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Masterpieces brings together a selection of outstanding science‑fiction tales spanning the genre’s golden age, New Wave, and modern era. This anthology includes stories by Poul Anderson, Robert A. Heinlein, Lloyd Biggle Jr., Theodore Sturgeon, Isaac Asimov, Edmond Hamilton, Arthur C. Clarke, James Blish, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, R.A. Lafferty, Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl, Brian W. Aldiss, Ursula K. Le Guin, Larry Niven, George R.R. Martin, Harry Turtledove, William Gibson and Michael Swanwick, Karen Joy Fowler, C.J. Cherryh, James Patrick Kelly, Terry Bisson, John Kessel, Lisa Goldstein, and George Alec Effinger. Each piece showcases imaginative speculation, inventive world‑building, and the enduring relevance of science‑fiction themes.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Orson Scott Card
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