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Grand Masters of Sci Fi & Fantasy Part 2


Cover art for FAREWELL SUMMER
FICTION
Released: Oct. 17, 2006

"A thin work, heavily reliant on dialogue, but one that serves as an intriguing coda to one of Bradbury's classics."
Bradbury has yet another lesson to share about growing up and growing old. Read full book review >
Cover art for PLATINUM POHL
FICTION
Released: Dec. 27, 2005

"A fine sampler. "
A thrilling collection of stories spanning Pohl's 50-year career. Read full book review >
Cover art for CHILDHOOD'S END
FICTION
Released: July 3, 2001

"An intelligent and imaginative use of cosmic concepts for a takeoff in time and space."
A futurama projects the end of the world when an invasion by the Overlords brings their unchallenged control of life on earth. Read full book review >
Cover art for VIRTUAL UNREALITIES
FICTION
Released: Nov. 19, 1997

"But when reality finally caught up, he fizzled out."
 A major retrospective, comprising 15 tales from 194179 (mostly from the '50s and '60s), together with two previously unpublished pieces, though readers should note that the word ``selected'' has been omitted from the subtitle. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE OTHER END OF TIME
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 1996

"An impeccably crafted, absorbing, and enjoyable reworking of mostly familiar material that, while satisfyingly self-contained, seems perfectly poised for sequels."
 Award-winning veteran writer-editor Pohl (The Voices of Heaven, 1994, etc.) takes a hoary science fiction clichÇ—alien abduction—and turns it on its head. Read full book review >
Cover art for ONE SIDE LAUGHING
FICTION
Released: June 26, 1991

"Knight's novels, paradoxically, have an irritatingly juvenile feel, with disappointingly vacuous contents; whereas his stories are almost always charming, vivid, subtle and—as, emphatically, here—a pleasure to read."
 Seventeen variations, 1965-86, from respected editor-writer- critic Knight (most recently the CV trilogy), each a delightful fusion of craft and ideas. Read full book review >