 17:51:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 16 05:44:14 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 05:44:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 07 20:06:14 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 20:06:14 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Dec 31 00:02:35 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 00:02:35 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Nov 20 06:18:42 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 06:18:42 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Aug 23 09:25:10 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 09:25:10 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Mar 25 18:27:16 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 09 12:33:11 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 09 12:33:11 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 28 15:30:10 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 15:30:10 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2247044