New Voices In Science Fiction

by Mike Resnick (Editor), Kage Baker (Collaborator)

A collection of virtually all-original stories by the next generation of science fiction superstars-chosen by one of its current stars.

Includes stories by Kage Baker, Janis Ian, Julie E. Czerneda, Susan Matthews, Shane Tourtelotte, Cory Doctorow, Kay Kenyon, and others.

Genres: Science Fiction, Anthologies, Short Stories, Fiction

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 2, 2003

About the author

Michael "Mike" Diamond Resnick, better known by his published name Mike Resnick, was a popular and prolific American science fiction author. He is, according to Locus, the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short science fiction. He was the winner of five Hugos, a Nebula, and other major awards in the United States, France, Spain, Japan, Croatia and Poland. and has been short-listed for major awards in England, Italy and Australia. He was the author of 68 novels, over 250 stories, and 2 screenplays, and was the editor of 41 anthologies. His work has been translated into 25 languages. He was the Guest of Honor at the 2012 Worldcon and can be found online as @ResnickMike on Twitter or at www.mikeresnick.com.

Reviews

[Drmeow · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was very disappointing. First, it should be title "New Voices in Fantasy and Science Fiction" since the a lot of stories are almost pure fantasy. Second, most of the stories had very similar writing styles (and there was even some overlap in themes). And I found that writing style to be tedious. I didn't even finish reading 3 of the stories - as short as they were, I just wasn't willing to waste my reading time on them.

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an interesting if uneven anthology that Resnick edited in 2003, attempting to collect the next generation of superstars in the speculative field. Many of the authors selected have not found much subsequent success, but it does include stories by Tobias Buckell, Kage Baker, Doctorow and Stross, Julie Czerneda, etc. Many of the stories are actually fantasies, but what the heck. It's a good book to skim and skip to the next entry when one story doesn't grab your attention.

[Michael Albanese · Rating 2 out of 5]

This collection was good. As with most collections, there is a story or three that was just a drudge, but overall they were good.