num_pages: 384
description: Since its founding, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction has been acclaimed as one of the pinnacles of the field, the source of fantastic fiction of the highest literary quality. Now the magazine known to its readers as "F&amp;SF" celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with a spectacular anthology of the best recent work from the magazine.Included are stories from major writers like Bruce Sterling, John Crowley, and Harlan Ellison. Also here are award-winners like Ursula K. Le Guin's Nebula-winning "Solitude," Maureen F. McHugh's Hugo-winning "The Lincoln Train," and Elizabeth Hand's Nebula- and World Fantasy Award-winning "Last Summer at Mars Hill."The fiftieth anniversary collection for the most distinguished magazine of the science fiction and fantasy world.  13 • Introduction (The Best From Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology) • essay by Gordon Van Gelder15 • Last Summer at Mars Hill • (1994) • novella by Elizabeth Hand64 • Maneki Neko • (1998) • shortstory by Bruce Sterling81 • No Planets Strike • (1997) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe92 • Sins of the Mothers • (1997) • shortstory by Sharon N. Farber [as by S. N. Dyer ]106 • The Finger • (1995) • shortstory by Ray Vukcevich112 • Lifeboat on a Burning Sea • (1995) • novelette by Bruce Holland Rogers140 • Gone • (1996) • shortstory by John Crowley154 • First Tuesday • (1996) • shortstory by Robert Reed172 • The Fool, the Stick, and the Princess • (1998) • shortstory by Rachel Pollack183 • A Birthday • (1995) • shortstory by Esther M. Friesner200 • Sensible City • (1994) • shortstory by Harlan Ellison209 • All the Birds of Hell • (1998) • novelette by Tanith Lee233 • We Love Lydia Love • (1994) • novelette by Bradley Denton258 • Paul and Me • (1997) • shortstory by Michael Blumlein275 • Have Gun, Will Edit • [Plumage from Pegasus] • (1996) • shortstory by Paul Di Filippo280 • Forget Luck • [Tony Manetti] • (1996) • shortstory by Kate Wilhelm294 • Quinn's Way • (1997) • novelette by Dale Bailey326 • Partial People • (1993) • shortstory by Terry Bisson329 • The Lincoln Train • (1995) • shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh344 • Another Fine Mess • (1995) • shortstory by Ray Bradbury353 • Solitude • [Hainish] • (1994) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
language: English
title: The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology
titlecomplete: The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Anthologies, Fantasy, Short Stories
ratings_count: 44
publisher: Tor Books