Golden Age SF: Tales of a Bygone Future
"Golden Age SF . . . its original stories . . . certainly dwell on the destiny
of scientific utopia and interplanetary colonization proclaimed by the SF
of 50 years past. . . All in all, an agreeable anthology." -- Nick Gevers,
LOCUS, Dec 2006
by-gone fu-ture (bi'gon fyoo'cher)  n  1. the future we wish would have come
to pass   2. the future we are glad did not come to pass  3.  that fascinating
future as seen from the time of the Golden Age of Science Fiction and now
rediscovered by Stephen Baxter, Terry Bisson, Terry Bramlett, Tobias S. Buckell,
Tom Dupree, James Gunn, Max Habilis, Paul E. Martens, Will McDermott,
G. David Nordley, Alan Purestem, Mike Resnick, Rudy Rucker, Robert Sheckley,
Justin Stanchfield, Trent Walters.  Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke.  Edited by
Eric T. Reynolds.  (Eric's LiveJournal)
New stories written as if
during the Golden Age
(from 1938 to 1957):
stories about the "future" .
. . tales of a bygone future.
(We've included a couple
of great reprints, too--one
of which not collected
since it was published in
1951.)
Let us take you on
journeys through space,
travels in time,
speculations on humanity's
future, dealings with
aliens, visits to future
utopias and dystopias--all
from the perspective of
the Golden Age.
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