Locus Recommended ReadingAnthologies2008

Given by Locus Magazine

27 Works 6,368 Books 191 Reviews ½ 3.5
This recommended reading list, published in Locus Magazine's February issue, is a consensus by Locus editors and reviewers with inputs from outside reviewers, other professionals, other lists, show more etc. Essays by many of these contributors, highlighting their particular favorite books and stories, are published in the February issue.

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Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse by John Joseph Adams
2008
A Science Fiction Omnibus by Brian Aldiss
2008
Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness by Mike Allen
2008
Fast Forward 2 by Lou Anders
2008
Sideways In Crime by Lou Anders
2008
Dreaming Again: Thirty-five New Stories Celebrating the Wild Side of Australian Fiction by Jack Dann
2008
The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Sixteen Original Works by Speculative Fiction's Finest Voices by Ellen Datlow
2008
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: 21st Annual Collection by Ellen Datlow
2008
Galactic Empires by Gardner Dozois
2008
Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology by Nick Gevers
2008
Year's Best Fantasy 8 by David G. Hartwell
2008
Year's Best SF 13 by David G. Hartwell
2008
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition by Rich Horton
2008
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition by Rich Horton
2008
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19 by Stephen Jones
2008
A Book of Wizards by Marvin Kaye
2008
The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume 2 by George Mann
2008
The Black Mirror and Other Stories: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Germany and Austria (Early Classics of Science Fiction) by Franz Rottensteiner
2008
Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy by William Schafer
2008
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two by Jonathan Strahan
2008
Eclipse 2: New Science Fiction and Fantasy by Jonathan Strahan
2008
The Starry Rift by Jonathan Strahan
2008
Poe's Children: The New Horror: An Anthology by Peter Straub
2008
Fast Ships, Black Sails by Ann VanderMeer
2008
The New Weird by Ann VanderMeer
2008
Steampunk by Ann VanderMeer
2008
Celebration: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the British Science Fiction Association by Ian Whates
2008

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