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SFWA European Hall of Fame by James Morrow, Kathryn Morrow (editors)

SFWA European Hall of Fame

Sixteen Contemporary Science Fiction Classics from the Continent

by James Morrow, Kathryn Morrow (editors)

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  • Jun 2007, 336 pages
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This is the best book of its kind in at least two decades. It is a literate, intelligent book of powerful SF stories from across Europe. These tales are representative of the best writers and stories of the last twenty years, written in most of the major contemporary European languages. The SFWA European Hall of Fame includes some of the biggest SF names in Europe, including Joanna Sinisalo, Andreas Eschbach, Elena Arseneva, and Jean-Claude Dunyach. The appeal of this anthology rests first upon the venerable SFWA Hall of Fame imprimatur, and secondly on the sterling reputation of co-editor/writer James Morrow. Morrow and his wife Kathryn spent years arranging for translations of the best in European SF, and working with translators to achieve sharp, polished, and entertaining English versions of the stories. James Morrow has written a thought-provoking introductory essay, as well as informative story notes throughout the collection. This anthology joins the canonical SFWA Hall of Fame books that have sold hundreds of thousands of copies over four decades, and belongs in every library of SF, personal or public.

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Starred Review. "These "disciplined speculations" by European writers and their painstaking translators not only excite the mind, they move the heart." - PW.

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This collection is edited by James Morrow, author of The Last Witchfinder, and his wife.

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