{"product_id":"the-hard-sf-renaissance-paperback","title":"The Hard SF Renaissance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid G. Hartwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKathryn Cramer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething exciting has been happening in modern SF. After decades of confusion, many of the field's best writers have been returning to the subgenre called, roughly, hard SF-science fiction focused on science and technology, often with strong adventure plots. Now, World Fantasy Award-winning editors David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer present an immense, authoritative anthology that maps the development and modern-day resurgence of this form, argues for its special virtues and present preeminence-and entertains us with some spectacular storytelling along the way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded are major stories by contemporary and classic names such as Poul Anderson, Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, David Brin, Arthur C. Clarke, Hal Clement, Greg Egan, Joe Haldeman, Nancy Kress, Paul McAuley, Frederik Pohl, Alastair Reynolds, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, Karl Schroeder, Charles Sheffield, Brian Stableford, Allen Steele, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, and Vernor Vinge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hard SF Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e will be an anthology that SF readers return to for years to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid G. Hartwell\u003c\/b\u003e, called an editor extraordinaire by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, is one of science fiction's most experienced and influential editors. As an editor with Berkley Books, Pocket Books, William Morrow, and Tor Books, he has worked with many of the field's best authors and edited many award-winning works. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAge of Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e, a nonfiction study of the science fiction field. Among his many anthologies are the bestselling \u003ci\u003eWorld Treasury of Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and the World Fantasy Award winner \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Descent\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the holder of a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Columbia University, a winner of the Eaton Award, and has been nominated for the Hugo Award twenty-four times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn Cramer \u003c\/b\u003ecoedited the World Fantasy Award-winning anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e and was the editor of its widely praised sequel \u003ci\u003eWalls of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e. She has edited and coedited several other anthologies. With David G. Hartwell, she edited \u003ci\u003eThe Ascent of Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e, a major anthology covering the earlier history and development of hard SF, to which this volume is a companion. Hartwell and Cramer also coedit the annual \u003ci\u003eYear's Best Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYear's Best SF \u003c\/i\u003eseries. They live in Pleasantville, NY, with their son, Peter.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 962\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227207713017,"sku":"9780312876364","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TjZXeHB2U0VtdHY2TE9Ia083WFJ2QT09.webp?v=1768278983","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-hard-sf-renaissance-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}