The World Treasury of Science Fiction

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The World Treasury of Science Fiction is a major anthology collecting influential and diverse science fiction stories from across the genre’s history, edited by David G. Hartwell.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
science fiction anthology
short story collection
compiler David G. Hartwell NERFINISHED
containsWorkType novella
short story
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
curationCriterion historical significance
influence on the science fiction genre
literary quality
editor David G. G. Hartwell NERFINISHED
David G. Hartwell NERFINISHED
editorialApproach focus on influential stories
historical overview of science fiction
international selection of authors
editorialGoal to collect landmark science fiction stories
to represent the range of science fiction as a genre
to showcase international science fiction
genre science fiction
hasAudience literary scholars
science fiction readers
students of science fiction
hasContributorRole anthology editor
hasForm anthology
hasPart multiple science fiction stories
intendedUse general reading
reference anthology
language English
literaryForm prose
medium print
notableFor breadth of coverage across science fiction history
inclusion of diverse science fiction traditions
use in academic and educational contexts
publisher Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED
subject alien contact in fiction
future societies in fiction
science fiction history
space travel in fiction
speculative fiction
time travel in fiction
timeCoverage multiple periods of science fiction history
workFocus canonical science fiction authors
influential science fiction stories
variety of science fiction subgenres

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