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9780765315366

The SFWA European Hall of Fame; Sixteen Contemporary Masterpieces of Science Fiction from the Continent

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  • ISBN13:

    9780765315366

  • ISBN10:

    076531536X

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2007-06-12
  • Publisher: Tor Books
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $26.95

Summary

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 representativeof the best writers and stories of the last twenty years, written in most of the major contemporary European languages. TheSFWA European Hall of Fame includes someof 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 Fameimprimatur, 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 canonicalSFWA Hall of Famebooks that have sold hundreds of thousands of copies over four decades, and belongs in every library of SF, personal or public.

Author Biography

KATHRYN MORROW and JAMES MORROW live in State College, PA.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. 7
Introduction: Extrapolations of Things Past: A Barbarously Brief Account of European Science Fiction from Micromegas to Microchipsp. 11
Separations: Translated from the French by Sheryl Curtisp. 27
A Birch Tree, A White Fox: Translated from the Russian by Michael M. Naydan and Slava I. Yastremskip. 45
Sepultura: Translated from the Italian by Sergio D. Altierip. 60
The Fourth Day to Eternity: Translated from the Czech by Jeffrey Brownp. 86
Baby Doll: Translated from the Finnish by David Hackstonp. 100
"Yoo Retoont, Sneogg. Ay Noo.": Translated from the Polish by Michael Kandelp. 124
The Day We Went Through the Transition: Translated from the Spanish by Yolanda Molina-Gavilan and James Stevens-Arcep. 155
Athos Emfovos in the Temple of Sound: Translated from the Greek by Mary and Gary Mitchellp. 172
Some Earthlings' Adventures on Outrerria: Translated from the Romanian by Cezar Ionescup. 183
Destiny, Inc.: Translated from the Russian by Michael M. Naydan and Slava I. Yastremskip. 205
Wonders of the Universe: Translated from the German by Doryl Jensenp. 221
A Night on the Edge of the Empire: Translated from the Portuguese by Luis Rodriguesp. 234
Transfusion: Translated from the French by Tom Cleggp. 244
Verstummte Musik: Translated from the Dutch by Lia Beltp. 252
Between the Lines: Translated from the Spanish by James Stevens-Arcep. 273
A Blue and Cloudless Sky: Translated from the Danish by Niels Dalgaardp. 291
About the Translatorsp. 325
About the Editorsp. 329
Select Bibliographyp. 331
Story Copyrightsp. 335
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