false <![CDATA[Eclipse 2: New Science Fiction and Fantasy]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1225246511m/3332276.jpg 3332276 1 An eclipse is a rare and unusual event, when the world is transformed and the sky becomes a dark eldritch thing. It's a time when anything could happen, when any kind of story just might be true. That sense of the strange and wonderful guides Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, the second volume in an exciting new annual anthology series edited by acclaimed anthologist Jonathan Strahan. Set to become a major event on the science fiction and fantasy calendar, Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy gathers together new science fiction and fantasy stories by the best writers working today. You can see that in Eclipse Two, which features more extraordinary tales of the fantastic and astounding. 3370300 15 10 2008 Eclipse 2: New Science Fiction and Fantasy total:12|5:2|4:6|3:3|2:1|1:0| 12 45 25 7 5 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 17:12:24 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 14:24:28 -0700 2009 Just a great collection and all that Eclipse 1 promised but did not quite deliver for me - Eclipse 1 had good tales but they ran towards slipstream and fantasy and there it's hit or miss.

Eclipse 2 is solidly sf and has brilliant masterpiece stories from Tony Daniel, Ted Chiang, su...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 12 14:40:13 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 23 19:05:27 -0800 2009
Ted Chiang, "Exhalation": The reason I picked up the collection, and totally worth it. Classi...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Apr 25 12:54:04 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 06:48:57 -0700 2009
Of the rest I am trying to read by order:

The Hero by Karl Schroed...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 18:57:39 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 12:40:31 -0800 2009
Ted Chiang, Alastair Reynolds, and Stephen Baxter all have wonderful, interesting stories in there. Especially the Ted Chiang story "Exhalation." ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 16 21:28:20 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 00:29:14 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 21:28:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 24 20:51:16 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 05:16:47 -0700 2009 http://www.nightshadebooks.com/downloads]]> 0 0 false false Tue May 05 13:49:13 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 13:49:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 13 07:52:44 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 07:52:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 12 08:57:33 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 08:57:33 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Aug 06 13:01:20 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 13:01:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 15:54:22 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 15:54:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 02 13:03:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 20:31:26 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 13:03:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 29 11:00:57 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 11:00:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 08 11:19:29 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 11:19:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 30 12:02:31 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 12:02:31 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 10 17:31:23 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 17:31:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 07:54:38 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 07:54:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 24 22:44:02 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 22:44:02 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sun Feb 22 16:33:54 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 16:33:54 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Feb 21 20:46:23 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 18:48:55 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 20:46:23 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3332276