The Hard SF Renaissance

Edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer.

Something 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 of this form, argues for its special virtues and present pre-eminence – and entertains us with some spectacular storytelling along the way.

Included are major stories by contemporary and classic names like 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, Robert Reed, Charles Sheffield, Brian Stableford, Bruce Sterling, and Vernor Vinge.

The Hard SF Renaissance will be an anthology that SF fans will treasure – and argue over! – for years to come.