Major Science Fiction Anthologies - A Brief History

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Major Science Fiction Anthologies - A Brief History

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[asyouknow_bob]

An *Excellent* round-up! Well done

[bluetyson]

Thanks Bob, I will check out your tag, add a few of those minor series in then.

The del Rey - Dozois thing I had mentioned, but it is only 1 line, given I have never come across one (or bothered trying to buy old ones).

Lester Del Rey to Gardner Dozois (1-10) (1972-1981)

[asyouknow_bob]

The del Rey - Dozois thing I had mentioned, but it is only 1 line

oops, sorry I missed it. (One might think I'd have better reading comprehension by now....)

[bluetyson]

Yeah, well it maybe got a bit longer than brief I guess. :) Possibly another only in US series, so would never have shown up here, in general.

I am pretty sure I have all the YB series, SF and Fantasy, in a file or three now.

[bluetyson]

New Writings in SF is one I have maybe forgotten, too, that went for a while - never saw one myself, but know that some locals did get published in this.

[asyouknow_bob]

For a while in the '60s, "New Writings" had an American edition, which I picked up; but I never systematically finished the run. (Off the top of my head, it runs at least to #24, and maybe past #30.) I see occasional Canadian copies of the higher numbers.

Oh, and another thought:
under "Theme" anthologies", it's probably worth a mention of the "theme-of-the-month" books that DAW has been putting out since the mid-'90s. Counting the MZBradley Sword &Sorceress series, there are now nearly 200 of them. (See my tag "DAW anthology").

[bluetyson]

Yeah, you are right. DAW are certainly noteworthy for that, so being dedicated to putting these out.