Synopses & Reviews
This is the best book of its kind in at least two decades. It is a literate, intelligent book of powerful SF stories from across Europe. These tales are representativeof the best writers and stories of the last twenty years, written in most of the major contemporary European languages. The SFWA European Hall of Fame includes someof the biggest SF names in Europe, including Joanna Sinisalo, Andreas Eschbach, Elena Arseneva, and Jean-Claude Dunyach. The appeal of this anthology rests first upon the venerable SFWA Hall of Fame imprimatur, and secondly on the sterling reputation of co-editor/writer James Morrow. Morrow and his wife Kathryn spent years arranging for translations of the best in European SF, and working with translators to achieve sharp, polished, and entertaining English versions of the stories. James Morrow has written a thought-provoking introductory essay, as well as informative story notes throughout the collection. This anthology joins the canonical SFWA Hall of Fame books that have sold hundreds of thousands of copies over four decades, and belongs in every library of SF, personal or public.
Review
Quotes on James Morrow's latest novel,
The Last Witchfinder: "Here are storytelling, showmanship, and provocative book-club bait...all rolled into one inventive feat.-- Janet Maslin,
The New York Times "James Morrow's novel about early American witchcraft pulls off so many dazzling fears of literary magic that in a different century he'd have been burned at the stake ... The result is a fantastical story mixed so cunningly with real-life details that your vision of America's past may never awaken from Morrow's spell."
-- Washington Post Book World
"The book is a treat for history lovers."-- USA Today
Review
“A ground-breaking anthology. . . . The stories in The SFWA European Hall of Fame are not quite like any sf I've read before. Like much of the best sf, these stories tend to be allegorical, often absurdist, existential, and just plain weird. . . . You would be hard pressed to find another anthology whose works were more different from one another--and from the stories you're accustomed to--than this one. It's a mind-opening journey.”--Cory Doctorow
“Wondrous worlds await US fans in this sensitively chosen, impeccably translated anthology of Continental European science fiction stories. These ‘disciplined speculations by European writers and their painstaking translators not only excite the mind, they move the heart.”
--Publishers Weekly, (starred review)
Synopsis
A new SFWA Hall of Fame anthology
These powerful SF stories represent the best writers and stories in most of the major contemporary European languages. Editors James and Kathryn Morrow spent years working with translators to achieve sharp, polished, entertaining versions of these stories in English. This anthology belongs in every library of SF, personal or public.
About the Author
James Morrow and Kathryn Morrow live in State College, Pennsylvania.