From Publishers Weekly
Starred 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.
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From Booklist
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
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