The mind boggles at the destruction that could be wrought here by a dropped match, let alone a misfired laser gun. Inside Tor's cramped office, drifts of books cover every horizontal surface and most of the vertical ones. The Flatiron is a monument to mad Belle Epoque futurism, with a wedge shape that makes right angles rare. Moore and her husband Henry Kuttner, The Hole in the Moon by Margaret St.High in Manhattan's famous Flatiron Building you'll find the headquarters of Tor Books, the most successful science fiction publisher in the world. James Davis Nicoll curated a wonderful list of older SF collections for Tor.com – and chose to cap it off with Rediscovery! Nicoll notes the special attention Marcus paid to highlighting lesser-known gems of the silver age, and he compliments the choice to pair them with modern, up-and-coming authors.Įven if you’ve already read and enjoyed Rediscovery, you are likely to find many other collections up your alley in this excellent list. Even if you are familiar with Judith Merril, Rosel George Brown, Kit Reed, and the other classic authors, the odds are very good you have not read these particular works. Best of all, Marcus sidesteps the usual trap of reprinting stories already often published. Not only will you find fourteen classic tales of science fiction by fourteen different authors, but each story is accompanied by commentary by a modern luminary. If variety is your desire, track down Gideon Marcus’ Rediscovery Vol 1: SF by Women (1958–1963).
One cannot know if one enjoys something until one samples it. Single-author collections are a fine way to discover new authors, but sometimes a selection is even better.