Isaac Asimov's Father Day

by Gardner Dozois (Editor), Sheila Williams (Editor), Brian C. Coad (Contributor)

From the pages of Asimov's Science Fiction today's most creative minds explore the fierce, fragile bond between fathers and their children…

Harry Turtledove's "In the Presence of Mine Enemies" brings readers to an alternate future where a father's legacy could be a fatal secret…

A daughter confronts her dead father—and her own life choices—in Pamela Sargent's "Amphibians"…

In James Patrick Kelly's "Itsy Bitsy Spider," a woman visits her estranged father and rediscovers her childhood—in a chillingly altered form…

Also includes stories by science fiction masters Ian R. MacLeod, Thomas M. Disch, Jonathan Lethem, Danith McPherson, Robert Reed, and Brian C. Coad.

Contents
1 • Papa • (1993) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
45 • In the Presence of Mine Enemies • (1992) • novelette by Harry Turtledove
67 • Through the Wall to Eggshell Lake • (1998) • shortstory by Danith McPherson
84 • Itsy Bitsy Spider • (1997) • shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
99 • The Abduction of Bunny Steiner, or a Shameless Lie • (1992) • novelette by Thomas M. Disch
124 • Savior • (1998) • shortstory by Robert Reed
145 • Amphibians • (1995) • novelette by Pamela Sargent
170 • Taking Care of Daddy • (1998) • novelette by Brian C. Coad
195 • The Happy Man • (1991) • novelette by Jonathan Lethem

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies

243 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 2001

About the author

Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004. He won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, both as an editor and a writer of short fiction.
Wikipedia entry: Gardner Dozois

http://us.macmillan.com/author/gardne...

Reviews

[Danith McPherson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wide range of stories. Check it out and see what you think.

[Alison C · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Isaac Asimov’s Father’s Day," edited by Gardner Dozois and Sheila Williams, is a 2001 collection of short stories about fathers and children that were published in Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine between 1990 and 1998, by authors such as Thomas M. Disch, Pamela Sargent, Jonathan Lethem, Robert Reed and James Patrick Kelly. I picked it up at a favourite book store in Vancouver, British Columbia, over the summer, but it wasn’t until I got home to Montreal that I noticed that one of the authors included happened to be my own father. Since I “disowned” him some 30+ years ago, this was a bit of a shock; however, most of the stories, including his, are pretty good; probably Lethem’s “The Happy Man” was my favourite. Mildly recommended.