Review by Booklist Review
"This compact retrospective of a leading sf magazine contains 18 stories by a roster alphabetically ranging from its namesake to Connie Willis. Amid the staggering variety proffered are Asimov's last fling with his venerable character Susan Calvin; an Ursula LeGuin story of her home state, which she assures us is not fantasy; John Varley's classic Air Raid ; and Mike Resnick at his alternate-historical best and soberest. Despite inevitable overlap with the contents of many best-of collections, a gem and a credit to editor Williams."--"Green, Roland" Copyright 2007 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Asimov's Science Fiction, Williams, editor of Asimov's and Analog for 25 of those 30 years, has compiled a truly extraordinary sampler of tales, including "Air Raid" (1977) by John Varley (writing as Herb Boehm), an oft-imitated story about time travelers trying to save the human race, and Robert Reed's "Eight Episodes" (2006), a Hugo-nominated tale of a short-lived TV series that turns out to be a message from an alien race. Every piece in this superlative collection is a nugget of pure science fiction gold. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by Library Journal Review
From John Varley's 1977 look at a new kind of "Air Raid" to Robert Reed's 2006 dissection of a fictitious and ominously portentous short-lived TV-series ("Eight Episodes"), the 17 stories in this collection span the 30-year period since the late Isaac Asimov first published the magazine that bears his name and stands for the best in current sf and visionary fiction. Including stories by Robert Silverberg, Octavia Butler, Mike Resnick, Ursula Le Guin, and other genre standouts, this volume belongs in most sf or short fiction collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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