The Hard SF Renaissance
The Hard SF Renaissance edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer

The Hard SF Renaissance edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
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"This colossal anthology covers the return of sf to themes based in the hard sciences. . . . A very satisfactory overview of a major portion of contemporary sf and a sterling achievement by Tor and the Hartwell-Cramer team." Booklist

From Paul McAuley's tale of runaway technology ("Gene Wars") to Gregory Benford's story of evolution and murder ("Immersion"), the 41 stories in this annotated anthology provide a strong argument for the revival of hard sf as a major force in the genre in the 1990s. Library Journal
David G. Hartwell
& Kathryn Cramer
Introduction
Paul McAuley Gene Wars
Greg Egan Wang’s Carpets
Poul Anderson Genesis
Kim Stanley Robinson Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars
Stephen Baxter On the Orion Line
Nancy Kress Beggars in Spain
Gregory Benford Matter’s End
Arthur C. Clarke The Hammer of God
James Patrick Kelly Think Like a Dinosaur
Ben Bova Mount Olympus
Robert Reed Marrow
Joan Slonczewski Microbe
Charles Sheffield The Lady Vanishes
Bruce Sterling Bicycle Repairman
David Brin An Ever-Reddening Glow
Kim Stanley Robinson Sexual Dimorphism
G. David Nordley Into the Miranda Rift
Robert J. Sawyer The Shoulders of Giants
Geoffrey A. Landis A Walk in the Sun
Joe Haldeman For White Hill
Brian Stableford A Career in Sexual Chemistry
Paul McAuley Reef
Hal Clement Exchange Rate
Greg Egan Reasons to Be Cheerful
Michael Swanwick Griffin’s Egg
Alastair Reynolds Great Wall of Mars
Peter Watts A Niche
Stephen Baxter Gossamer
James P. Hogan Madame Butterfly
Ted Chiang Understand
Karl Schroeder Halo
David Langford Different Kinds of Darkness
Vernor Vinge Fast Times at Fairmont High
David Brin Reality Check
Paul Levinson The Mendelian Lamp Case
Sarah Zettel Kinds of Strangers
Allen Steele The Good Rat
Michael Flynn Built Upon the Sands of Time
Bruce Sterling Taklamakan
Frederik Pohl Hatching the Phoenix
Gregory Benford Immersion